Recent content by ttruscott

Now, no need to get all anti-Calvinistic about all this... they are just half the story. Might you consider that since if we do not have free will GOD is the creator of sin and we re not guilty and since Jesus told us that if we sin we are the slaves of sin and must serve our master that there...

I contend that all spirits created in GOD's image (including the ability to make fully informed true free will decisions) were created before the physical universe, a time often refered to as either 'in the beginning' or 'before the foundation of the world.' I also suggest that during this time...

Your error is that while grace IS in fact free from the beginning it is only free to some, the elect, and not all, so the contradiction exists in your mind and solved creatively but wrongly... Peace. Ted

I know many think so but not all accept it - it is not the one universally accepted Christian doctrine, eh? I think we need to rethink "as by one man sin entered into the world," as we know that the serpent was sinning in the garden and Eve sinned before Adam sinned. So th eonly way he could...

I must agree, such folk as you describe have the hidden mark of Cain which only the angels can see which allows the true church to live with them and learn the lessons they have to teach until the sinful church (the wheat) is matured in holiness and the angels can gather these tares to be...

You lost me here: War (on Terror) between North and South North and South what? I knwo you knwo butyou seem to assume I'd know too, Peace,Ted

So why do you think that GOD can't / won't / doesn't communicate the clear simple truth? Every simple doctrine can plainly be read different ways, and usually is, according to the predisposition of the reader. What does that imply about GOD's methods? Doesn't it imply that HE wants it this...

So why do you think that GOD can't / won't / doesn't communicate the clear simple truth? Every simple doctrine can plainly be read different ways, and usually is according to the predisposition of the reader. What does that imply about GOD's methods? Doesn't it imply that HE wants it this way...

By choosing to treat them according to Matthew 7:12 "So whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them; for this is the Law and the prophets."

Nice.... :)

I assume you are asking me...we can be born sinners if we existed in the spirit world pre-earth and fell into sin there to later be born into a human body to learn to become holy. Wow, Pre-Conception Existence Theology in one sentence! :) Peace, Ted

Then of what heavenly good is it? Why make us sinner sin Adam if it has no effect upon us? I have actually heard someone say it does not even make us guilty of sin and therefore in fear of judgment. What acomplete waste of a lot of scripture, if we are not sinners in need of grace at birth...

Hmmm, seems limited to appeared, which may or may not include, offered or accepted and like ideas. Peace, Ted

Thanks JLB, so, if I got this right: - the serpent told her the truth but to an evil end, to separate her from God by rebellion - she had no discernment about his motives but accepted him as a helper to get her closer to the truths he was mentioning - this implies that though she was to...

So, GOD the Father is not a person? Peace, Ted