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Then what does it mean to you that we are His "offspring?" (Acts 17:26-28) Maybe you have heard it .. Jn 3:16 .. "For God so loved the WORLD...?" Your spirit is your MIND, EMOTIONS, and WILL .. your soul is your HEART and conscience. Happy now? Stranger .. I don't even know what sin is at...

Wrong .. WE repent -- God justifies. Why? Because He commanded us to repent and promised He would save us if we do! Sure, HR. The gospel of Jesus Christ is given in Acts 2:36-40. Acts 2:36 mirrors Jn 16:8 convicting those present (and us) of sin and of righteousness. In 2:37, having...

In light of Pres. Trump's recent trip, I would say we could be talking "peace and safety" for Israel (1Thes 5:4) this summer in time for the rapture at the Feast of Trumpets in August. Think about it. 1) We are talking about gathering all the "good" religions (Christian, Jewish, Muslim)...

Yup .. you misunderstand repentance. The repentance you are talking about is 2Cor 7:9-11 -- "change of behavior" repentance where we quit committing a specific sin. This is for sanctification of the saint. I am talking about the "change of heart" repentance (Acts 2:38, 3:19, 17:30, 26:20)...

I hope everyone realizes that none of these things saves. "And if any man shall [pray], 'I have sinned and perverted that which is right and it profited me not,' [God] will keep his soul from going into the pit and his life shall see the light." (Job 33:26-27) This is what the NT calls "calling...

Hi, stranger. We are, indeed, born in relationship with God -- the same relationship as Adam in his creation. God didn't change the spiritual pattern .. and Adam's fall simply changed the physical pattern. Rather than being born not knowing of our nakedness, our FLESH, we are born a) aware of...

Very good question! Yes! What you want is a relationship with God, right? In other words, you want to commune with Him personally .. you do not want the relationship to be a monologue to you from God as is the case with the Bible. You want Him, not just Scripture, to "witness with your...

I beg to differ. Why do we call it "born again" when we are reborn of the Spirit? It is because we were once born in relationship to God. That relationship was lost on account of our sin (Ezek 18:20). Dispensationalism calls this initial relationship as having an "untested positive...

Acts 17:26-27 tells us that we are ALL His 'offspring' and that "in Him we live and breathe and have our being." This is speaking spiritually, of course. Physically, we are the offspring of our parents but they cannot pass their spirit or soul on to us except by teaching. And yes, they...

Good question! Remember when Adam and Eve fell? What was the first thing they discovered? that they were naked, right? Awareness of their flesh and that they could function according to their own sovereignty (morality) but doing so would bring consequences. And what is the purpose of...

So perhaps you can agree with me that God has sovereignty over the consequences of men's decisions(?) If Pharaoh had decided to let His people go, Pharaoh might have, himself, been saved. As it was, he wasn't saved and went after God's people to his own death. skypair

OK. The first point above regarding belief and faith is that belief is not faith. Many folks think that simply believing the gospel saves. Belief = assent, agreement that something is true. Faith means complete trust (backed by proof, Heb 11:1) IN someone or something. Thank you for your...

…why would you expect heaven or the New Earth to be any better than what we have right now? Why would you pray saying, "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done," if this is what heaven will be like? Is it that God is just going to quit doing/causing evil when we are in heaven or in the New Earth...

I'm not throwing out scripture .. I am saying that you cannot discern between the Calvinist gospel and the Biblical gospel. Clearly, unequivocally the gospel at Pentecost was the gospel of Jesus Christ that we should ALL believe and ALL obey unto salvation. Do you have a problem with that...

OK., what I am getting from you is that your "believing" was the miracle of salvation and you accept the Calvinist idea of passive salvation in which belief alone saves. That's a dangerous place to be in because your mind (belief) is not your heart (faith). I can certainly understand how...

Not directly, of course. I have no idea what you did before you became a Calvinist. All I know is 1) OSAS and 2) right now you are declaring a false narrative. Everyone who hears that gospel of Jesus Christ can understand it. What causes most to not be saved is a) they don't want/choose to...

Yeah, most of Christianity is a "religion." Rev 3:1 says that many (maybe most) Christians " have a name that lives but are dead." In Rev 3:17, we find that the CHURCH of Laodicea was rich physically .. had no spiritual "works" worthy of mention (3:15) .. and was spiritually "wretched...

As did YOU! As did ALL OF US! I guess what I am saying is that we didn't receive the same gospel you did. Ours is Acts 2:36-40 .. not Eph 2:8-10 or Jn 15:16 (Calvinism). Mainly ours says that, if you believe the gospel, then you must OBEY the gospel by repenting of your sin and calling on...

You are so busted! You, yourself, chose Christ according to your own will! The only thing necessary was for you to know the gospel of Jesus Christ "for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes…" (Ro 1:16) The gospel empowers the will so that it CAN choose, AG! This is...

Rev 21 thru 22. You got the citation wrong, sir. No. Peter told him what was wrong .. he needed to repent of this wickedness and pray God, if perhaps the thoughts of your heart may be forgiven thee." See, Simon believed with his mind just like you do .. but he was unchanged in his heart...