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The work of God is that we believe on Him whom God has sent. In other words, God's plan for us is that we believe in and put our trust in the finished work of Christ on the Cross for us.

The killing of an unborn baby after a heartbeat is detected, is murder and murderers will not enter the kingdom of God. Those who support it partake in the sin and therefore are accessories, and unless they repent, they will likewise perish. That's what my Bible tells me. Others can muddy the...

It is sad, but often happens when leaders who think they have "arrived" with a bit of Bible training but no professional mental health qualifications. When I did a paper in Pastoral Care as part of my initial theological training, depression and drug dependence issues were prominent components...

I agree. I concur that prophecy is to be preferred over tongues in the church meeting, therefore it is the best gift in that context because, as Paul says, it is better to speak two words that people can understand than ten thousand words in a language that no one understands. But Paul says...

Now that I have returned from our shopping expedition in the wind and rain, I will now list, from 1 Corinthians 14, what Paul actually says about tongues. Just a useless noise not accompanied by love (1 Corinthians 13:1) Speaks to God (14:2) Not to men (14:2) Mysteries in the Spirit (14:2)...

In all our exchanges I have been coming from the standpoint of Scripture. It is important to keep to what Paul is actually saying in the text of the chapter, not to second-guess what Paul might be thinking when he said it. Telling you that you are believing in lies is not attacking you. It is...

Obviously you are merely parroting what your mentors have taught you instead of doing a proper exegesis of 1 Corinthians 14 for yourself. I have done a very comprehensive study of 1 Corinthians 14, plus studied what many of the church fathers said about it, and other commentaries including that...

I was reading John Calvin's commentary on Acts this morning, and he said something very interesting about the spiritual gifts. He does say that the gifts ceased, but he says that they ceased because of the slothfulness of believers in their commitment to Chrit and that the gifts of the Spirit...

Nonsense. That's putting words into Paul's mouth that he never said.

It is a pity that this forum doesn't have a protected forum that would prevent people hijacking a thread with opposing agendas. On Christianforums.com the Spiritual Gifts thread is protected for those who believe in modern prophecy, tongues, etc., and anyone who hijacks the thread with rubbish...

In my experience after 55 years of being associated with Pentecostals, this is not the description of the tongues that I have heard and use myself. The tongues that I know of others and myself is a cold, deliberate speaking of an expressive and articulate unlearned language while in private...

I see that you made reference to gender of the Greek word. The fact is that the gender of Greek words is not connected to normal human gender. Masculine, feminine and neuter are grammatical terms involving the particular ending of the word stem and that a masculine noun can be for a female...

There will be many in hell who put their trust in their keeping of the Law to justify them in God's sight.

By that thinking you are saying that grace is not universal and the invitation to hear and believe the gospel is not extended to all? How does this relate to John 3:16 where the invitation to believe the Gospel is extended to the "whosoever" and not just selected people? My point is that if...

This is the reason why Jesus gave us the parable of the wheat and the tares. We just don't know the difference between a true Christian and a hypocrite by outward appearances. God is the only one who knows the heart of people. The Scripture says that the foundation of God stands sure, the...

Okay. But exactly how would they actually demonstrate repentance and genuine belief? What exactly are the "godly attributes"? How is he demonstrating "love"? If attending church, walking the walk and talking the talk, living a totally moral life, being kind to animals, zealous in church...

What you have stated are generalizations. You have stopped short of stating the specifics concerning a believer's conduct that shows that he or she is showing the fruit of repentance. When looking at a person who claims he has repented, how do you know that he is telling the truth? What are...

So, if grace is extended to all, yet some are saved and others are lost, is grace the reason why sinners are saved, seeing that the same grace is extended to those who are lost? So grace may not be the deciding factor of whether someone is saved and someone else is lost, don't you think?

I have a question: Is the grace of God extended to all along with the universal invitation to repent and believe the Gospel?