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I don't even know how to respond to this. I see no scripture anywhere which teaches that any of the dead will be tested after being resurrected. I don't see any scripture that even comes close to saying such a thing. Instead, scripture teaches that today is the day and now is the time of...

In my view that is how he was bound (by the death and resurrection of Christ) and what he was bound from doing any longer (keeping the vast majority of the world in slavery to the fear of death because of not having any hope of life after death). No, not just faith in Christ. Christ's death and...

No, His other sheep are Gentile believers. You need to ask God for wisdom because you seem to have none at all right now (James 1:5-7).

LOL. No. He just copied what I said because you need to read it carefully and learn something from it. Scripture never teaches this nonsense. There are not two churches and two households. You cannot find any scripture teaching that. You made it up in your imagination.

That is your misunderstanding that you come to because of your doctrinal bias. To me, to say that is to deny what Jesus accomplished long ago. You are wrong. Read my post #23 and learn about how Jesus fulfilled Daniel 9:24.

I have one lesson for you, young'un. Stop judging people and making assumptions.

Right. Without the power of death being taken away from the devil by Christ by way of His death (Hebrews 2:14-15), he could have just continued to keep a vast majority of people as slaves to the fear of death like he did in Old Testament times and the light of the gospel would not have had any...

Yes, of course, because I don't see any scripture teaching otherwise. He will judge all people based on what they knew and what they went through. And, being God, He is not unaware of what kind of faith all people have (or not). Yes, of course. I believe God is in control of how much time each...

Where does scripture teach that "whether or not an individual truly believes in Christ, will be put to the test when his faith is put to the ultimate test"? Where does it teach that everyone must be "put to the ultimate test" in order to receive "a crown of life"? Is God unable to discern what...

Yes, he is. And, you point that out because of your understanding that his binding prevents him from deceiving at all, which is not a view that I share. As I've made clear many times. So, you should know that pointing this out to me isn't going to convince me of anything as it relates to how I...

I will ask for the fourth time... Do you not agree that all who believe in Jesus and are born of God are overcomers? Yes or no? 1 John 5:3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. 5 Who is it that...

That is how you understand it, but that is not how I understand it. I don't believe it's talking about his general ability to deceive, but you do. You think his binding renders him to be completely incapacitated, but I don't. He had the power to keep people in slavery to the fear of death...

Can you please answer my question? Do you not agree that all who believe in Jesus and are born of God are overcomers? 1 John 5:3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that...

I'm saying that it was bound him. But, we don't have the same understanding of what it means for him to be bound. You see his binding as being like a literal, physical binding that makes him completely incapacitated, right? But, he was not powerless to stop people from being slaves to the fear...

If you've had a "relatively" easy life, then you might be missing something or doing something wrong because.... Acts 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. 2 Timothy...

I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you mean. In my view, it is the power of God and of Christ and of the Holy Spirit that bound Satan so that the gospel, which is "the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes" (Romans 1:16) could go out to the world while bringing light...

According to John, all who are born of God, which are those who believe in Jesus as the Son of God, are considered to be overcomers. 1 John 5:3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the...

Agree. I don't think Premills realize just how different things have been in New Testament times compared to Old Testament times. There was so much spiritual darkness in the world in Old Testament times that it led Paul to say this about the Gentiles of those times... Ephesians 2:11 Wherefore...

You're not addressing my point. I'll try one more time. If you don't actually address what I say here, then I'm done with you. 1 Peter 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 6...

I don't believe their argument is legitimate because the context of 2 Peter 3:8 has nothing to do with the length of time between the return of Christ and the NHNE. It has to do with what Peter talks about in the very next verse after that one which is in relation to how long it is taking the...