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Dear bro.tan, When mankind sins, it happens because mankind was created with a spirit that was marred and subject to vanity. Mankind does not sin because mankind has a body of flesh and blood. The physical body merely tempts mankind to sin - it is not the cause of mankind's sinfulness...

Dear Ronald Nolette, You are correct, Jesus was spiritually perfect and did not need to be born again. However, Jesus was not made sin as you posted. Jesus was made a offering for mankind's sin. The teaching that Jesus was made sin comes from an incorrect translation of 2Cor 5:21. How can...

Dear bro.tan, Jesus was NEVER born again. Your understanding of that concept is carnal and incorrect. Being "born again" is the same thing as being converted or being made into a new creation. The new birth occurs when a spiritually marred person is changed into a spiritually perfect person...

Dear keithr, I used to believe the verses that you quoted just as you presented but everything changed for me when I was converted many years ago. Conversion requires Christ giving a person both the Early and Latter Rains of the Spirit, followed by judgment. If a believer only has the Early...

Dear keithr, I agree that those who are cast into the Lake of Fire will perish by that judgment. "Fire" is the symbol for judgment. In fact, all mankind will perish in the Lake of Fire (including the Elect) because all mankind is "condemned already" (John 3:18). However, before a person...

Dear keithr, I completely agree with your post on the state of death. After a person physically dies, they are dead and have no consciousness. Also, the term "soul" is defined in the verse below as being: PHYSICAL BODY + SPIRIT = A LIVING SOUL Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the...

Dear Scott Downy, You said: At the time of the new earth that God will make, where God makes all things new, the evil and unbelieving will remain in the lake of fire. A literal destruction where they do not ever escape to be saved later. God seals them in that place for all future eternity...

Dear Scott Downey, You said: The elect must believe, and is also the reason why Paul says he labors. So yes pray that the Lord sends laborers into His field which is the world as that is where His elect are born. No one is born saved. Paul labors so that the elect obtain salvation by believing...

Dear Scott Downey, I agree with most of your post except for your comment "We are not enabled to know them and be saved on our own without His help." Your comment implies that mankind must still do some of the work to be saved. However, scripture clearly teaches that Christ will do 100% of the...

Dear Redfan, The truth of God is always true when presented in scripture - even the historical truths which do have beginnings (like the sacrifice of Christ on the cross). In my earlier post, I was referring to eternal truths about God which do not have beginnings or endings. The point I was...

Dear RedFan, The verse really doesn't make sense if it is translated as the KJV translates it. Since truth is truth and truth has no beginning or ending (just as God has no beginning or ending), it is not necessary to say that God's Word is true "from the beginning" - or for that matter, that...

Dear Redfan, God's truth in scripture is presented "here a little, and there a little". Because truth is presented in this manner, it is necessary to search the scriptures and assemble the pieces of truth in order to understand the full truth of a subject. Psa 119:160 The sum of your word is...

Dear tranquiltestament, As you stated, the penalty of sin is death and that penalty was passed down from Adam to all his offspring. As a result, when a person is born, they are "condemned already": John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned...

Dear beebster, Do you understand that the marriage analogy used throughout scripture is a teaching on the pathway to salvation that the Elect will travel? The time of engagement occurs to a person when Christ gives them the Early Rain of the Spirit. 2Cor 11:2 For I am jealous over you with...

Dear Jessicaleks93, The answers to your questions are a little complicated and involved so please bear with me. 100% of the Law is still required to be followed. It has not been abolished. Because mankind is still required to follow the Law but has no ability to do so (proven by the Old...

Dear Hobie, The scripture you quoted is a teaching on the bodily resurrection and is NOT is a teaching on the second coming of Christ. Matthew chapter 24 is a teaching on the second coming of Christ. That chapter presents the "signs of the times" that will occur before Christ returns to an...

Dear rockyopva, The Son of Man comes after an Elect believer has fully become apostate and is dwelling in peace and safety. Christ comes to all the Elect at this time - a time that they do not expect Him to come because they were spiritually blind to this truth. The scripture below applies...

Dear rocktopva, A couple of other comments: 1), The scripture you quoted (1Thes 4:16-17) is a teaching on the bodily resurrection of the dead and not a so called "rapture". 2). When Christ comes a second time to the Elect, He will gather the newly born child of God to heaven. This is not...

Dear rockytopva, The Second Coming of Christ is a reoccurring spiritual event that happens to each of the Elect when Christ spiritually returns to convert them. The first of the Elect to experience the Second Coming of Christ were the 120 Jewish Elect to whom the Lord returned on the Day of...

Dear Taken, You are still filtering your understanding of scripture your works based belief system rather than faith in Christ. If you can't receive the truth of the scriptures I have presented, showing you additional scripture will not help. I can do nothing more. Joe