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Dear Earburner, Here is the Parable of the Ten Virgins: Mat 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto TEN virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took...

Dear Earburner, You said: No one is becoming a Saint! They either are a Saint, or they are not!! You are not understanding Rev. 3:20 John 3:3-8 and Rom. 8:8-9. The saints are chosen from the foundation of the world but Christ still has to make them into saints. Since the saints are chosen...

Dear Berean, Rev 1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is...

Dear Earburner, This scripture is teaching about Christ's judgment which purifies an Elect believer. It is no different than when Christ removes the tares from within the believer, leaving only the wheat (child of God). This conversion event is what happens when the "ends of the ages" come...

Dear Earburner, You are adding to the scriptures. You mix in to them your belief in man's works. The scriptures you quote which say to make a choice DO NOT teach how that choice can be made. You have to look at other scripture which seem to be unwilling do. Here is how man's choices are...

Dear Lizbeth, You said: Oh dear, ,God doesn't "cause" mankind to sin......bible says we sin when we are drawn away and tempted by our own lusts etc, and that HE does not tempt anyone. Can't agree with your take on this.......it gives license for people to be irresponsible and fatalistic. That is...

Dear Ritajanice, All church denominations and sects of Christianity became apostate shortly after Paul's death. At that time, none of the flock was spared. Nothing has changed since that time. After I was converted in 2005, I left the apostate church I was attending and have never gone back...

Dear Earburner, You said: What does bother me though, is your insistence that everyone will be saved, even those who refuse to repent towards God, through believing in Christ. Your quote of Mat. 21:31 is rendered clearly in the KJV, but it is said more specifically in the Textus Receptus Greek...

Dear Ritajanice, There is nothing more I can say if you can't receive the scriptures that I have posted. Joe

Dear Stumpmaster, Eze 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. The heart that mankind is given at birth is described by the scripture you quoted in Mark. But...

Dear Ritajanice, I believe we have had this discussion before. You make a lot of statements in your post but you lack any scriptural support. The Early and Latter Rains of the Spirit are spiritual symbols which represent the time Christ gives the Holy Spirit to a person. The Early and...

Dear Earburner, There are NO scriptures which teach that mankind has a free will. In contrast, there are MANY scriptures which say that mankind's "will" is governed and controlled by God. Do you not understand the meaning of free will? It is a "will" that is free of divine constraints...

Dear Earburner, A covenant can be an agreement between two parties or it can be a promise made to a certain party. The Old Covenant is an agreement and was between Christ and the Nation of Israel. It is a physical covenant and it gave certain promises to the nation based upon the nation doing...

Dear Earburner, Upon Christ's resurrection from the grave, Christ received a spiritual body that was immortal and didn't need air to breathe. The Elect will receive this same type of body. However, the "lost" will not receive a spiritual body upon their resurrection from the grave. They will...

Dear 12question, Why would you not accept equally that the 1,000 year dynasty of the King of kings over planet earth is literal event which one could apply and extract spiritual interpretation as well. The 1,000 years reign is not a type, parable or analogy - it is a prophecy which will be...

Dear Earburner, In this age, Christ is only saving the people who have been chosen to be saved early. They are the First Fruits - the early portion of the harvest. If a person has not been chosen to be in the early harvest, Christ will harvest them in the main harvest of mankind which occurs...

Dear Earburner, Again, Christ will change mankind's heart and mind by His spiritual work that He will do within each person who has ever lived. He is the cause of a person's repentance and faith. Mankind has no ability to repent or to have faith in Christ due to their pre-existing carnality...

Dear Earburner, You are still relying on a mixture of man's works and faith for salvation. All that is needed for salvation are the works of Christ which He will do within mankind. After He does His works within a person, their heart and mind will be changed because the Spirit will cause them...

Dear Lizbeth, You said: The concept of free will I believe is somewhere in the middle between the two poles.... so to speak. The Lord is sovereign, that is true....and I do "hear" those examples of scripture you are bringing........yet, for example, if scripture warns against sinning wilfully...

Dear Earburner, You said: However, God's discernment within me does not agree to the 10% of your explanation. Though John 3:18, is very clear to understand, that all of mankind is physically born "condemed already" before God, we who are born again by His Holy Spirit have become so...