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Yet more opinion. I mean, I respect it, but... <smile> Nope. In... your opinion... <smile> It always did. But "ethnic Isreal" was indicative of God's true Isreal, which was always the case. "...it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the...

I am a bit puzzled by your obstinance, yes. <smile> Hmmm... Well, yes. :) if these "traditions of man/men" are in accordance with God's Word... To you? Well, certainly it was not insulting of anything or anyone. And that you think it was "contradictory" is just your opinion. I mean...

But you only think I am. That I used a word or two that is not explicitly used means nothing. Generally speaking, the same things(s) can be said a number of different ways, Ronald. That's not what I did, but only your opinion. Not that they "are" the Isreal of God, but that they are of the...

No response to this, so, again... "On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight." (Acts 20:7) "I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day..." (Revelation 1:10)...

Yes, he did. :) He says it in a different way, but it's pretty much the same thing. All his letters are that way; if you compare them to each other, you'll see him saying the same things in slightly different ways. He talks about them separately at first, but He's talking about God's elect...

Okay, well no, I'm not. You may say I'm misunderstanding it, but not "altering" it, and even so, that is merely your opinion. I say you are not understanding it correctly. And like I said, I'm perfectly fine with you labeling what I'm saying as my opinion. The only distinction is the...

Hmm, well, Paul and John and Luke and the writer of Hebrews were all just men, for sure, but... <smile> I mean, you did state that the apostles and the early church worshiped on the seventh day, and it doesn't take much of a dive at all ~ as I showed ~ much less a deep one, to see that without...

Good... In Romans 11 Paul says the same thing as he says at the end of Ephesians 2, which I cited and you just agreed with. Sure, but we are grafted in... By definition, this means we are united as one and the same. Grafting is a process within horticulture ~ you know this, I think; if not...

The Apostolic Church began at Pentecost, and today we identify the Church by its fidelity to Apostolic doctrine. But Christ's one holy catholic (universal) Church has always been. As Paul says in Ephesians 2, even to us Gentiles, we "are no longer strangers and aliens, but fellow citizens with...

No, I'm not "one of those," Ronald. <smile> But I would say that God's Israel now consists both of believers in Christ of the Old Testament and believers in Christ now ~ all who were and are (and will be by the time Christ returns) truly in Christ make up God's true Israel, the household of...

And subscribe to what? I think you just "reject" the labels... and probably fall at least pretty much into the latter. Most western Christians do. The fact that you suppose(d) Calvinists "don't believe in free will" says volumes. Here are Jacobus Arminius's five "objections"... 1. Free...

Very much disagree. Sure. Disagree; Israel is the household of God. Very much disagree. Appreciate your thoughts. Grace and peace to you.

Arthur81 said: The Jewish theocracy was ended 1st C: Mt. 21:43-45; Lk 20:16-18; Jn 4:21-23 Eternally Grateful said: and?? This does not mean God no longer will keep his promise to them Uh-oh. <smile> Arthur81 said: There is only one people of God, not two: Gal. 3:7-9; Rm. 2:28-29, 10:12-13...

Hopefully not on your part. <smile> But to my previous points, why do they become "knock out swing out fights"? That's a rhetorical question, in case you were not sure... <smile> Psssst. Calvinists believe in free will, too. Arminians are not able to see ~ particularly in Romans 9 ~ that...

To this one I would say the lesser one has been fulfilled, but not the greater one (yet). As you know, I'm sure, Jesus said, "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:5). To both of these I would add Hebrews 1:1-2... "Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God...

Hey, just wanted to say... I like the tone of this conversation (at least so far). Wish that could be the case all the time on here... <smile> Not a bad thought, but I think it's more dealing with people's close identification of themselves to one of those terms. In other words ~ and how...

"On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight." (Acts 20:7) "I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day..." (Revelation 1:10) For those who think that the Sabbath...

LOL! Well, this imputation of Christ's righteousness to us is no mere thing, for sure... <smile> 'Imputed' is a synonym of 'credited', BreadOfLife. <smile> To impute something to someone is to ascribe that something to someone by virtue of the quality in another. So, Christ's righteousness...

You don't believe that, as Paul says in Ephesians 1, God "chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him"...? You don't believe that "in love (God) predestined us for adoption to Himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose...

Yeah so now you're jumping to the concept of perseverance... It's actually not so strange, because as I've said... and I'm going to quote J.I. Packer (as of July of 2020, just short of his 94th birthday, deceased; a great British pastor and theologian) here, because it cannot be stated any...