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False converts, not saints as such then. Luk 13:27 But He will say, 'I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.'

Yeah, but I have noticed atheists of every stripe lapse into criticising the God they don't believe in, hence my comment about you being inconsistent. Also, no atheist can coherently explain how it is they and the Universe exist without suppressing the truth of God being the Supreme Creator...

The discomforts, deprivations, and hazards of ministry, mission, and possibly martyrdom, can cause Christians to withdraw from the frontline. 2Ti 4:10 for Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica. Odd that someone supporting OSAS would be...

You are an atheist, someone who doesn't believe God exists, so your statement is inconsistent. How do you explain the energy required to create the Universe?

Those ignoring the teaching of Jesus to repent because the kingdom of heaven is at hand have entered through the wide gate and are on the broad way that leads to destruction. Those who believe and obey the teachings of Jesus, and do unto others as they would have done unto them, have found and...

As a great satirist once said: "You have to be chosen to believe in freewill. You can't just decide to believe it yourself. But you are free to believe you are predestined if you want, and if you try to convince a person who believes in freewill to change their mind you should remember they...

Nor me, but I'm up for discussion about the second verse quoted here. Mat 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Mat 7:12-14 Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets...

Yes, under the heading OMNISCIENCE.

Divine Foreknowledge of Adam and Eve's disobedience did not cause it, just the same as Divine Foreknowledge of every detail of everyone's existence doesn't predetermine their every thought, word, and deed.

Yes, well said @Bob Carabbio. It is as simple as that. My signature says: "All that is knowable is always known by God" and the follow on from that is "If He doesn't always know all that is knowable then he isn't God." Eph 1:3-6 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who...

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The drawing of the Father is open to all. Dare I say it is a no-brainer.

Pride spawns jealousy among other things.

I think the idea is that God's Grace and Benevolence is sufficient for everyone if everyone repents. 2Pe 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance...

The Father draws through the Son, just by Him being who He is and by what He has done. Joh 1:12-13 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name: (13) who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will...

Here it is, not initially confined to Eden but I believe firstly manifesting in Eden to corrupt, deceive, and exploit the innocent occupants. Eze 28:12-13 . . . "You were the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. (13) You were in Eden, the garden of God; etc . . . all...

Aha, a resurrected thread. To answer your question @Cassandra, there are two OT passages that should be read side-by-side to better understand the fall of Lucifer to become Satan, whose characteristics and dereliction of duty in the Garden of Eden are associated metaphorically with the king of...

Why is this such a belaboured topic? None of us chose to exist, but our existence happened anyway. The existence of the Word of God leads to the existence of Faith in God. It happens.

You have led a sheltered life. Luk 13:18-19 Then He said, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? (19) It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and put in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches." "Going...

In some cases the backslider is a false convert, in other cases they are saved but ill-disciplined and unfruitful due to various factors including demonic activity. 1Co 3:12-15 Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, (13) each one's work...