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I enjoyed very much hearing about your experiences, I thought them to be quite uplifting. May I caution you however in some things. The Gift of Prophecy in 1Cor. 12 is a gift that is given at a specific time for a specific need and is usualy exercised in the context of the Body of Christ as...

I can see that we might be going around in circles with this one. I surely do not believe that God asks us to "Check our brains at the door" when it comes to reading or studying His Word. ("Come and let us reason together, though your sins are as scarlet...: He says - Isaiah(1:18)) I do however...

Actually the majority of Christian do because it has been established from the earliest times that the whole canon of scripture, in its entirety, is a love letter from God to anyone who choose to embrace it. 2Ti 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine...

As a point of interest and maybe clarification to this discussion, the title should probably be the Gifts of the Godhead as opposed to the Gifts of the Spirit. Since we have quoted the three portions of scripture, Rom (12), Eph (4) and 1Cor (12), it may be useful to categorize as scripture...

I'm afraid this is erroneous. God does live in time, His own time. There was a time when He was all alone in His infinity without need of anything as He is self-sufficient. Then there was a later time when He created angels, and a separate time when He created the universe. Jesus wasn't born...

I do believe we are on the same wave length. I probably should have added to my list of things that God knows is that He knows all the consequences, results, possibilities, etc. of every man's free choices in all their intricate and interwoven outcomes. As I have once said He knows every...

"putting new wine in old wineskins" Can I share what the Lord showed me about this. Ever wonder why Jesus' first miracle was changing water into wine? Would you or I have done the same thing as an introductory miracle. One that pretty well went unnoticed. I would think raising the dead or...

Sorry, "rigging" is the wrong word. Intervening is better. This would be God's perogative and as I stated could have no bearing on anybody's personal salvation or destiny. Like Pharoah, God could not intervene and harden Pharoah's heart before Pharaoh himself had hardened it. On each occasion...

Is that what it is called? Molinism. Never heard of it but that very close to what I believe. Here a link to my views. My link In the mean time I don't get what you say about Free Will having limits. I also believe that God can and will "Rig" the game at His own will as long as it does not...

Well this is certainly not the reply I expected. :blink: I am more than sorry for offending you, as I can guarantee that is not my intention. There is no need of it whatsoever. It is the doctrine itself that is offensive to me. It is your (or Calvinists) interpretation of Romans 9 that produces...

Your answer is not surprising because it is the only left. Your view of God's Sovereignty has clouded what you may know about His Justice, His Love and His Goodness. These attributes can not be diminished in any way to accommodate Sovereignty. Goodness - The God you portray, even though...

It may seem at the moment that I am questioning God's Sovereignty and I will tell you why in my next post, IF and ONLY IF you answer this question for me? If your answer is logical and sensible I will espouse Calvinism. Why do you think God created people, some to go to heaven others to go to...

So it boils down to God's Sovereignty is the reason why some make it or break it. In the "Great Sand Box" that God created and all the toys (humans) that He created, He only chooses a few that He will dust off and take back with Him while the rest are left out in the cold or left out in the heat...

Nice dissertation. If I was in your camp I'd make sure to Copy all those verses so that I could Paste them later on. The subject at hand is that you believe God chooses us first so that we will inevitably choose Him. What makes God choose me over my neighbour? Is it because I'm caucasian or my...

I know exactly what you're pointing out. You are also putting preference on context and not on the message itself because in this case it is convenient for your stance. Nevertheless ALL scripture has been given for the profit of us all. Just because a message is given to church, a nation, a...

Point well taken, I apologize brother, and stand corrected. I'm not into witch hunting, nevertheless I accept your reproof. Cheers & God Bless

So the letters to the Churches in Revelation should not be used for individual purpose, in other words there is nothing to glean from them for individual purposes. Should I use the same logic for the letters to the Corinthians, Galatians, etc. Oh and how does that logic work with the Letter to...

This is in reply to your own post #75 which I might add has no scripture that you quoted in support of your views. Humm, sounds hypocritical to me. Mat( 7:3-5) And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou...

Oh so if it doesn't speak of faith or repentance, it has nothing to do with Salvation. Which means that Rev. (3:20) must ahve nothing to do with salvation either, I don't see repentance or faith in there either: (Rev 3:20) Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and...

I'm totally confused. You admit that we have the faculty of choice, choosing between good or bad, while in a unregenerate state. (The consequences of those choices being irrelevant to posessing the faculty itself.) Yet with this faculty of choice, we are incapable of choosing God. So are we then...