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You should make sure you're understanding someone before you accuse them of something.

Do you read minds? I didn't say he was ignorant. He asked a question. Why is there such disagreement among Christians. My answer is ignorance. There is a lot if ignorance about what the Bible teaches. There is a multitude of denominations, many claiming the Bible teaches things that it simply...

Actually, believers are the heirs of the land promised to Abraham.

Ignorance.

He does. But it says nothing about spirituality. Paul also said, "I die daily". Does that mean he died spiritually everyday? He said, 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not...

That doesn't say anything about being spiritually dead. Paul uses metaphors quite often.

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When Jesus was on earth His ministry was specifically to the Jews. He said, 24 But He answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." (Matt. 15:24 NKJ) So, His statement about coming to Him was limited to Israel at that time. However, He made another...

Sure. What people today call the doctrine of Predestination, that God chose or chooses some and not others to be saved, is not a Biblical doctrine. Predestination in the Bible refers to Israel as a nation. God promised Abraham that he would be the father of a great nation. Right there in that...

Predestination is Biblical. The doctrine that is called Predestination is not. Neither of those passages says anything about being spiritually dead. Thanks! Not at all.

Thanks for the welcome! I agree with your statement.

The doctrine of Predestination that is debated today is not a Biblical doctrine. There's also no such thing as "spiritually dead". These are just idea that people have come up with to try to reconcile passages of Scripture that don't fit their doctrine. Anyone who chooses to follow Christ can...