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Believers generally EXCEED the demands of the Ten Commandments. Nowhere in the Ten Commandments are we required to love and pray for those who have declared themselves to be our enemies and who persecute us--yet Jesus told us that we must do so. In satisfying the command to love God and our...

You forgot to read Acts 15:6-12 and also this: Acts 15:28-29--->“For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials: that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication; if you keep...

Please read Acts 15. You are repeating the error of the Judaizers.

Yes, I believe they are still required of Israel but they are not required of Gentile believers. Because we have the indwelling presence of the Ruach Ha Kodesh, we have His advice at all times. Here's an example of how that works in a population of new believers: Even though there was a...

It depends on what you mean by "lawlessness". Gentile believers are not under the ceremonial law or other regulations--that was settled by the Jerusalem council. But Yeshua confirmed that we are under the summary of the law contained in the command to love God and each other. The identity...

I wouldn't say that they hate it exactly--it is that they don't understand it or its purpose. They are also victims of bad teaching--starting with the Roman Catholic church's teaching that the Church has replaced Israel. Romans 11 stands in contradiction to what "Earburner" has said but he...

And I don't see how one cannot see the distinction between the Church and Israel in Scripture. Hebrews 8:6--->"But now Jesus, our High Priest, has been given a ministry that is far superior to the old priesthood, for He is the one who mediates for us a far better covenant with God, based on...

The only problem is that your Hebrew is faulty. The Hebrew for "life" is chai NOT nephesh (which does indeed mean "soul"). The expression "living soul" in Hebrew is nephesh chaya. Two different words with two different meanings. The account that Jesus relates, exactly conforms to the...

God seems to "give us over" to our own will at times but at other times, He, in His sovereignty, overrules the inclination to do or have done to us as we will. Jesus said that He wanted not what He willed (it was clear that Jesus did not will that He would suffer at the hands of unbelievers and...

Karl Marx said that the "bourgeoisie" (the middle class) must eventually disappear Communist Manifesto (Chapter 2) Every communist since then has justified it because they wrongly felt that the middle class was an impediment. That is why all communist schemes eventually fail--because in...

:cool: I think that God's sovereignty is such that we CANNOT "limit Him". Was the Apostle Paul able to limit God's action in his life? I think the answer would be no--even if Paul wanted to do so. How the free will of man intersects with the sovereignty of God is a mystery that will...

Please read: Genesis 35:18; Luke 16:19-31; Luke 23:43; John 11:25-26; 1 Peter 3:18-19; Revelation 6:9-10 which challenge the notion of "soul sleep" which SDAs teach.

I really wasn't trying to "put words into" your mouth--I don't appreciate the accusation. They were honest questions. That section is teaching about loving one's enemies--one of the most challenging of all of Jesus' teachings. It is only through the Holy Spirit dwelling within us that we...

It was probably the current Jesuit General, Arturo Sosa (also known as the "black pope"). His official title is Superior General of the Society of Jesus (if a priest has the initials s.j. after his name, it means that he is part of the "Society of Jesus," called the Jesuits for short). There...

Is it your interpretation that Rev. 2:7 means that only those who overcome all temptation will be resurrected to immortal life? If so, how is it that we see multitudes of Jesus' followers in John's vision of heaven? If one has to be sinless to go there, it lets out just about everyone. Why...

Yes, it is a classic and is often cited. I think that it is important to note that those with strong moral convictions (like Christians and non-Talmudic, religious Jews) are resistant to the corrupting influence of power but they can be seduced by it as well (look at King David as an example)...

Yes, but at what cost? At $1 billion for a storage facility, not too likely that enough will be built to make much of a difference in the energy basket. Yes, but it is carrying at peak capacity in some areas already. It will never be able to carry enough power to supply the needs of the...

Jesus told us that we would have tribulation (trouble) that came out of being one of His followers. And so we have. It has been estimated that 70 million Christians have been martyred in the 2,000 year history of the faith. Even today, approximately 100,000 Christian martyrs suffer and die...

Blaming the Jews for the creation of the international banking establishment ignores the fact that there were and are many, many more Gentiles than Jews within it. Joseph Goebbels was an evil man but not particularly more evil than the average unbeliever in Germany at that time. At first. He...

Why, isn't that just precious.