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I'm here hopefully to help young Christians get grounded in the faith. I'd prefer to do this in a Church setting as I helped out in a home ministry doing that same thing for years. I no longer can do it in a Church setting as my stuttering has gotten quite bad but my writing is decent. So here...

Of course, what thread on religion wouldn't include this verse... Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. ..and a definition of the term 'religion'. religion...

And without the written Word you will be at the mercy of a legion of spirits. Romans 12:2 KJVS [2] And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 2 Corinthians 4:16 KJVS...

No, Israel is God's creation, not the devil's... (Eze 38:8) After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is...

Are you referring to the fact that he did not bring up the topic of predestination until his Third Book of his Institutes? (there were four total)

All this from a person who doesn't know for sure? umm, no.

I will speak to the topic, but ignore the insults. You should be able to defend 'Scripturally' whatever comes your way, without resorting to ad hominems.

I think what had been somewhat obvious is now fully so. Is this the way God's 'Spirit' is leading you? ...On Ignore, until you can address the topic rather than continually attack others, IOW communicate like a decent person.

Poor Noah, a preacher of righteousness, had only 8 converts after 100 years. Was he boring, devoid of the Spirit (they had no Scripture then/ just word of mouth), maybe he had canned sermons OR just maybe the people were in apostasy and didn't have ears to hear because they loved their sin? I...

Personal attacks are never as helpful as addressing the subject at hand, neither is assuming what the other knows or has done.

Because I have learned to rightly divide God's word in knowing when I am being spoken to as a believer and when it is for another group. I just pray you weren't so antagonistic to God's written Word ...even though it takes some study, and/or a decent teacher.

I was thinking the same. Some of this crass theology appears to be Christian mysticism, right out of a Christian fairy tale like The Shack. A perfect example of what happens when you poo pooh God's Word. Unbelievable is right. (2Th 2:9-10) Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan...

God would be a liar if His Word changed over time. Yet... (Heb 13:8) Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. But some are trying to say That God's Word is stale and imply Jesus changes. So which changes? You can't have your cake and eat it too on this one.

and we know these things only through His written Word. examples of such people? Yes that is also found in His written Word, the very thing you attempt to belittle... Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand...

The one you quoted in #145 and this one Yes.

...and whether God in His mercy reveals what His written Word says. But again, it doesn't absolve us from seeking for God's wisdom in His Word. But you said earlier that we see through a glass darkly and now you want to point us back to the obscurity of our hearts? Sorry, I'll go with the...

That's what Scripture says, no?

That's referring to when there is agreement, my example was what to do when there isn't... Matthew 18:19-20 KJVS [19] Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. [20] For...

No, you go to the Scriptures and read the Book of Hebrews and 2Cor2 to see the Mosaic Covenant was overshadowed by the New Covenant. You also learn that God is spirit and those who worship Him must do so in spirit and truth, for of such the Father seeks to worship Him. Jn 4:23-34. See how...

True, but that doesn't exclude us from the responsibility to test the spirits against Scripture. I'm guessing because you said 'God's Word is the final arbiter', that is from where you test the spirits. I don't discount the fact that we grow by God's grace and by His mercy. 2 Timothy 3:16-17...