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Did you read verses 17-18? I see a direct answer to the questuon, and its pretty much the same thing Stranger said. God raised Pharaoh up so he could show his power. Its not the only time God did this. In John 9 he let a man be blind from birth just so he could work a miracle for him. He...

I know what you mean... It's such a great gift that's its hard not to be excited about it.

Have a look at Romans 9: Romans 9:17-18 KJV For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. [18] Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy , and whom...

Sounds fine to me as long as you don't come off as prideful and arrogant about it.

Mama didn't shed his blood.

I guess his Mama.

Ok you win. I have a reading comprehension problem, the KJV is a poor version of the Bible, and God doesn't want us to seek or speak truth. Feel better?

The verse says if any MAN seeketh the truth. That was my point. A city itself doesn't seek truth. The people in the city do. And God said if there was a man that did, he would pardon it (yes I do know the "it" was Jerusalem. I'm not sure how you feel about the subject, but I think its...

No, it doesn't. Jeremiah 5:1 KJV Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

Amen!

I think that the most powerful thing we can do in prayer is saying, "not my will, but thy will be done". The [small] problem is that when we do that, we may initially be disappointed.

Kepha31, A quick question that I may have asked before but forgot the answer to: In your replies you mentioned quite often about laying on of hands. Paul to Timothy, for example. Yet, I don't see that happening often with Popes. We had a unique happening in history recently when Pope Benedict...

I am familiar with the story... God gave it for healing but Israel started worshipping it. Thus, Hoshea had it destroyed. It wasn't given a name initially. I'm not sure what point you are making, but I would venture to guess its about not worshipping idols or miracles even if they are God...

Last time I was in the hospital I listed Christian-nondenominational.

Hi ByGrace, First off there were no Protestants or Catholics in the Bible or in Jesus' day. So why would I want to be one today? Second, "Protestant" is somewhat of an acknowledgement to the Catholic Church. The Catholic CHurch believes that Protestants are rebellious children, but...

Actually I didn't claim they were inspired. I said that those who compiled the Bible were led by the spirit.

Good heavens.... That's just some old fashioned catholic paranoia there...

The "Apocrypha" is what they are called. Its not me calling those books that name, its what almost all of Christians outside the Catholic Church calls it. Speaking of the name, I wish I could say I don't understand why you are so upset with the term, but I do understand. Somehow you have...

I can't speak for protestants, but I don't think that they (Protestants) really care all that much about your questions or the Apochrypha. They're probably pretty much at peace over it.