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Hi Brakelite, Just a quick comment on your statement: "When a religious person is tempted, the greatest temptation is to find a religious reason to justify the iniquity." Just making the comment that temptation is not a sin, it only becomes sin when we act upon where we are tempted.

To fully understand our relationship with God we must realize that He is the author and creator of our emotions and He has emotions towards us. What are His emotions? Let’s try an experiment! Take out a pen and a piece of paper. Now I’m going to ask you a question and I want you to write down...

Hi Retro, Your words: “LOL! And THAT is why so many have problems “dealing with prophecy!” Seriously?! “Common sense” is just a phrase that means WISDOM (which isn’t so “common,” btw)! The Scriptures MUST make “sense,” “common" or otherwise, because God is a SENSIBLE GOD! Even if He is...

I would make the observation that the majority of christians have a pre-millennial view. Amillennialism is pretty low on the popularity scale, imo.

Hi Rae, God's word tells us to "pray without ceasing" and to "be renewed in the spirit of your mind" and that we "put on our new man and put off our old man". The new covenant tells us: "I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts." You said: "It is to bring men in...

Hi Rae & Here, I direct you back to the OP, any reply to your posts that I could make was already said there.

Hi rjp, Regarding John 17:15, that is a prayer ranging from vss. 6-19 that is specifically for the 11 remaining disciples (see vs. 12). Christ's prayer for the church in general is in vss. 20-26.

Hi Pom, From reading your verses I see that we are talking about two different things. You're speaking of individual acts and the violence associated with selfishness and an unforgiving spirit. Imo, they are not in the same category as war and self-defense. There are two verses in Luke 22 that...

Aspen first brought up this subject in another post. As this deals closely with successful spiritual warfare, I thought it would be timely to offer my thoughts on the subject as well. This post is a little lengthy but, imo, the subject matter is important enough to take the extra time. I hope...

Hi Pom, you'll have to show me the scrips on that. Have you read the OT?

Good question aspen. If I can find it, I have an article I wrote on this very subject that I'll post later. I think it's far more important than people realize. While 100% agreement this side of heaven is nigh on impossible to conceive, it is a necessary component of successful spiritual...

I believe they are two different books. If anything I believe the seven sealed scroll of Rev. 6, may be what Daniel sealed and it still hasn't been opened yet, imo.

I gotta disagree with you aspen. It seems like more of the younger Amish folk are leaving and not coming back. Meeting all violence with love, just isn't logical, nor christian, imo. It sure wouldn't work in the battlefield. Anyways, there are several types of spiritual warfare the church is...

Hi Pom, It wouldn't matter if the church was 100% perfect, they would still hate us. The church has been producing martyrs since its beginning. God is the judge of whether or not the "church" is doing its job or not. As Peter says "Judgment begins with the House of God". I certainly won't deny...

A while ago, God had me do some research into spiritual warfare. The following articles written in book style are the results of my studies. I hope you will find some useful tools in your daily and future battles with evil and that these studies will bless and encourage you. Introduction...

Hi Brakelite, Your words: "Historicism on the other hand takes into account the last 2000 years of history as prophecy, in an unbroken tale, reveals the hand of God throughout history. He did not forget, ignore, or gloss over the last2000 years as if they were of no consequence. In fact, it is...

Hi Brakelite, Your words: “Trekson...you are stretching your connections far beyond what could be called sound exegesis. That language in one passage is similar to language in another does not necessarily mean they refer explicitly to the same thing.” When you’re speaking of unfulfilled...

Hi ATP, Your words: "There is power to His name, when believing on His name. Verse 9-10 describe who we were as nonbelievers without salvation, thus verse 11. Verse 11 describes who we are now after salvation. The reason I put this in the debate forum is because a lot of people quote verse 9-10...

Hi ATP, The descriptions of the crowns gives the answer to questions 2 & 3. While we utilize God's grace, it is only by the desire in us to live a life pleasing to God that avails us of the opportunity to receive crowns. We receive the crowns for His glory, not our own. The more crowns we...

Hi Brakelite, Your words: "Are you suggesting that the liberty we are called to is a freedom from restrictions? Is that how you view God's law or His Ten Commandments? A set of restrictions? God's call to you as a husband to be faithful to your wife is a restriction? A commandment of bondage...