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Okay. I remarked on it only because you mentioned it. Anyway, what do you mean God (the Center) visited you? How do you know it was God? What do you mean by "felt being the center of the universe"? Is this all that God is, in the end? Just a strange feeling? I hope not. And this isn't what the...

*Shrugs* If this is your "dividing line," well, no one can stop you from making it so. But what makes your hair stand on end by no means has to have the same effect upon anyone else. If you want to get wound up about Dispensationalism, knock yourself out! For myself, I'm content to eat the meat...

Again, you should read through all my posts in this thread. And what do you mean by "cherry picking"? Am I to offer verses in defense of my view that don't actually defend it? No. Obviously, I will cite Scripture that serves to justify what I'm contending for. How is doing so "cherry picking"...

Oh? How so? Have you read and considered the very next verse?

Nope, it doesn't. I've explained why already in this thread. Your facile contradiction here by no means counters or dissolves what I've explained or establishes your own assertion above. It's just a contradiction, like the one's arguing children shout at one another on the school playground...

"Being religious" is not God's way to the life to which He calls us all. He lays out a very different way to walk with Him in His word, the Bible. I'm not sure you've ever understood what that way is. But it's impossible for you to know this. In order to say this with justified confidence...

??? I don't mind honesty; in fact, its crucially important for followers of Christ. But I wonder about the "brutal" part. Sometimes, this sort of "honesty" is just angry, offensive "axe grinding." Well, you're aware, I hope, that not all claiming a Dispensational title hold to the interpretive...

Yes, right. There is. That terrible story was all about "doing the will of the Father in heaven" (Matt. 7:21). Casting out demons, prophesying, performing miracles - all in the name of Jesus - certainly wouldn't be against the will of the Father. And yet, Jesus said those who argued for their...

This is what is called a facile - and dismissive - response. It's also just ad hominem, which is the typical resort of those whose argument has failed: If you can't defend your view, attack the character of your challengers. This isn't at all persuasive of your perspective, nor is it at all an...

There's no such thing as "no longer saved." See my past posts in this thread. Consider also: Hebrews 13:5, John 10:28-29 and Romans 8:38-39. Salvation is a work of God that is performed upon the one trusting in Christ as Savior and yielding to him as Lord. In no way does the one being saved...

No, what you don't "have time for" is challenges to YOUR version of what Jesus taught (in the Gospels AND through the apostle Paul). As we can all see, the multiplication of problems your mistaken views face is impossible to counter. Maybe it's time to take up new, better views.

This is a profound mischaracterization of the apostle Paul. Do you realize that, in giving this seriously false description of him, you just establish yourself as a proponent of ancient error?

Well, prior to the establishment and completion of God's word, the Bible, there were a variety of means whereby God declared what He was going to do and what He wanted the recipients of His communications to do. God used visits from angels, visions, dreams, prophets, a burning bush, stone...

Well, this might make the person a Dispensationalist but not necessarily an unbeliever, or Pharisee. Okay. But this, too, is just an anti-Dispensationalist statement, not necessarily proof-positive someone is a false brother/sister in the Lord. Sounds like you've got a big beef with...

In other words, you were mistaken. About how many other things in Scripture are you in error? No, you don't contribute anything to your salvation, you simply receive it. It is, after all, a gift, not a wage you earn. I've already explained this to you before. When you go to the dentist to get...

Okay. How is it, being an outsider, that you can "say straight what is wrong" (I presume about Christians and the faith generally)? How do you know you have the truth? On what basis are you confident that you do?

I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean by "God" and by "God's Spirit" if you aren't a Christian. Would you mind clarifying what you mean by these terms? Also, why do think God's Spirit will guide you? And one other thing: Why do you want to "replace yourself"? Okay. So, why do you say...

John 15:1-6 1 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 "Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. 3 "You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4...

Luke 12:35-48 35 "Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit. 36 "Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks. 37 "Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on...

Mark 10:25-31 25 "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." 26 They were even more astonished and said to Him, "Then who can be saved?" 27 Looking at them, Jesus *said, "With people it is impossible, but not with God; for...