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3. Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.'' 4. Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?'' 5. Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I...

Amen.

I don't want to argue against sound hermeneutical principle, but given that our Lord spoke in the power of the Holy Spirit and that the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of prophecy, how would we then know whether or not His words had more than one meaning? I do appreciate your understanding of the...

No argument from me.

It seems like this thread is pretty far off topic, but as the author of the original post is no longer here and the current direction is leading to something less than polite discussion, I have a question with regard to this Israel versus the Church controversy. I started reading through the...

You may be right, but I think that such watchfulness is largely dependent upon biblical literacy or there wouldn't be imperatives in scripture to do just that.

I wonder what it will take to convince the Church that the time of Christ's return is near. We aren't to be looking for signs yet they appear all around us. Of course, I suppose that if the signs don't fit your theology, its all right to simply disregard them. If it rained for 7 days upon the...

The church that Jesus built was not the RCC, but admittedly, the RCC came out of the original (which was in Jerusalem.)

Its a hard thing for the carnal mind to grasp, but when God kills it isn't murder, such talk is just self justification. What the scripture says is: 36. "For the Lord will judge His people and have compassion on His servants, when He sees that their power is gone, and there is no one remaining...

There's no question that Bunyan had a working faith, I'm just pointing out that he struggled with some verses that made him doubt either his salvation, doubt God's faithfulness, or doubt God's word. Any of those is problematic, but they all tend to be a problem for those who are following...

Paul had a sound understanding of God's sovereignty in the world. Nothing happens that He hasn't seen coming and nothing happens which He hasn't allowed to happen. In all things God's purpose is accomplished and as Paul also said in the book of Romans, And we know that all things work together...

11. "Assuredly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12. "And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by...

Unless these large percentages are due to rapes, its hard not to judge those who willfully disregard the commandments. The mature folks in the church are called to discern the difference between the sin and the sinner and deal with people in love with the hope of restoration, but there may not...

Hello Tom55, pardon me for being a bit flippant in my previous response, but let me attempt to be more specific here. My response "never said that" was intended to convey that I never said taking the communion cup and/or wine unworthily is cause for damnation. The scripture warns about the...

Its funny you should mention people turning to Al Jazeera and the BBC for world news. Just last week I was driven by my shop steward (with 2 other co-workers) to a meeting with a lawyer that our Union hired, and on the way the Steward was listening to the BBC on satellite radio. I didn't ask him...

Yes, since that heresy is the foundation of the cult.

I suppose that your explanation is close to my understanding, but I think Trinitarian doctrine is also an attempt to reconcile scripture to itself. e.g. In Genesis we find one generic word for God (Elohim) used in places, such as the passage about the tower of Babel. I don't know much about...

Never said that it did. Try reading the earlier post again, very slowly.

Taking communion is a form of profession of faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ. For many people within the professing church taking communion is the only public profession of faith that they will ever make after being accepted as a member of their church. If a person participates...

Perhaps, but it was the Spirit of Christ who gave the death penalty in the first place, as in Genesis chapter 9: 5. "Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man's brother I will require...