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The Son is equal to the Father according to John 5:18. He claimed to be equal with the Father (John 5:18). See Isaiah 55:8-9, Romans 11:33-36.

Usually, if it is done with joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance, it is done in the love that is shed abroad in the heart through the Holy Ghost. Bingo. Except it was never true. (will post a link shortly of somewhere I have preached grace in the...

That doesn't say that mankind doesn't have a choice in the matter of his own fate.

Rom 13:1, Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Rom 13:2, Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. Psa 2:1, Why do...

Rom 13:1, Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Rom 13:2, Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. Psa 2:1, Why do...

That is an excellent point...and it substantiates the concept of free will in man very nicely.

I know what the truth is in my mind but I don't know how to explain it to you in such a way that you would understand it and/or not argue with the reality of what I know is true. So I am not going to try. If you want to know the truth, seek the Lord for His revelation on the matter. I'm sure...

My shifted idea did not fail...you simply failed to understand it. And I'm not sure that I can explain it to you, either. You are going to have to ask the Holy Spirit about this one, sorry. I cannot figure out how to explain it to you because there is an apparent language barrier here. Also...

Nope.

There is free will in man. God knows the outcome of everything before it comes to pass. Sometimes we can't figure these things out with our finite human brains.

The heart of the issue, picking up where the argument really begins: entire sanctification is an obtainable goal.

The light will eventually bring every sin to the light; if not in this world then on your day of judgment. If you are in the habit of confessing your sins in this life, you will continue to behave according to that habit while being judged. It is written, Mat 5:25, Agree with thine adversary...

Love shows itself in the attitude of the person doing the good work.

There is nothing wrong with reading commentaries...I have read a few that are heavy on "milk" Milk is, in fact, the word of His grace. @Behold is right on that point. Meat is doctrine that has more to do with obedience and how to be strong against temptation. Meat provides protein in your...

Rom 12:1, I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Rom 12:2, And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove...

To think that "being evil" isn't proof of the lack thereof, is also to place a smile on the devil's lips.

The epistle to the Hebrews has not harmed me in the long run; it has deepened and strengthened my faith. Mic 2:7, O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

Mat 7:17, Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. Mat 7:18, A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

1Jo 1:8, If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. You say that you have no sin; therefore you deceive yourself, and the truth is not in you. I agree with God that I am made righteous; I just don't define my righteousness as being sinless. Again, we all...