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  1. ScottA

    A Mystery Revealed (for the first time).

    God is a god of revelation, and does so in the fulness of time according to His purpose. A good example is the mystery that Paul was given to reveal several millennia after it was first given by God, which was in the beginning...the mystery of marriage. What was practiced for so long without a...
  2. ScottA

    CHANGING Times

    They say changing ones beliefs is like divorce or death. Most would even say--even of all generations, but certainly of this generation, that these are times of change. And they are. But it is not yet perceived by many that the times in which "knowledge shall increase" foretold by Daniel the...
  3. ScottA

    Embracing "All Truth."

    Embracing "All Truth." However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. John 16:13 So...Jesus in preparation for leaving his disciples and...
  4. ScottA

    What is meant by Christ coming to "each in his own order."

    It is not a question. Paul was explaining, as will I. The issue is when Christ comes (again). The quotes below are from another thread, so as not to highjack that other thread, but to pick up at that point and give an answer. Here is the passage where the apostle Paul explains: Now if Christ...
  5. ScottA

    If one says, "I take of what is Mine and declare it to you."-- Who is he?

    The answer of course, is-- Not the Holy Spirit. But it is painfully obvious that we struggle with what Jesus actually said regarding the Holy Spirit, that other "Helper", and just what it is that He has arranged for us and these times in which we live, since He spoke it: “I still have many...
  6. ScottA

    To those who say, "My master is delaying his coming."

    The Master and John His servant said: He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! Revelation 22:20 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. Revelation 1:1 ...And...
  7. ScottA

    "Apart From Sin"

    To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation. Hebrews 9:28 Ignoring for the moment that this passage tells of the second coming and the "quick" return of Christ-- What does Paul mean by Jesus appearing "apart from sin?" It means that the sinful...
  8. ScottA

    The "Will" of God...vs...The "I am" of God.

    Much is lost and confused by the misunderstanding of the difference between the will of God and the I am of God. They are not really different...but are presented differently. What is meant by "the will of God?" The will of God is what is written, and why it is written. As one reads the...
  9. ScottA

    The Key of a "Thousand."

    Most want to take the words of scripture "literally"...that is, as according to our own understanding. This we do in spite of God's own clarification, that the words are rather spirit, and are spiritually discerned. And the result is, we are potentially completely off when it comes to...
  10. ScottA

    The HOMELESS Problem.

    This reminds me of the saying: “If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.” And yet, while some of that applies with dealing with the increase numbers of homeless--that is not the answer. If you give a man a fish or give him a...
  11. ScottA

    Differences of Opinion vs. A House Divided

    I suppose this comes under ethics.. I just told someone off in another thread, and it occurred to me that there is a HUGE difference between having a difference of opinion and divisions amongst this Christian house. Differences of opinion are like what flavor of ice cream--completely harmless...
  12. ScottA

    The GENDER Issue again :)

    The gender issue keeps popping up.. And those even with the best of intensions of being true and faithful to the word of God, still refer to Paul's commandment for women to be "silent in church" as if that smaller purpose of which Paul spoke was also the greater purpose of God in His word to...
  13. ScottA

    We're FIGHTING because...

    We’re fighting because Christ has divided those He must bring to the Father into two groups (Israel and “another fold”, meaning the gentiles), but preached the good news of the kingdom of God in one gospel narrative that according to the apostle Paul, must be “rightly divided”…and many...
  14. ScottA

    "Salvation" is the gift of Eternal Life - it's FOREVER.

    By definition salvation (being the gift of eternal life), is forever. Still, there are many who are confused by the ongoing sin of people who claim to be saved. This is a great misunderstanding-- but it does not mean that salvation can be lost. And yes, there are many scriptures that can be...
  15. ScottA

    Veridicans and the apostle Paul?

    @Edward Gordon ... I thought I would pull this out of the General Discussion area to address. So, are the writings of the apostle Paul not included in the Veridicans canon? And if not, why, since he is the only one in the Christian Bible that claimed of himself, "for me to live is Christ", a...
  16. ScottA

    Rightly dividing the word... What does that mean?

    2 Timothy 2:15 "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." I will wait to comment, but it would be good to hear what people say and think...so: What say you? What does that even mean?
  17. ScottA

    Is The Birds and the Bees a "fraud?"

    Are parents lying to their children with deceitful stories about the stork coming and the birds and the bees??? Just KIDDING! :D You all need to lighten up on the fairy tales. Nothing better to do than go after loving parents who have no intention of misleading their children away from God...
  18. ScottA

    There is NO proof text in scripture.

    God has confused all language at Babel--even all scripture...which has not been rescinded. Most of the debates here and many of the differences of belief and division among so-called Christians, are over the various translations of original languages that have been confused by God to make it...
  19. ScottA

    Death of the High Priest

    Joshua 20 The Cities of Refuge "20 The Lord also spoke to Joshua, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Appoint for yourselves cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses, 3 that the slayer who kills a person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there; and they...
  20. ScottA

    How's everyone doing these days...it's been awhile.

    I'm fine, life just gets busy sometimes. CA fires, business, moving, new beginnings, pandemic, etc.. God is good. Blessings all around!