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No...it is sin dwelling ON them that makes them wicked. Sin dwelling IN them makes them weak. But a humble man can avoid presumptuous sins...and be justified by God even with sin still IN them. Free will means we can say NO to a false covering that adds sin to sin.

We have free will. As such we can boast of our greatness, or pound our chest in humility. How do we behave knowing we are sinners? Do we turn to a false gospel and declare ourselves righteous based on our new beliefs? If we do that we are adding sin to sin. How deep do our sins go? The only...

The problem is not so much being blind, as in the imagination that one isn't blind when one is. Jesus told the Pharisees...because you say "we see" your sin remains. Righteousness is granted to a person if they can admit their own blindness. From there they can receive light. The devil's...

No imagination would be having everyone pre-determined in their roles...no nuances, no surprises. God is spontaneous in His actions...but they follow a pattern of mercy AND truth. They were unknown to the angels. God FOREKNEW them...but did NOT Pre-determine them. I don't think you watched...

The extremist reformist view championed by men such as Luther and Calvin is that man has no agency whatsoever in either salvation or justification. That's how people get predestination so wrong. Predestination is not about salvation or justification...it is ONLY about a certain number of people...

The movie plot is predestined. The actors are foreknown. But who will fulfill the good roles and bad roles is affected by our free will. Use your free will wisely.

"For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong on behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein you have done foolishly: therefore from henceforth you shall have wars." 2 Chron. 16:9

In the parable of the talents, does everyone who is given a talent produce another? Who determines if we will be faithful or not with what we have been given? In this episode we will look at the biblical distinction between predestination and free will.

Having made that point, I would say that the truth will never be accepted as a mass movement. The majority will never have the depth and nuance associated with an actual spiritual discernment. When Jesus said...2 or 3 gathered in His name...well, that's about it. A few here a few there. The way...

We can't seem to agree on all the same errors. :rolleyes: :hmhehm

You are pitting the bible against the bible. I teach what is in the bible. In your scheme you ignore one verse to uphold a faulty understanding of another. Paul would rebuke you for that. False. DOING righteousness is 100% biblical...and the standard by which almost all believers will be...

There you go with the pagan religion of Valhalla again. No one DOES righteousness to go to heaven (Valhalla)...that is a pagan idea that you teach. DOING righteousness is for God's MERCY. The MEEK inherit the earth. Yes you have. The cross is what kills our sin nature so that we walk in...

Today's modern gospel would read...For I am not ashamed (as I should be) of the (modern) GOSPEL, the BELIEF in God unto salvation to everyone who conforms to an ideology that denies the power)

And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ Matt. 7:23

The law is meant to show sin in sinners. How do you figure we are no longer under the curse of the law? The soul that sins it shall die. The wages of sin is death. This has never changed. Only those who enter INTO Christ are under grace...a new law...a SECOND law. A law that FREES us from the...

OH my....I can't begin to describe how rife with error this is... To accept what He says about us? To accept what Jesus says about us would be to admit to being poor, naked, blind and wretched. Spiritually speaking of course.

Of course there is...but that's not what is the "new" in the New Covenant. Not a better forgiveness....but a better holiness. Not just being set apart in order to get used to being different...but the real reason for the training...to be holy since God is holy. The law is a gauge that shows...

God has agency to do that....but we don't. Our role is to work out our salvation with fear and trembling.

God sees all...future, past. For Him, everything is already determined. But we have no agency to do that. We don't know what we will be......that's why the wise fear and tremble. It's one thing to be saved...but quite another to be saved as a vessel of honour (as opposed to being a vessel of...

The fact that you take that personally shows you are living an ego-centric life. It was not meant to be personal. You are very easily offended....why? A spiritual person can suffer real abuse with joy. The joy of the Lord is our strength and refuge...no need for petty offenses. Can you...