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No, I don’t believe it’s always greed, else the person with the lowest bank account isn’t greedy and everyone else is. Is that what you think? What if I used the money in my bank account to repair my car instead of giving that money to a homeless person? Am I greedy or am I being a good steward...

Well, what about the parable of the talents in Matthew 25? The guy who hid the talent in the earth and gave it back without interest to his lord is told he was wicked and slothful. If we consider our money as being given to us by God and ourselves as stewards then I wouldn’t think improving...

I’ve thought the same thing. In Matthew 24:40 and 41, the words “shall be taken”<3880> occurs 50 times and can have several different meanings. One meaning is to receive something transmitted, to receive with the mind. If I insert that meaning into Matthew 24:40 it says Then shall two be in the...

Right, Jesus had the foreknowledge that Peter would deny Him. Once Jesus told Peter he would deny Him, then Peter also had the foreknowledge of what was going to happen. Under normal circumstances we don’t have the foreknowledge of the future, other than prophecy that hasn’t been fulfilled yet...

What’s interesting to me is that some people on this forum will argue that many of the early church fathers had a consensus about a particular eschatological view. But you are pointing out that the early church fathers also had to contend with what writings should or shouldn’t be considered as...

Well, I’m not so sure about the “if God caused it, then God could not hold anyone accountable” part of your statement. Let’s consider Peter, was Peter held accountable for denying Jesus? In Matthew 26:34 Jesus tells Peter that he will deny Him. In verse 35 Peter says he will not deny and the...

Ok, I agree we are saved by grace and no work on our part is involved in that, works follow salvation. Even believing itself is a work according to John 6:28-29. But as far as our free will to choose Jesus or not, that doesn’t seem to be. In order to have free will, neither Satan or God can...

Ok, in 2 Corinthians 4:4 the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. Does a person have a choice as to whether they see Jesus or not? I mean if an unbeliever’s mind is...

Would a carnal mind be resisting the Holy Spirit as seen in Acts 7:51?

In Romans 8:16 it says The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. In 1 Corinthians 2:12 it says Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. We can...

1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. Unless you think getting the mark of the beast is not a sin, it has to take place outside of the physical body. That means the mark of...

Let me throw this idea out there … The lawless one could be viewed as one that has no covenant. The man <444> of sin relates to both genders, male and female. Jerusalem is described as a woman in the Bible in various forms, one being a harlot. It could be looked at as Jerusalem had no covenant...

I think that’s a fair assessment, with out getting into OSAS vs NOSAS debate, we all know that there are currently some people who at least claim to have accepted Christ at some point and now claim to no longer believe in Christ. It’s fair to say even today there are people “falling away” from...

I think this turns into a OSAS vs NOSAS debate. Personally I think all the verses that point to NOSAS are talking about Jews who believed in the coming Messiah and had that faith but when He came they ended up rejecting Him at some point. So it appears as if they were saved but when they commit...

You mentioned atheists and unbelieving Jews can’t be who 2 Thessalonians 2 is referring to. I agree, but it could be referring to Jews who believed and were zealous for the law (Acts 21:20). Those folks could’ve decided to stop believing Jesus was the Messiah and just stick with the law. John...

Here’s the thing, if a Preterist says the physical temple that was destroyed in 70AD was the temple in 2 Thessalonians 2:4, people will argue that the physical temple was no longer holy or naos(holy of holies) after the vail was torn, God left that temple. If that’s the case then it also has to...

Do you know of any passages that say the naos has both truth and apostasy in it? I know the outer court of the temple can have both but I don’t think there are any references to the naos (holy of holies) itself containing both, except maybe 2 Thessalonians but that reference is debatable as to...

Well, I guess it depends on how these things are interpreted. I can’t find any other reference to something unclean even being in the temple (naos) with the naos still being holy. I’m thinking of Nadab and Abihu when they offered strange fire, that happened for a brief moment only before they...

I haven’t tried to research this but here’s what someone else said about the man of sin sitting in the temple … This was fulfilled by the Zealot leader Menahem in Jerusalem in AD 66. He "exalted himself" over every other Zealot contender for Daniel's prophesied Messiah role. Every one of...

Well, I can’t take you seriously either, did the Holy Spirit teach you there was only one day of the Lord when Thessalonians was written or do you have some verses that back up your claim?