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These should be considered as good and common markers of a hopeful seeker.

The Greek translation is the best then, but the English translation is good also. Which is an excellent point--that is, understanding the proper tense. Because all things with God are present tense--"the same yesterday, today, and forever." Meaning, that we, living and passing through our own...

Confidant--Yes--got a confidante in Jesus! :smirk:

Only a biased person would weigh in before the deal is finished.

My point was-- No Christian should even be asking such questions. Do people not know that by inserting themselves into such matters, they too enter into the same judgment before God? At minimum they will be told something like this: "Jesus said to him, “If I will that he remain till I come...

I just didn't know what it stood for.

That's fine...but then you shouldn't ask questions or make assumptions or judgments about things the scriptures explain in more detail (like being born again and having more than one body).

Oh, no, surely not. No Jesus, I am sure he didn't actually mean any offensive against You. Well, to me I suppose. I'm not sure, he didn't say whether he meant it against the old me, or the new me. Yeah, I know, but he can't see You. Well, yeah, he probably has read about You coming into those...

You ask as if you heard nothing I said. So I will ask again: Which Scott are your referring to, the old Scott born of the flesh, a sinner, or the new Scott who is born of the spirit of God, who is a completely new creation and has a new name?

That refers to another part of the issue. Which is: Who is being accused of continual sin, the old man of flesh, or the new man born of the spirit of God--because there's both. Which is the issue that Paul spoke of and his own struggles to do want he wanted instead of doing what he do not want...

Has anyone ever actually met a person that claims to be saved that has said "Now I am saved, it doesn't matter how I live my life. I can sin as much as I want. I'll still be saved?" I don't know of any. It's hard to believe they even exist. Which I say, because a person who is actually saved...

TULIP?

It is not for you to say. And what--you think the encounters with and of God in the past--were received as "coherent?" And you are not listening, but repeating. Like I said, I don't need this. Your understanding is no challenge to me, I am simply sent to do my part--from God--according to His...

Your coming to a Christian form with a rather different explanation for truth, makes it related to the thread subject. But if you wish to send me away as if you are not able to confront the truth from a Christian perspective--just say so and reveal yourself and your intentions. I don't need...

No, not at all. I do understand your reaction, but since the beginning of time, in only one continual thread, the record shows this is how this works. And with us discussing not just the greater mysteries of life, but during a time when it would appear to be an open forum, I want to be...

More lashing out in hatred, more lying, more personal attacking--and why--because apparently you can't track even your own posts and certainly not all that is being brought to the table here...which is biblical, foretold to come and has come, as it is written--complete with scoffers. And it is...

You didn't finish your post. But no--although I have given you much--no special revelations for you.

What's your question?

What I am saying is, we can have a discussion here regarding these matters, but I am under authority and the terms are not debatable. It could be said that what you wrote is similar, but you are using your own (or someone else's) words and terms to define and frame things. Which is not...

One thing at a time. First, allow me to explain my "understanding." My understanding is not a matter of mere belief, although I have also come to believe a lot as a result, but what I actually know. Most come into life exploring and learning, some good things, some not, which then become the...