Search results

Thanks, BF52. One clarification, though: Abraham does not have "two different seeds," but rather one seed ~ all those in Christ, whether of Old Testament times or New Testament times ~ and that one seed is now one regardless of ethnicity. We are all one in Christ Jesus, children of the promise...

No, just... well, at least kinda stupid. <smile> Grace and peace to you, Jack.

Being wrong about this or that... about whether this or that is sinful or about this person or that person ~ even Paul ~ being saved or not does not beget a sentence to Hell, Jack. <smile> Grace and peace to you.

Well, yes, God's true Jews of His Israel, His household, as Paul defines them in Romans 2:28-29... "no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical... a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter... His...

Just a brief comment on 1 John 3:9, since that was offered as a proof text by... well, someone here... <smile> ...that saved folks don't sin anymore... Let's look at that passage in its entirety, rather than just verse 9... "Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness...

Okay. <smile> Well, I can’t say I’m surprised you would say that. <smile> But everything God does is perfectly holy. Yeah, again, okay. <smile> Well, I already pointed out that ~ according to Jesus ~ the two great commandments… you remember, I’m sure. On them depend all the Law and the...

John ~ the disciple whom Jesus loved ~ is saying that even of himself, Taken. It “applies” to all of us, as we are disciples ~ followers ~ of the Lord. Goodness gracious. Grace and peace to you.

That’s at least somewhat true in the worldly sense, but in the Biblical sense not so much. Did God “strongly dislike” Esau… and thus all who are not among His elect? Well no, God is love, of course, and loves all His creation and especially His special part of it, all mankind. But yet God hated...

<eye roll> Okay Jack. <chuckle> I mean maybe that really is your intent, but you’re doing it very… poorly… You do know what grace is, yeah? Yes, so, you can do most anything with grace, even pulling folks from the fire. Verse 22 there says it… do it with compassion. Now, the definitions of...

Jack. Jack. Come on man. <smile> You’re a Christian. Stop quarreling and contending and… being condescending. Love, man. Love. <smile> Grace and peace to you.

Sin is not merely “bad things,” Taken. I’m sure you remember all of Jesus’s “But I tell you” statements concerning things like murder and lust. All sins are matters of the heart, not the outward acts. Consider that Jesus said the two great commandments are, in order… you know this… to love God...

So many things get thrown around on this board by folks who supposedly disagree with... and even hate John Calvin for what he ~ again, supposedly ~stood for. "Calvin said this!" And "Calvin believed that!" And "Calvin taught this and that." But no one ever presents anything John Calvin...

There is a simultaneous 'now' and 'not yet' to many, many Biblical things. It is constant them through the entirety of the Bible. For example, the Kingdom of God has this "now-and-not-yet-ness" in that it is here now, as Jesus said over 2,000 years ago, but it will not be here in its fullness...

If we are thinking along kinsman redeemer lines... we have no idea if Joseph had any brothers. Not sure why anybody is even discussing this.

<chuckles> Paul quotes Isaiah's words here at the end of his letter to the Romans. To your question, of course the answer is no, but a lot of folks even on this forum think they "know better" than God on some really big things, like love and justice. <smile> Grace and peace to all.

You're floating the possibility that Joseph left Mary? Divorced her? Even after the Lord appeared to him in a dream (Matthew 1:20, 2:13, and possibly 2:19) and Joseph obeyed? Obviously Joseph knew the Lord and was faithful, and that's all we know about Joseph, really. Joseph probably died...

@Spiritual Israelite You mean as if I haven't? Yeah, a head of stone. <shrug> I mean, to your satisfaction, no, which I get, and acknowledged, but that's all you can really say. Yes you have. <smile> Okay, we think the very same of each other. Cool. Well, anymore, after this, because...

@dad ...but the whole earth, exactly as Jesus says in Matthew 5:5. And yes, we, together, are God's Israel, the household of God. That's exactly what I have been saying, several times over now, the reason being that is exactly as Scripture says Yes, in the greater sense. Good for you...

@dad @Spiritual Israelite Well. Bless both your hearts, then. Heads of stone… But yeah, really, in all seriousness, bless both your hearts. Okay, just a couple of things:

You continue to think I take that passage out of context, when I clearly demonstrated, in Post 306 that it is you who... inadvertently, I guess, although that possibly may not actually be the case... do just that. Plus you have called me a liar numerous times, which is certainly not the case...