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They are punished for their sin, unless they believe in the Saviour. However we don't pay for our sins by dying.

I agree. And he was addressing the local church at Rome. Although there were some Jews in Rome, there is nothing to indicate that the church at Rome had only Jewish members, or that the verses in question were addressed only to those members of the church at Rome who were Jews.

Let me start by stating the obvious: I don't know every Calvinist in the world, so there might well be some who call themselves Calvinists who do what you say and infiltrate churches to try to change the beliefs of those churches. What I can say, however, is that of all the Calvinists I have...

That sounds a bit like scriptural language, but it isn't a quote from the bible, is it? Certainly it was true of the particular thief to whom Jesus said, "Today you will be with Me in Paradise." But it is not true of all thieves, or all who have been put to death as thieves. I am not sure...

Thank you for explaining. That is much clearer now.

I am not sure what you mean by the progression of Jesus being glorified. We do have various passages talking about His glorification, and saying that He sits at His Father's right hand. ““The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you...

Did you mean, "The Orthodox Stayed True?" "Staid" means serious, boring, and slightly old-fashioned. I'm not sure how a map showing the ancient tribes of what we now call Europe shows whether the Orthodox Church stayed true or not.

I am not trying to get around what Paul wrote. It is clear from Scripture that the whole Godhead was involved in the resurrection. Jesus, the Son, said He had the power to take up His life again. We have verses like this about God the Father raising Jesus: ““Him God raised up on the third...

Jesus said something rather different: “17 “Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. 18 “No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.””...

I have strong reservations about such an idea. Why? Because it casts doubt on the whole bible being God's inspired word. Jesus Himself taught two on the road to Emmaus about Himself from the Old Testament: “And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the...

I wasn't complaining; I just wondered whether you had posted in the theology section by mistake, that's all. God bless you too.

Sorry, what theological point are you making?

Thanks for explaining. I now know why we don't have such churches in the UK, although here, churches don't usually have to pay tax.

What ever is a 501c3 church? What do they believe? Do they have some particular belief or practice that is the reason for you saying that you would attend such a church, but not a member? I don't think we have 501c3 churches here in the UK. I pray that God will enable you to find and join...

I would say that modesty applies not only to the way a person dresses, but how they speak and act (I don't mean on a stage or a film/movie set!). The word translated "modesty" in our English bibles has this entry in the Concordance of my bible software: 2157 eushemosune...

When we take the words of John 1 about Jesus Christ together with what Jesus said ("Before Abraham was, I am,") what other conclusion can there be than that Jesus Christ is eternal? The John 1 verses I mean are these: “1 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word...

That helps me to understand what you meant. Thanks. Revelation 20:13 doesn't say that people are poured out of hell. In context, it shows that the hell where they end up is somwhere even worse than Hades: “13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the...

Are you asking me if I have read the bible? If so, the answer is yes. Surely you cannot expect me to state everything I know from/about the bible in one post on this thread. What I can say is that in my reading of the bible, I cannot recall ever reading that hell has two compartments, that...

I'd forgotten that one. Thanks for pointing it out. Generally though, the false gods are described in the bible as idols, the works of men's hands.

So it seems your argument that Molech, Baal, etc, were fallen angels with Satan is based on silence. In several places the bible talks about heathen gods as the work of men's hands. That seems to me to indicate that they cannot be fallen angels, because angels were created by God.