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I thought that surely someone would try to guess what I figured out, or suggest what they think it would be.

Mystery Babylon, which God's people should not remain in and must come out from, will collapse and fall soon now ahead of the rise of that one prophesied as the beast, who will seduce all in the world apart from God to follow him, with the promises he will give, which will lead to entire...

No one on earth is perfect, we have failed in some ways. The commandments from God show what is right or wrong, above those the high will of God is shown, with what Jesus referred to "as it was in the beginning." Everything after that was with all people including us being sinners. But we do not...

It is doubtful that these passages are just poetry, and even poetry would have meaning that could be explained. Psalms can be called poetry, still with deep meaning. Why would any poetry be isolated here in the gospel of John? Even if you had some point that none of this should be understood...

There is only one true God. God says there is no other. Jesus is not separate but is the incarnation of God, while they speak to each other being distinct as shown. And who does God's will fully? You are not the image of God without doing so.

When this argument is used, that from law from the time of Moses what was different from how it was in the beginning was permitted for the hardened hearts of people, it should apply equally to any of it. I understand it that way. But I see others, and likely you, being inconsistent with that...

I do not think any who come to true faith with their repentance will lose faith because of what any sceptics say. Sceptics are keeping themselves from the truth.

To go on sinning is to not have repentance showing, that repentance is essential to living faith, that without it could at most be dead faith, which is of little difference from no faith. Repentance involves coming to hear what Christ said, and this does not dismiss what God has said, and then...

People do reap what they sow. Jesus bore the consequential judgment for sin, for those who come to Jesus, with repentant faith.

Jesus Christ was born after being conceived which was announced by the angel appearing to Mary, who was told that what was to be conceived, that would be born to her, was to be called the Son of God, as shown in the gospel account of Luke. In the one of John, it is made clear that the...

Those who are covered by Christ's atonement, that pays the "debt", are those responding to God with essential faith, which is with repentance, that they are in Christ. All those never coming to repentance and so not with real needed faith are not covered and are subject to the fair judgment that...

The most effective way for growth is surely coming to value God's will for us over anything else. The minimum to do for being saved will not be considered still, for that.

Modern Christianity is compromised in this modern world. Is this doubted? Really? Early believers were not materialistic this way, there was warning against it. And there is no consciousness of what exploitation there is behind what there is materialistic accumulation of, and there should be...

I am not ashamed to call my faith: faith. I know to not presume knowledge where I did not have knowledge. I could be trading away my intellect doing so. Being open to learning more, and open enough to turn from mistakes is essential. Everyone can make mistakes and those are frequent enough...

You are welcome to show me the passages clearly showing that, in proper context, without our cultural values today imposed on those. My point though was that there is not text saying our original ancestors Adam and Eve were ashamed then of their nakedness. It does say they were afraid, and we...

There are things many believe from passages in the Bible that are read out of context, and the passages on their own are misunderstood. I really hate seeing those taught as if doctrine, that others should believe. And worse, there really are things that were put into translations of the Bible...

I am generally very careful to not read into scripture passages that I am reading anything else. And that Adam and Eve were ashamed of their being naked after eating the fruit they should not have is not there in the text. Go ahead and look for it. They were afraid, and that which was meant was...

Jesus Christ as the Word with God who is God is always in union with the Father. The only time that he seemed to not be was when he bore the penalty of judgment for us, for the atonement made available, on his way to where the cross would be, and on it. With his reign there will be the great...

I do not think there is a perfect church. Perhaps there is a church where a believer will best fit. They may help it be a better church. But like others they are likely not perfect either. But I have seen insurmountable problems in churches before, and left where I saw it would lead to greater...