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Dear Earburner, You said: Almost my exact point!! As I had said: " The Holy Spirit of God IS NOT GIVEN yet to a person, that He is LEADING to repentance (metanoeo) towards God. At that time in a person's life, the mind of God, His Holy Spirit, only comes along side of us, but IS NOT YET...

Dear Earburner, What you stated above is not what scripture teaches. A person is given the Early Rain of the Spirit first and the Spirit then gives them faith and causes them to repent. Luke 11:13 and when Christ knocks at the door are teaching about when Christ gives an Elect believer the...

Dear Earburner, I will respond to your second point which was: 2. Christ does NOT GIVE the Holy Spirit to anyone WITHOUT their "asking" or knowing!! Luke 11:13. The first step to Christ, is from outside of themselves, whereby the Father "draws" them to repentance first!! (See also John 4:23)...

Dear Earburner, No where in scripture does it ever say that mankind has a free will ability to choose. In fact, God's Word says the opposite. By elevating mankind's "will" to be equal with God's "will", you are saying that Christ has very little power to save a person and that God's "will"...

Dear Berean, Thanks for your response. The teachings of the New Covenant are spiritual teachings. They do not happen out in the world where they can be seen with human eyes. Those teachings apply to all believers (especially the Elect) throughout this age and not just to a certain time period...

Dear Earburner, I don't understand your reasoning on "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive". The verse is clearly saying that "all" who died in Adam (that's all mankind) is the same "all" who will be made alive in Christ. The verses below say the same thing...

Dear Earburner, You said: Yes, though most do not understand the concept of our reality in Christ, we each ourselves are the New earth, God's long desired place of Immortality, with HIS Righteousness. Concerning the New Earth, your understanding is close but it is still a bit off. The New...

CONTINUED FROM THE PREVIOUS POST... Mat 25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say...

Dear Earburner, Here is the Parable of the Ten Virgins: Mat 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto TEN virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took...

Dear Earburner, You said: No one is becoming a Saint! They either are a Saint, or they are not!! You are not understanding Rev. 3:20 John 3:3-8 and Rom. 8:8-9. The saints are chosen from the foundation of the world but Christ still has to make them into saints. Since the saints are chosen...

Dear Berean, Rev 1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is...

Dear Earburner, This scripture is teaching about Christ's judgment which purifies an Elect believer. It is no different than when Christ removes the tares from within the believer, leaving only the wheat (child of God). This conversion event is what happens when the "ends of the ages" come...

Dear Earburner, You are adding to the scriptures. You mix in to them your belief in man's works. The scriptures you quote which say to make a choice DO NOT teach how that choice can be made. You have to look at other scripture which seem to be unwilling do. Here is how man's choices are...

Dear Lizbeth, You said: Oh dear, ,God doesn't "cause" mankind to sin......bible says we sin when we are drawn away and tempted by our own lusts etc, and that HE does not tempt anyone. Can't agree with your take on this.......it gives license for people to be irresponsible and fatalistic. That is...

Dear Ritajanice, All church denominations and sects of Christianity became apostate shortly after Paul's death. At that time, none of the flock was spared. Nothing has changed since that time. After I was converted in 2005, I left the apostate church I was attending and have never gone back...

Dear Earburner, You said: What does bother me though, is your insistence that everyone will be saved, even those who refuse to repent towards God, through believing in Christ. Your quote of Mat. 21:31 is rendered clearly in the KJV, but it is said more specifically in the Textus Receptus Greek...

Dear Ritajanice, There is nothing more I can say if you can't receive the scriptures that I have posted. Joe

Dear Stumpmaster, Eze 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. The heart that mankind is given at birth is described by the scripture you quoted in Mark. But...

Dear Ritajanice, I believe we have had this discussion before. You make a lot of statements in your post but you lack any scriptural support. The Early and Latter Rains of the Spirit are spiritual symbols which represent the time Christ gives the Holy Spirit to a person. The Early and...

Dear Earburner, There are NO scriptures which teach that mankind has a free will. In contrast, there are MANY scriptures which say that mankind's "will" is governed and controlled by God. Do you not understand the meaning of free will? It is a "will" that is free of divine constraints...