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Dear DJT_47, The misunderstanding of Mat 5:27-8 comes from a carnal understanding of the verses. Only a spiritual understanding of the verses will reveal the truth of what Christ is teaching. As for the teachings of scripture (even Mat 5:27-8) being straightforward and simple, they are not...

Dear DJT_47, No, Christ words are spirit and they are teaching about the spiritual work that He will do under the New Covenant. The Old Covenant is referring to the "actual, physical act of committing adultery". The New Covenant is referring to the spiritual act of adultery. If you are a...

Dear DJT_47, Christ's words are "spirit" (John 6:63). The "adultery" Christ mentions in Mat 5:27-28 is spiritual adultery and is based on the laws pertaining to physical adultery which was taught under the Old Covenant. Spiritual adultery is the same sin that Eve committed in the Garden and...

Dear Adrift, If I died yesterday, I would be dead and would not be typing this response. I would remain dead until the bodily resurrections occur at the end of this age. 100% certain. Paradise is the resting place of the OT faithful who had died. This includes the thief on the cross since he...

Dear Lizbeth, I want to make a point on the old man being crucified with Christ, but to fully understand my comments, I need to explain how Christ saves His Elect. Here is the verse you mentioned: Rom 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be...

Dear Lizbeth, Man's carnal spiritual nature and Satan do all the tempting that is necessary for mankind to sin. For that reason, when Christ is converting one of His Elect, He will remove and destroy the person's worsened carnal nature and the spirit of anti-Christ. In God's Word, the "man"...

Dear Lizbeth, Many believers say that God's foreknowledge comes from His ability to look into the future. However, scripture never makes this claim. Here is what scripture says about where God's foreknowledge comes from: Isa 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning (foreknowledge), and...

Dear Cassandra, If God didn't "wish all of the misery on this planet", why does God say He gave us an experience of evil? Ecc 1:13 An experience of evil God has given to the sons of humanity to humble them by it. And what about these verses? Prov 16:4 The LORD hath made all things for...

Dear RedFan, How do you know the mind of God as to why He stationed the cherubim? Maybe it suited God's purpose for Adam and Eve to want to come back into the Garden but because of the cherubim, they couldn't. Why do you not believe what these verses teach: Prov 16:1 The preparations of the...

Dear Cassandra, God put the tree of good and evil in the Garden so that Adam and Eve would sin. God even gave Adam and Eve a "marred" spirit (Jer 4:18) and put Satan in the Garden to tempt them. Nothing was left to chance. Adam and Eve's sin was planned and caused by God before this creation...

Dear Redfan, Yes. Nothing happens in this world that is not in line with God's "will" and plan. Seemly unimportant things (like a ball game) can cause other things to happen, and in turn, cause more things to happen and finally someone dies because of one of those things. What if Paul or...

Dear RedFan, Yes. God is spirit and He works "within" mankind. He is the one who gives us our thoughts, beliefs and our actions. Because mankind has no ability to see the spiritual work that God does within mankind, mankind thinks that they have a free will ability and that they are directing...

Dear Behold, The thorn in Paul's flesh was his constant beatings and sufferings. Did Paul blame man's free will for this thorn or did Paul know that it was the Lord who was causing it to happen? 2Cor 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations...

Dear Behold, Yes, God did. You do not believe the truth taught by God's Word. Joe

Dear Dan Clarkston, You said: If that's true then you would be calling God the devil. The people in this world are evil, so the Lord is not the One controlling their thoughts. God causes all things to happen in this creation: Prov 20:24 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then...

Dear Phonemen777, Why does a person even need the Spirit if they they already have a free will ability to do good and to be obedient to God? The Old Covenant of Law was given to be our schoolmaster to led us to Christ after we realize we have no ability to be obedient to God or to please Him...

Dear Phoneman777, I guess God's Word is too long for you to read, too. If you really had a love for the truth, you would let nothing stand in your way until you found it: Prov 2:1 My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, 2 making your ear attentive to wisdom...

Dear Phoneman777, I read your response above. Your understanding of scripture is filtered through your "works" based belief system. Until Christ comes and heals your spiritual blindness, there isn't any scripture that will convince you of the truth. Even this very direct and clear scripture...

Dear Phoneman777, You said: no unconverted can partake of God's Spirit Without God's Spirit, a person cannot be converted. To be converted, they must receive the Early and Latter Rains of the Spirit. The Early Rain is freely given to an unbeliever so that they will have faith in Christ...

Dear Phoneman777, I think you may have over looked a few scriptures: Acts 3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: 21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the...