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Dear Patrick1966, You are right that they don't believe God's Word. The truth which scripture teaches is secondary to their pre-existing beliefs. They really don't have any faith in Christ. Their faith is actually in the god of this world who is deceiving them. This "lie" that they believe...

Dear Patrick1966, Many forums only allow orthodox teaching so I can get past their user agreements. The teachings of Orthodox Christianity come from the leavened bread taught in Mat 13:33. Most of the primary teachings of Orthodox Christianity have ZERO truth in them but some have a little...

Dear Wynona, There is only one race; the human race. However, there are many cultures and those cultures were created by God when He confused the languages at the Tower of Babel. Because of the language barrier, the people had to segregate into common language groups. The groups, in turn...

Dear Patrick1966, I've been posting on Christian Forums for around 10 years and I have been banned from every one of them except this one. I'm not sure of the number but it is probably around ten. Just last week, I was just banned from one that I had been a member since 2014. The forum...

Dear ScottA, I do not know of any verses which support your statements above. In contrast, I know of many verses which contradict your comments. It seems like you are trying to find a way to support your belief in mankind's free will rather than allowing scripture to teach you what to believe. Joe

Dear ScottA, The Elect will be led unto all truth before they die. The "many" who are not chosen will remain walking in darkness until they are converted at the end of the final age. For the Elect, the mystery of God is finished when they are converted and have been given "eyes that can see"...

Dear Wynona, You asked: So they are not saved, but they are to remain faithful? How? At the time Paul wrote His letters to the churches, the spirit of anti-Christ had not devoured the church yet. Paul's churches had received the Early Rain (the earnest amount) and were waiting for the Lord to...

Dear ScottA, As I said in my earlier post, your conclusions make no sense and are not supported by scripture. Joe

Dear ScottA, The verses you mention teach nothing like what you are claiming in your post. The "silence in heaven" is referring to the time immediately following a person's conversion when Christ is revealed to them. It has nothing to do with time. Also, time, times and a half is referring...

Dear Wynona, You asked: Why warn people not to harden their hearts if they truly don't have any say in the matter? Heb 3:15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. This warning is an encouragement by Paul to the Elect. Paul is...

Dear Wynona, "Good works" are the same thing as "works of faith". They happen naturally after a person is converted and are the evidence of their conversion. We cannot take credit for these works either because they are caused by Christ. Isa 26:12 O Jehovah, thou appointest peace to us, for...

Dear Wynona, That is a very good question. It will take a little time to answer though, so please bear with me. Here is mankind's created spiritual state: Jer 18:4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to...

Dear Wynona, Scripture teaches us in the spiritual language of Christ. It uses spiritual symbols, types, parables and analogies. The Marriage analogy teaches the same pathway to salvation which other analogies teach. The pathway begins when an unbeliever receives the Early Rain (the Holy...

Dear bro.tan, If a converted believer loves God and loves their neighbor (which they will because they are converted), they are no longer transgressing the Law. The rest of the Law was fulfilled by Christ's sacrifice on the cross and when the believer was converted. There are no other...

Dear Jim B, Thanks for the kind comments. Since you "liked" my posts, I am curious about whether or not you fully understand what I posted on a couple of subjects. 1). Do you understand the true teaching of the Early and Latter Rain? The Early Rain is the "earnest" of the Spirit which Christ...

Dear bro.tan, Your comments on Mat 19:16-22 come from a carnal understanding of scripture. As I have been saying, God's Word is written in the spiritual language of Christ but your understanding of it is still carnal. You are still waiting on the Lord to come to you a second time to heal your...

CONTINUED FROM THE PREVIOUS POST... You said: A man asked Jesus this very question, "...What good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?", and Jesus replied, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments...

Dear bro.tan, The repentance that Paul is speaking of is a repentance from "dead works". Heb 6:1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Christ also said...

Dear bro.tan, In Heb 10:26, Paul is talking about the sin of falling back to works rather than remaining steadfast in faith and trusting that Christ's sacrifice on the cross is sufficient to cover all sins. Look at what Paul says to begin his teaching in chapter 10: Heb 10:1 For the law...

CONTINUED FROM THE PREVIOUS POST... You said: Just as you freely accepted Jesus in your life you can also freely choose to stop serving him. No man can "freely" accept Jesus. The only way we accept Jesus is for Christ to come to us and give us the Early Rain: 1Cor 12:3 Wherefore I give you...