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Dear Robert Derrick, There is a Pathway to Salvation which God has established for each of Christ's Elect to travel. The pathway leads to the Elect believer's moment of salvation which culminates with their confession of Faith. The Pathway to Salvation is long & very involved and it involves...

Dear ewq1938, Please consider my last post above to Gottservant has my response to you. Joe

Dear Gottservant, Once a believer can understand (eyes that can see) the spiritual language of Christ (symbols & types), the teachings on the Pathway to Salvation (which are many) will open up to the believer. With this knowledge, the believer will see that the book of Revelation is teaching...

Dear Robert Derrick, Thanks for the detailed reply. You said: You willfully ignore Rom 10:9, and all your teaching here. Rom 10:9 does not contradict 1Cor 12:3. To be able to make the confession of faith, one must have the Holy Spirit. Rom 10:9 is silent on this aspect of the confession...

Dear WPM: I defined it as scripture defines it. If you want a number of days, months or years, the term "near" does not apply unless additional information is given in the verse. Such as: Job 41:16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. Touching. and this one: Matt...

Dear WPM: This age began with the resurrection of Christ (start of the New Covenant) and it ends when the bodily resurrections occur. Scripture does not give this age a name. The purpose of this age is for Christ to bring in the first fruits (the Elect) of his harvest. Once this age ends...

Dear WPM: Job 41:16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. Joel 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. Matt 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at...

Dear WPM, What you stated is "what man's wisdom teaches". Why won't you accept what scripture teaches concerning the meanings of the symbols? Also, I have no teachers other than Christ. I stopped listening to others many years ago after I was converted and was given "eyes that can see". Now...

Dear WPM, We are told to compare spiritual with spiritual. We must look to see how the terms are used elsewhere in scripture to determine their meanings. 1Cor 2:13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things...

Dear Gottservant, The book of Revelation can be very difficult to understand because it only teaches its messages through spiritual symbols. To understand those symbols, Paul says to "compare spiritual things with spiritual" (1Cor 2:13). If a person looks for the meaning of the symbols out in...

Dear Robert Derrick, 1Cor 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Spirit. No person can confess Jesus as "Lord" until AFTER Christ comes to them and gives them the...

Dear Earburner, I believe this discussion as run its full course. Until you are given "eyes that can see" and the faith to believe what scripture teaches, I am not going to be able to help you. Christ has a plan for your salvation and He will not let you down. If you have not been chosen as...

Dear Earburner, Christ "allowed" nothing. Christ could not possibly do anything that was not in compliance with His Father's "will", even to the point of His own death. Gal 1:4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God...

Dear Earburner, You said: In essence, by God, man was being allowed to make a choice by their own will. That is how we are made in the image of God. No, that is completely untrue. There are ZERO scriptures which teach that false belief. That understanding comes from outside of what scripture...

Dear Earburner, God the Father is the one supreme God. However, Jesus Christ is mankind's God because the Father made Him to be our God. Being a "god" does not mean that we have a "free will". This is not taught in scripture. Even Satan is the god of this world and he does not have a...

Dear Earburner, None of what you stated is true. You are understanding scripture "carnally" and not spiritually. God's "will" rules supreme within His creation. He has repeatedly stated that He loves all mankind and that He will saved all mankind. I have posted many verses which state this...

Dear Earburner, Much of what you said in this post is not true and is not in scripture. It has been taught to you by spiritually blind men. There is no "age of Grace". Show me the scriptures if you have any. Show me the verses that say Christ's love and mercy have an end. The false...

Dear Earburner, Mankind does NOT have a "free will". There are ZERO scriptures which teach this lie. Consider what scripture actually teaches: Joshua 24:15 Now if it seems bad to you to serve Jehovah, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve.... It is clear from this verse that...

Dear Earburner, Yes, all that remains for a converted believer is to be given a new spiritual body which will never die. I don't understand how this relates to our discussion. Joe

Dear Earburner, Paul is teaching about the conversion process of a fallen away believer. It happens when Christ is "revealed from Heaven" within a believer (Latter Rain event). When Christ is revealed, judgment falls on the natural man who has been made "worse than the first" (Mat 12:43-45)...