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I do believe that predestination, the concept that God chose people from the foundations of the world, is, in fact, a biblical doctrine (see Ephesians 1:4). I do believe that it is not by an arbitrary choice of God, but rather that predestination is according to foreknowledge.

@Stranger, And Romans 5:19 and 1 John 3:7 are to be taken together (while I still expect you to deal with 1 John 3:7 as the third of three verses that I have been giving to you to contemplate). In Romans 5:19, through the obedience of one many are made righteous. This is not only a declaration...

It is clear that you simply cannot answer the questions that I have laid before you. Requiring that I agree with your understanding before you will move on to the next phase is simply a smokescreen. Because you cannot answer my questions and statements concerning 1 John 3:7; and therefore you...

In what sense were we dead in trespasses and sins, if we were not spiritually dead?

No, I don't ignore it. I simply consider that the book of James is still scripture, inspired by God, profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16). I consider that if James 1:1 excludes Gentiles from being recipients of what is...

@gaviria.christian, If you are really going to make the claim that flat money is the mark of the beast, the least you could do is give practical advice as to how you are avoiding using flat money. I assume you are saying that it is alright to use coins? Is it encumbering to have to take coins...

Can you elaborate on this? I think they do...and that pretty clearly.

It does indeed, have to be one or the other; for the Catholic Church teaches things that are contrary to the Bible. Example: the perpetual virginity of Mary. The Catholic Church believes it is a reality, while the Bible teaches that it is a lie. Jesus had half-brothers and half-sisters...

2Co 5:8, We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Because you teach that you will receive the anointing once you begin to keep the law perfectly.

Jews and Messianics generally don't go to Christian websites trying to get Christians to go back under the law. They at least have the sense to see that there is a superiority to the Christian faith; in that the Holy Spirit is at work among Christians. On a slightly separate note. I wanted to...

Because your doctrine is so out there, the only way anyone would ever receive it would be if you actually were the Messiah. You are probably the only person in all the world who believes what you believe; so you would have to have a Messiah complex in there somewhere...

You are not the Messiah. See Colossians 1:4, 1 Peter 1:4. But why am I trying to convince you of something so unimportant compared to the fact that you have rejected Jesus' sacrifice so that you can attempt to enter in to the kingdom through the power of your works and keeping of the law...

The kingdom of heaven does not refer to the millennial kingdom. It refers to when we shall ever be with the Lord in heaven (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).

Anytime you point the finger at someone else, you have three fingers pointing back at you.

They are still, in, the kingdom of heaven.

I probably do. @Stranger, And Romans 5:19 and 1 John 3:7 are to be taken together (while I still expect you to deal with 1 John 3:7 as the third of three verses that I have been giving to you to contemplate). In Romans 5:19, through the obedience of one many are made righteous. This is not...

Well, I guess then that all of the NT proclaims a law; and that the promises contained within the NT are law and not promise. You know, there are those that teach that Jesus came primarily to change the law; and that the NT is the result. And while I don't agree with that premise, it would...

By their fruits you shall know them. Men don't gather grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles. --Jesus. The scripture in question makes it clear that all will not be fulfilled until heaven and earth pass away.

That would be Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ, on the day of judgment (see also John 12:48). So, you're saying that the Bible has greater authority than the Catholic Church? It has got to be one or the other...I just want to know where you stand on the issue...it seems to me that you are being...