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I don't think that his statement is necessarily refuted by that.

Now I will ask you, @GodsGrace: In John 11:25-27, is the life and death being spoken of spiritual or physical?

And the nature of eternal life is that it will last throughout eternity. Therefore the moment one truly believes with the heart, unto righteousness, they are eternally secure. Actually, John 5:24 tells us that when we place our faith in the Father, after hearing Jesus' words, we have already...

He's a gnostic to the core.

Why would anyone start reading the book of mormon before understanding the Bible to the highest possible capacity?

If you think that that is what I've said then you are out of your mind. Of course you should abandon the Jesus of Mormonism and turn to the real and living Christ. All you have to do is reject the mormon documents and start reading the Bible alone; knowing that the mormon documents are not of...

Did Saul do his fighting with the word of the Lord, or with physical domination? I understand your implication...that you think that I am the one you are speaking of here. No weapon formed against the church will prosper (Isaiah 54:17). Therefore the word of the Lord won't prosper if it is...

Obviously a man is delivered from punishment if he is delivered from sin. But yes, Christ, in shedding His blood, paid the penalty (and took the punishment for) our sins.

If I may answer for him, the answer is both. Obviously the Spirit has control when we are submitted to Him. But it is also true that the fruit of the Spirit is, among other things, self-control.

It applies to anyone who rightly divides the word of truth and uses it in the power and direction of the Holy Spirit.

I didn't say that I am without sin...but yes, the word of God is like a sword. Is not a sword a weapon that we use against the principalities and powers of this dark world? And it can also be used as a scalpel to cut away the cancer of sin in a person's life. Yes, it is needful that there be...

They can go from being solid to spiritual: Heb 1:7, And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. Death means separation; and therefore when the soul dies, it does not necessarily cease to exist. It continues to be conscious of its experience...

I think the devil simply wanted to have fun in his own way, rather than being fulfilled by the joy of the Holy Ghost.

I believe he is talking about o.t. king Saul. Obviously Saul turned Paul did get saved and became the apostle to the Gentiles.

Amen. It is also true that as believers in Christ we are in the world but not of it.

Yes, really...your spinoff aside...it is not always the case that when we say something that seems off the wall and someone doesn't believe in it, that it is necessarily wrong. Jesus said, Jhn 6:47, Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. Really? Yes...

I will covenant to pray for you on a regular basis, if you will do the same for me. PM me and let me know your name so I can pray more effectively (if I recall correctly, it is John; but I am uncertain of this).

So, the reality is, that a sword is a weapon that is not only used by the hand of the Lord; but also by His servants. Of course we ought to let it transform us before we try to use it to transform other people (Matthew 7:1-6). I have been transformed. You may not like the results; but it is...

Yep. Jer 17:9, The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Mat 7:11, If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Jesus said it more than...

He "was turned into another man..." I suppose that a case can be made that this was not salvation... I think that if you are transformed on the inside so that you are inclined to keep the sanctification that the Lord has given you, that you can lay hold of such promises as John 5:24, John...