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I wasn't speaking about the parable, but of one living as a prodigal. Which is one who lives wastefully and recklessly. Nowadays we would call such a person a party animal.

We can know Jesus was no prodigal, because that would have been sinful.

"Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

No difference or contradiction at all. God established the natural order of sin leading to death. All have sinned, so everyone deserves to die. You assumed a malevolent intent from Wrangler, when he could simply have been stating the cold hard facts. Despite what we deserve, the will of the...

[ Wrong, it is the truth from God's word. "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." The death that results from sin is the very reason we need a Savior. So it is an essential pillar of Christianity. "And almost all things are by the...

Thank you for the reply GTW27 Watchman nee did bring a good parable to light, which concerns this John 12:24: "Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds." This points to mortification of...

We are far removed from coming to an agreement. Do you recognize that those sent to hell do not love God? Will God change them so that they do love God before admitting them into heaven? Would it be ethical to force someone to love you who is against it?

From where does soulishness derive such as In 1 Corinthians 2:14? It is clear one must receive things of God through the new spirit. It also appears that those who are born again of a new spirit are still capable of being soulish. So what makes people who are capable of being soulish or...

. Entire purpose? Not quite. There was also the matter of putting the prince of this world under foot.

These words of Lapidem are quite Satanic. Beliefs that have you looking inward for answers feed one's selfishness. Man was created to serve, and that is where we can find the most fulfillment. When we decrease and the Lord increases within us, death will be of no effect. Because if we no...

So long as your own discernment isn't lacking, to understand the spirit under which they reply to you. Seems fair to me cause carnal, abusive browbeating can not be of the Spirit. So it must be useless, a waste of time.

I think God has other concerns that conflict with his will to save everyone. And suffering in hell is the result of there being demons which torment the dead. Why keep them apart when they had worked iniquity together while the human lived? Would it not be more cruel to separate them?

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego know what it is like to go through the fire. Likewise the faith of everyone will be tested by firey trials. The refiners fire is for all. 1 peter 4 This is different than the fires of hell, which are not for everyone, but for most.

This assumes human souls are like machines, with interchangeable parts, but is not functional unless whole. But from what I understand a soul is more like a starfish. There is no disposable part of the soul. To dispose of part of a soul would make two separate entities and the original would...

So do you believe the damned are saved or destroyed eventually?

So long as the error is not concerning something essential, or in other words 'disputable matters.' (Romans 14) But then again someone like yourself who believes in universalism wouldn't agree there are damnable errors, so nothing would be essential.

Part of the problem is the belief in subjective truth. These people project their own belief in subjective truth upon others, inferring that truth is emotionally charged. It leads to these people calling the truth hateful, or racist, or sexist, or whatever convenient excuse they can come up...

Better yet look to the Bible to explain. John 10 makes it quite clear. Those avoiding the gate do not belong.

Even before he was born he was the lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world. (See Revelation 13:8). Haven't you heard that without the shedding of blood there can be no forgiveness of sins? (See Hebrews 9:22, and Leviticus 17:11). It took a real sacrifice to reconcile humanity with...

Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God. He himself said in Matt 5: "If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?". And if you...