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Of course, salvation, righteousness, and therefore eternal life, all come as a gift. But hocus aren't forced upon the unwilling. Anyone can refuse to open the gift, and even once opened, return to sender. That would take determined dismissal and rebellion to known truth, favouring entrenched...

On revision of recent discussion... can't even remember commenting is been so long... you are aware that we aren't judged according to our confession, profession, or even faith, but we are judged according to our works right? So of our works are done righteous, we can assume, and God would...

That is correct. And such expectation of the future is intimately linked to the past. History repeats. Adventists don't rely on guesswork or a Christianised version of clairvoyance in order to be informed as to what is going to take place in the near future. We rely on prophecy being...

Ido not wish to sound like I'm being arrogant and conceited... far from it. Just grateful. Oused to believe as you guys. Or more accurately, a little bit here and a little bit there of what you guys have presented Grateful for what you may ask. Well, the more I browse through these...

Bob moved the goal posts. He conflated the authority of the word of God with some personal vested authority in Paul personally.

Remember, the context of this discussion is the word of God. We aren't talking about hierarchical authority such as the Father being the Boss, Jesus as the Son in subjection to Him, and the church in subjection to Jesus. Yes, that is the order of rank, but that isn't the context of what we...

Tribulation is not the wrath of God... final plagues. We are all appointed to go through tribulation, and many will suffer and even die at the hands of Christ's enemies. But immediately before the second coming, the final plagues will come to destroy the wicked. Those of the children of God...

Yes God forbid that such a text should apply to the church. Keep His commandments? Do things that are pleasing to God?? Who could possibly be so stupid for thinking that Christians ought to keep God's commandments right?

Mmmm. If Paul was inspired by the same holy Spirit as the prophets and the Son of God, then yes, Paul and Jesus spoke/ wrote with the same authority. When Jesus quoted David, or Moses, did those words suddenly have more authority than when they were first penned? I would suggest that when we...

If we are going to discard the idea of a literal creation week and reduce it to a metaphor basing it on "science", what's to stop us from discarding the fall, sin, the rationale behind death, the promise of a Saviour, and conclude with doubting the need of one?

The foundation of the gospel is the love of God. That love has been expressed throughout history by the constant and unfailing desire of God to be with His people. “8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves...

FBI experts in counterfeits spend all their time studying true currency. They are so familiar with the real, that when they come across a fake, in many instances, it is instantly recognisable. They have no need to study the entire note in order to ascertain its fraudulent nature. One glance...

There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. Joshua 7:13. Those who make a profession of Christianity and yet fail to have true piety are false lights, false signboards pointing in a...

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Psalm 119:34. When Christ ascended and laid open before the heavenly intelligences the scene of the conflict and the fierce attacks that Lucifer made against Him to prevent Him from accomplishing His...

Those who choose deception will easily find it. Men can have truth or error, light or darkness, according to their preference. But to practice a wrong course will never convert error into truth. However sincere men may be in their practice of deception, they cannot be justified in an evil...

All who have a sense of their deep soul poverty, who feel that they have nothing good in themselves, may find righteousness and strength by looking unto Jesus.... He bids you exchange your poverty for the riches of His grace. We are not worthy of God's love, but Christ, our surety, is worthy...

Christian? Maybe, maybe not. But the dogma, the immaculate conception, made up I think in the late 19th century in the minds of of the same people who have given us dogma like indulgences, purgatory, eternal torment, the immortality of the soul, and Sunday sacredness, sacred relics and...

Sorry, you're right. Meant preterism the same as futurism. Both effectively hide the papacy from view.

Historicism clings to the belief that prophecy began to be fulfilled from the time the prophecy was given, except in cases where particular time periods are specified. For example. The 70 weeks prophecy of Daniel 9 began at a specific time, that being the time of the going forth of the...