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The early 17th Century meaning of the word "let" is "to hinder". It did not mean "to allow" as it is rendered today. So, the sense of the verse is that there is a hindrance to the outbreak of evil until something happens to take that hindrance out of the way. The "he" in the verse is the Holy...

So, you are saying that faith alone in Christ is not enough? To me, it is the same as saying that I was not really married until I put the wedding ring on my finger.

She was asking me why her food bowl was empty when it should have been full!

Only the Apostle John was there. All the other Apostles had hightailed it back to Galilee. That's why Jesus told Mary to tell the disciples and Peter that He will meet with them back in Galilee, because that's where He expected them to be. Actually, that's where Peter, James, and John went...

I have never said that the Baptism with the Spirit and the gifts are for developing sanctification in a believer. It is power for service, and not for overcoming personal sin. The point I am making is that we will never overcome personal sin until we die and are resurrected to glory. Every...

Paul was quite clear in stating that justification does not come by keeping the Law, and that includes the Ten Commandments. This is because if one is going to depend on his ability to keep the Commandments in order to be saved, he has to keep them from his youth to the perfect, faultless...

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I wear a wedding ring to prevent other women thinking I'm a good catch and running after me! :-)

The bottom line is that Donald Trump is the elected President of the United States. Because I am not a United States Citizen and don't live there, I don't have to submit to his authority. But I am bound to submit to the authority of our Prime Minister and those government officials, including...

So you don't really believe that God is Lord over all His creation, including Satan and demons, and that Paul is mistaken when he said that ALL authority is instituted by God? All one has to do is to read history to find out that the United Nations instructed Britain to oversee the return of...

It is important that you read Romans 11:26-27 in proper context and not take single verses out and form a doctrine on them. Here is the passage in context: 20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 21 For if God spared not the...

We are all sinners, and will never be anything else while we are in our mortal bodies. It is by God's grace that we are saved, and it is not of ourselves. Nothing that we can say or do can contribute to that, because if we tried to earn it by trying to be sinless, we would be insulting the...

He was a real character - went to the same Pentecostal church I went to. I was working for the Post Office at the time, and did relieving work at Sanson, and keeping a low profile. He came to the counter, spotted me, and told everyone in a very loud voice, "Paul Christensen is the loudest...

I think it all comes down to that I read 1 Corinthians 14 differently than how you read it. I am not a motor mechanic, so I don't have or use those tools. If my car develops a problem, I will take it to a qualified mechanic. But I am a writer, having learned to touch-type (that why I can...

I got convicted - that I was not commenting consistently with the kindness fruit of the Spirit, seeing that it was the kindness of God that first led me to repentance.

I'm continuing my discussion with you on this, because I think you are sincere in what you believe, and you are remaining respectful, while giving me a run for my money! I don't know how long you have been a Christian, but if you have been a believer, receiving Bible teaching from your pastor...

From vague memory from what I read somewhere, some Catholic theologian came up with the doctrine that although Mary and Joseph were truly married and shared the marriage bed with all the bells and whistles, and had more children between them, after Joseph died, God somehow by a miracle, restored...

Oh? I just used 5th Grade English Comprehension. If I had given that verse to my elementary school children they would have instantly told me that they were Mary's children. But then the children wouldn't be reading something into the text that isn't there. Also, do you mean to tell me that...

I agree with you but I have to do it quietly, because if I became too loud about it, my Catholic-educated wife might divorce me! :-)

That is a possibility. Reflects Jesus' parable of the two sons asked to help in the vineyard.