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I'm not even sure I understand the question, marks, to be honest. Yeah, God could do anything; no purpose of His can be thwarted. What we can be sure of is that God, Who began a good work in each of us, will ~ will, so in this lifetime, regardless of age, still yet future, and not "might," as...

Just on its face, it is possible, if one actually quits sinning for good... <chuckles> ...to be sinless in this lifetime from that point forward. Just on its face. <smile> But no person can be completely rid of his/her "old man," so his/her sinful nature in this lifetime. John puts no...

Excellent post. Yes, any kind of slander (or libel) from one person to another for any reason is sinful, and possibly grievously so… and can even enter into the realm of murder, according to what Jesus says in Matthew 5. But is that possibly… can that possibly be… synonymous with blasphemy of...

Wow, yeah, I surely second that. Especially from those who think they’re actually sent by God… and that disagreeing with them is blasphemy, or anything close to it. To do either is basically to make oneself out to be equal with Jesus and the Holy Spirit, which itself is blasphemy. Same here...

Regarding the statement, "When God spoke His Light into the darkness it was to separate the spiritual darkness from the spiritual Light of God"... Yeah, so, agreed (with SI); that is not right. God created everything... even night and darkness... evening... "very good," as He Himself...

No, I agree with you in a certain sense, just not quite in the same sense as in Revelation 19 and 20, when the events of His second coming are actually "documented." In this cycle we are brought to the very threshold of His second coming, but the cycle stops short, even in the seventh seal in...

We never "see" the wrath of God in Revelation, we only approach it in any of the seven concurrent cycles of John's Revelation. For that matter, we don't "see" Christ's return until Revelation 19, which is the sixth cycle, and then again in Revelation 20, which is the seventh. And we don't...

Words are very important, for sure... we all would agree on that. To that, I would just say this, that words like 'escape,' and 'destruction'/'destroyed,' and others, can be validly understood in very different ways, very different ~ even opposite ~ senses. <smile> But if they are...

All the of the tribulation spoken of in the Bible, yes... which encompasses the bringing in of Gentile believers and the removal of the partial hardening now on Israel... in this way all of God's Israel ~ all of His elect ~ will be saved (Romans 9, 11:25-26) and Satan's "little season," in which...

Oh you’re arguing about that, now. Cool. No, I have not disrespected you. You not liking something someone says to you doesn’t necessarily amount to disrespect, Scott. <chuckles> What does this even mean? Ohhhhh, I get it... So yes, I agree, we all "shall be"... <chuckles> We who have...

I have not disrespected you, Scott. You may have thought, at various times, possibly, I did, but that's a "you" thing. Oh, my. <chuckles> Well, the Holy Spirit does teach us all things and bring to our remembrance all that Jesus said, just as Jesus said He would (John 14), yes, 2000-plus...

Ah. Okay, then. <smile> I would say the same to you, Scott, although probably not in the same way you mean that... <chuckles> You know, no disrespect intended, but while I think ~ I think ~ you're a nice fellow, you're very misguided. Grace and peace to you.

Yeah, I care not; suit yourself. I thought you were pulling out of this exchange, anyway, which would have been just fine with me... and really somewhat disappointed you didn't. But anyway, if I deem something important to note, I will do so, and in the way I think necessary. I will say...

Ah, well at least you're acknowledging my citing of Scripture... <chuckles> Not even sure this makes any kind of sense... But "changes"... Ah, so what "great changes," Scott? Or even just changes, really. There's nothing new under the sun. Oh my goodness... That would be 'cite,' not...

No, it's just in a very different sense than your (supposed) knowing. <smile> Grace and peace to you.

As I was looking back through the last couple of pages in this thread, Scott, I saw one thing you said that I would like to briefly respond to again: The concept of the now-and-not-yet, the simultaneously true now and not yet of the Gospel is not even about "how time actually works." Wow...

Hmmm, well, just woodenly/literally speaking, I actually have ~ I always do, whether I then agree or not ~ and thus my repeated rebuttals to what you have said. But to what you say here, yeah, right back atcha, Scott. But now... 'listening'... <chuckles> We can talk about "listening" in two...

Goodness gracious. Well, okay, yes, there is no Scripture anywhere else that says "darkness in Genesis 1 is this (or that), and darkness in Isaiah 45 is this (or that)." Wow. If you say to me, "You can't verify what you are saying about those two passages from Scripture," well, fine, but I...

No, they're not, I agree... <chuckles> And neither are night or darkness (if both are referred to literally) the same as evil, or evil at all. <smile> So you kinda make my point for me here, actually... <smile> You're conflating two different things, RWB. Two different senses in which a...

So you think. Yeah, fair enough, but you're very wrong about that, and you can call that my opinion if you want... I have no issue with that. And I will say, though, "how time actually works" is a complete non sequitur. <chuckles> Yeah, you can close your mind if you want, surely... So you...