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No, don't do that. I clearly stated that man is responsible for his sins. But there was no other way to learn what good was. He put the Tree Of Knowledge if Good AND EVIL. AND HE ALLOWED SATAN IN THERE TOO. He knew they would sin, but there really was no other way for man to understand and...

Not those words exactly, but cutting off means to kill either physically and/or spiritually. Behold said in this OP: "John Calvin can get you killed. How? Because once you are "bewitched" by his demonic teaching.. or .... You may end up with Cancer, or some Terminal Disease, and because Calvin...

Your thinking is convoluted. Foreknowledge = God knows the future. What is the future? The future is what God had planned. You can call it His Perfect Plan. Predestination IS PART OF THAT PLAN. CONCLUSION: FOREKNOWLEDGE AND HIS PLAN ARE ONE IN THE SAME. Yes, the Completion of His Plan for the...

Did you read the OP? It seems he is on a mission. I have seen him bring this in several threads. No He chooses us, we are the elect. He is fair. He draws all men to Himself. Many resist for awhile, then give in later on. Both my parents rebelled until close their death bed on their 80's. They...

So you are saying that God had in mind to put our names in the Book of Life with the intention of saving us; but just wasn't sure how we would respond to the invitation? That sort of cancels out foreknowledge. Intention implies predestination. No it does not! It states that He will save all...

I don't know, there are about 80 million ... Why not visit a Reformed Church and ask them? If you strike out the first time, try another one ... Let me spare you the frustration. Of course they believe in Christ. But Behold would assume God cut them off the Vine. I have met some and sense this...

I think you are being very judgmental against Calvinists, who put their faith in Christ. I am not one and could argue against four of their points, but that does not invalidae their salvation, which is simply founded on the gospel: Jesus died for our sins, was buried and rose from the dead on...

In context, look at the previous verses: *Immediately after the tribulation of those days *the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; * the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. "After the tribulation of those days" means what was...

Thanks for sharing part of your life experience. I am half Italian and everyone on my father's side was Catholic too as would most be from that country. I even had a Communion and Confirmation at 11 years old, but it meant nothing to me ... didn't get it. I became a real Christian at age 35...

Well, there are a billion Catholics, how many do you know? Evidently Harrison Butker doesn't think the end is near, nor does the Catholic school he gave his speech to ... they all think they have a bright future. Of course guest speakers are expected to give positive encouragement to...

Great speech! The only part I disagree with is that these kids he spoke to have a bright future ahead of them. I think many Catholics are preterists so they don't except Jesus to show up any time soon. They see the future as the Church somehow gradually transforming everyone on the planet, with...

Disavow what they all say ... and since we aren't scholars and just laymen, it is likely you won't value what any of us say either? Heck, you don't even receive and accept that Paul said he was on Patmos ...

Being born again means you have passed from death to life, we have been regenerated. Christ paid the penalty - so we don't have to. Now the works AFTER your regeneration are tested with fire whether they are eternal or temporal (and we have both). All temporal things will burn up. So the...

Scholars agree Revelation was written on Patmos. But even if it wasn't, what is your point? It's God's word wherever it was written. If you really have a problem with one word or sentence that causes you to go off on a tangent, likely you'll have difficulty with discerning the entire Bible. **...

You surmise that John wrote the Book of Revelation after he left Patmos? He died in Ephesus around 98AD, which shortly after hisbleave of Patmos. It has been accepted by numerous scholars that the Book of Revelation was written about 95 AD. So why would he write a letter to The Church of...

Anyone writing about any event is writing after it happened. He wasn't seeing visions and using automatic writing as someone might take dictation in a trance: "My body is on the Island of Patmos while I am writing to you but my spirit is in heaven ..." No, I doubt it happened that way. He was...

This verse summarizes the gospel. Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first...

Job suffered for us to reflect upon whenever we experience loss, pain and sufferings in life. We need encouragement during hardships; so we look back at Job and realize this is all temporary, it will pass, God is with me He hasn't abandoned me, He will rescue me, save me ... so I will persevere...

This is exactly what was prophesied. All nations and/or individuals who come against Israel, will be destroyed. No worries, Jesus is coming. The Beast has manifested itself in many empires: Babylonian, Egyptian, Medo- Persian, Assyrian, Greek, Roman and Ottoman( Islamic). The last one suffered a...

So if you died and went to heaven, you would not recognize any women, mother, grandma, aunt ...? We all have speculated about what we will be like and it is somewhat a mystery. We will be like the angels, like Jesus, but still ourselves. We may think of the scripture: "There is now neither male...