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Because you can't understand them. Did you watch the video. MacArthur points out God's sovereignty in Romans 9, but then Romans 10, our responsibility. So which one don't you believe in? GOD'S Sovereignty or our responsibility? I believe in both.

It is above our capability to understand. Do you know how God does things, how His creative power works in the spiritual realm and how it is manifest in the physical realm? Doubt it! Evidence if this paradox is the division that Calvinists have with Arminians. We're all Christians, baptized by...

Did you at least watch the JM video. It's a paradox, God's sovereignty and mans responsibility. It is beyond are ability to fully grasp. So we take sides ... have it your way. Both are true.

True. Let me try to understand your dilemma. There could be one of several things actually happening. 1. God could be chastising you because you do have a drinking problem or He sees it developing. He chastises those He loves. But it is always for your benefit and it is always based in the...

That certainly is part of predestination, which falls within His entire plan. How could prophesied events take place with hair splitting accuracy hundreds and thousands of years after it was written unless His entire plan is predestined? The details are vast and events are contingent on...

I have learned much from John MacArthur, nothing of the mindset that you hold of him or the mysterious person's quote. I don't agree with everything John says, but most of what he teaches is sound. Never thought of him as legalistic or a Calvinist. He does gives perspective to this topic. I...

There is a paradox between the sovereignty of God and Man's responsibility discussed in Rom. 9 & 10.

They are spiritually blind. It is a defect in all that has to be fixed. God draws us to Himself and removes that blindness. Then we see with a different perspective. It is a change of heart. It is like night and day. We see the world differently and our lives. The beginning of knowledge and...

For the same reason we have and love our children. A loving relationship with them is precious. But then they might say they aren't a lesser being. Well, initially, they have no knowledge of anything, then they grow and learn more to a point when they can communicate. We teach them and guide...

And there it is, your problem. Knowledge does not precede the Spirit. All scripture is spiritually discerned. When we believe that He died for our sins and rose on the third day, we will be saved. The Father will give us the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, the Helper, to guide us. He will give us...

I know. You referred to the Holy Spirit as being present at the Creation and gave this verse. So I moved ahead a little further to add to your thought. Elohim was present: Father, Son and Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit I SAID has power. What does ALL MIGHTY GOD mean to you? The power is not just...

Ah, the scriptures I gave were not enough to penetrate and reveal this truth. The Holy Spirit gives us exactly what Jesus taught _ the Word _ complete _ as we receive it. The Holy Spirit confirms the presense of God in us as much as I believe in Christ, for it is the Spirit of God, the Spirit of...

Jesus is one with the Father and the Holy Spirit. The witnessing at Jesus baptism of the Father's voice and the Holy Spirit descending on Him was for our consumption. That there were three present then and always is evident, all being omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent. God emptied Himself...

I think the Protestant Church may be split on the who Rev. 6:2 is. He goes out to conquer. He rides with the other horses who go out to destroy, bring war, famine and death leading 2 billion deaths. Jesus comes later on a White Horse with many diadems - then He conquers His foes. He doesn't show...

The Holy Spirit is God, a person. You are asking the wrong question as if Jesus uses a force or we use a force as if it was a spigot of power. The Holy Spirit is poured out (figuratively speaking like water is poured out) when we are baptized by the Holy Spirit. It's not just power, it is a...

Scholars have said Jesus is on every page. He is the Word, Logos, the exact expression of God, the fullness of glory and grace, the source of Life, the Creator, an eternal Being, in Whom we have salvation, forgiveness, our being. In Him all things consist (are held together *Col. 16, 17). That...

It does not mean you can't talk about something else; it does not mean you condemn the person or put them on your ignore list and it doesn't mean you can't have a relationship with them. I have wonderful nephews and nieces, in-laws, many Jw's. I am going to lunch with one now. We have a...

No, I jumped the gun, thinking he was a JW. He even trashes holidays too ... he could fit in with them comfortably. But I assumed wrong and I retracked much of my post. I already said it would be wonderful if he admitted to where he goes to church and this was only to understand where he was...

Excellent post.

I gave my initial post as my argument. Then I backed it up with history, how God prepared the world for the Gospel to be received by establishing the Greek language throughout hundreds of years before Christ. Then I gave also legitimate commentary from an old encyclopedia. What, are you ashamed...