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Do you know when Lucifer fell? He was the most beautiful angel in heaven, then He sinned and he changed into Satan, the dragon/serpent. I believe when God made man, Lucifer became jealous, envious, angry, rebellious. Where did that come from? It had to have already existed, just had to be tapped...

I think God knew what He was doing. He put the serpent, who was cunning and deceptive in the Garden with them. Did you ever wonder why He allowed a creature that was already evil in there to tempt them? He knew what would happen. It was a necessary evil.

A mind that does'nt understand good and evil is neither good nor evil. Man needed exactly what He got. The fear of the Lord us the beginning of knowledge and wisdom. Man's first test was to prove that man cannot keep God's commandments. It was just one, but if he failed at one he would break...

My opinion on this is conjecture, but I'll grapple with ya. Are young adults emotionally mature? Do you know what made in God's image means? Having been made with a mind, will, emotions, talents, creativity, even a spirit does not mean you are mature in any one of those areas. We were not made...

It is interesting to ponder what they knew. ? God gave them intelligence, a language so He could communicate and understand Him Most believe they were fully grown adults to start. It didn't start with ugh! God told Adam to name all the animals and botanicals. Wow, to do that and remember...

Let me approach this another way since you do not accept what I said. Read the context of the scripture. You say it is not a capital S, signifying the Holy Spirit. Every single word for spirit has a capital in the entire passage. " I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the...

Good point, it's this tent or vehicle we get around in. The physical body is dying and will, but the soul (mind, will and emotions) is also corrupt. This is going to open up another can of worms. The soul and spirit are not the same. They are highly integrated along with our bodies. We are...

You aren't getting it. We have a spirit that has been cleansed, is pure, presentable to God at this moment, tomorrow or whenever you die. We still have the flesh (sarx). Sin dwells in the members if our flesh. At this point I recommend you do a study, listen to an educated theologian that will...

He created a universe with the knowledge of good and evil. If evil already existed before man then man didn't create it, He just takes a bath in it sometimes. What you are claiming is that Satan created evil. Angels can't create anything. The concept and thoughts about evil existed before Satan...

I didn't claim God created sin. How do you define God's sovereignty? He is in control. Satan doesn't do anything unless he has permission. So we have evil _ throughout history _ created or allowed by God, either way, He is in charge. Do you think God is not in control of evil? You have to define...

No, she knows how horribly other women have been treated and knows you are not like that. If you did, she might forgive you though. Of course she must have forgiven you for so many things already. You understand what forgiveness is when she forgives you. It is precious isn't it? Yes, the...

Spiritually we are dead to sin and freed from bondage. Until our spirit becomes separate from our flesh when we die or are raptured while alive, we still ideal with sinntuat dwells in the members of our flesh. We need to be obedient, we need to love and not hate, we need to be responsible, be...

Don't know about you, I have both. Sin dwells in the members of our flesh. This was the struggle that Paul pointed out, that he does things (in the flesh) that he (in the Spirit) does not want to do therefore it is not him who does it but the sin that dwells in him. I would agree with the key...

Actually I always read this with the correct understanding. "Walking" in the Spirit implies that your spirit is walking in and in communion with the Holy Spirit. And it is your spirit that wars against your flesh. It would be incorrect to leave the Holy Spirit out of the verse because without...

There is no darkness in Him. He is Love. He also is Sovereign, which means He allowed and in many cases caused calamities, troubles, destruction and death. He gives life and takes it away doesn't He? He brought the flood that killed the world before and He is coming again with an even greater...

You just don't like that scripture and so you deny that God gave it to us or changed his mind or maybe he is not really in control and so not allowing evil or preparing troubles, calamities, disaster pain and suffering?

We are justified by faith alone! You are really a faith + works warrior. You seem to be on a mission to convince every one thay their salvation is not secure unless they do works as well. You are certainly spending a lot of time. You are the one wrestling with the true doctrine of salvation...

Legalism is trying to be justified by the Law, meanings one's efforts to keep the Law. If we could be justified by works, then Christ would have not had to die for our sins. He would have just come to expand the law to the world to try to keep. But everyone in history failed to keep the Law...

Agreed. Go in peace.

They were blurry about a lot of things. Yes Jesus cleared lots of things up and brought in a New Covenant. The chosen nation was given God's laws as a test for not just them but for us to see that we cannot keep them. They failed over and over again. Absolutely. Wrong. God is a God of love...