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Hidden Maybe YOU are standing against the Masters teaching! It's rather presumptuous of you to assume that YOU have the truth and the other member does not. The Christian religion, I say religion, teaches that MOST PROBABLY the lazarus story is based on reality. The Christian religion teaches...

Just saw the above. Did you ever hear the expression that the home is a small church? This expression is very popular here. It means that our first ministry is to our family,,,,and then the help spreads out in a circle... as much as one can....either financially, physical help, or by any other...

Got this from the New Posts. I hear you're moving. Close by? The place in your OP sounded really nice. What are we up to/doing??

Ronald Nolette That is NOT the definition of biblical free will. Sounds like you're reformed. The reformed faith changes EVERYTHING about Christian theology. THIS is what free will is in theology: The ability to make a moral choice when offered two alternatives. The problem is that you don't...

§This is also for @ProDeo It's generally accepted that the story of Lazarus and the Rich Man is NOT a parable. However, this is a good thread and the aim is not whether or not it's a parable. Hades was temporary...a holding place if you will...because the gates of heaven were closed until...

Are you talking to me? You must be right of course. People are risking death trying to get into other countries. When given a choice as to which country a person would want to move to... he NEVER states the USA.... So much better to move to a socialist country or, even better, a communist one...

There are several things we could do to become unborn: According to Jesus we can fall into temptation: Luke 8:13 13 "Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away...

I agree. Know what? I agree with all scripture. Don't understand your point. Agreed. You must be referring to 2 Cor 7:1 1 Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. We know for certain...

Yes. Let's see what Jesus and Paul taught.

Once I am CALLED and then I choose to believe can I then fall away? Above you're stating exactly what OSAS means,,, and yet you claim you do not believe it. This is very confusing.

I see. But, actually, it IS the difference between philosophical and theological free will. Biblical free will has nothing to do with "willing" to do the impossible, or that type of free will. However, yes, I understand what you mean. Happily for those that understand that salvation CAN be...

Yeah. But it's gonna get better....

Agreed. But wasn't it always like this? I raised two kids in NYC.... I faced these problems over 40 years ago. I think you live in a small place, maybe it was different. There was always peer pressure... when my kids were growing up it was the disco scene. They didn't go because, for some...

Garbage in - Garbage out. It's always been like this... no matter what era. I was very much against giving smart phones to kids for more reasons than one: Accessability to weird sites Porn Ideology, etc. Seems like if some kid gets something, then all MUST follow suit. Exactly what happened...

You don't have very nice things to say about what is STILL the best country in the world. But it's OK. No one is forcing you to move there...so all is OK and you could sleep well at night. I'm sure Jakarta is a very rich and pleasant city where there are no poor persons and everything is...

Really? So does God have the free will to sin? You've just contradicted yourself. So which is it? Can God sin or not? Can a reborn man avoid sin just because he's reborn? So are you saying that a Christian CANNOT sin?? Jesus does not agree with you. Paul does not agree with you. Are we...

I agree with the above. Calvin was confused on a lot.... because he chose, by his free will, to believe a manachaen gnostic by the name of Augustine (5th century) who had some ideas never before believed by the early church. I'd say that Augustine's belief that man cannot possibly have free...

Yes sir. So much scripture goes unaccepted/rejected because of a doctrine invented about 1,500 years AFTER Jesus and the Apostles' teachings. As if Jesus, Paul and the other writers did not understand what they were saying. We can know today that we are saved.... Why? Because we cannot know...

We have a nice number of posts already,,, but no one has provided the definition of free will. If you mean philosophical free will....then most on here should just withdraw and leave the discussion to philosophers. If you mean biblical, or theological, free will, then the answer is in one...

And, of course, those that believe that salvation can be forfieted are right !! coffee: