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  1. MatthewG

    In-depth Bible Study on Eternal Punishment

    Continued from post number #50 He controls by foreknowledge, not by force. We get a picture of this in the story of Joesph when he was sold into Egypt by his brothers. After going through all sorts of hell, he became a mighty prince overseeing the distribution of food. When the brothers who...
  2. MatthewG

    In-depth Bible Study on Eternal Punishment

    Continued from post : #37 Somehow, we have to come to terms with ALL of this information -- not just some of it and NOT embracing what generations of Men and Women have taught and believed if it is NOT right nor biblically sound. So go with me again back to the beginning - prior to where...
  3. MatthewG

    In-depth Bible Study on Eternal Punishment

    In universalism does all ways lead to heaven? Because if the this is the case, this is now what I personally believe, Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life. Anyway going to move forward sharing posts. Thank you all ahead of time.
  4. MatthewG

    In-depth Bible Study on Eternal Punishment

    You can always use a program called E-sword it is very helpful resource tool when it comes to looking into the Bible, and how many times something is said. Okay. Someone will perhaps take on the study. Either way, God bless to all.
  5. MatthewG

    In-depth Bible Study on Eternal Punishment

    It’s okay Barney, I understand you don’t believe the soul is immortal, I disagree with you on that. But please feel free to believe whatever it is you do, because only God can change minds, us as human beings are fallible. Whoever started this whole “human being souls are not immortal” is beyond...
  6. MatthewG

    In-depth Bible Study on Eternal Punishment

    Hello sir, thank you for sharing. Having al the material that is being shared now, there will be no point probably in reading that or listening. However assuredly there are some good material made from the people you have shared, I do not know. Maybe I will get to this, I don’t know. Okay...
  7. MatthewG

    Did you know?

    Keithr, I have no idea sir.
  8. MatthewG

    Build your life on Jesus Christ.

    Okay, @Episkopos
  9. MatthewG

    In-depth Bible Study on Eternal Punishment

    Continued from post number #36 He (Calvin) took these concepts and explained them in the form of what has come to be summarized by others in the acronym TULIP. First, God, knowing all things, unconditionally created and elected some of us, before the foundation of the world, for eternal life...
  10. MatthewG

    In-depth Bible Study on Eternal Punishment

    Continued from post number #35 Go back with me, then - way back to before the world or the heavens were. To the "before all things." To the place where all we can say is "God." The first and the last. Did God know all things about all things prior to creating them? Absolutely. In the face...
  11. MatthewG

    In-depth Bible Study on Eternal Punishment

    continued from post number #33 Echoing these sentiments Romans 9:21 says "Hate not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?" From these passages (and many many more) we KNOW God does "whatever He pleases" . . . "that his...
  12. MatthewG

    In-depth Bible Study on Eternal Punishment

    it is now on the very first post. Also I am writing it out not cutting and pasting, went to the library and had this printed off, it is about 438 pages worth, and has a lot of different subjects and topics that have been studied over the years.
  13. MatthewG

    In-depth Bible Study on Eternal Punishment

    Continued from post #30 So, as we would do when faced with any sort of philosophical problem, I went back - way back WE started at the beginning and appealed to scripture to clarify what the actual picture was of all this. Now, the Cavlinist have a point of view that is centered on what they...
  14. MatthewG

    In-depth Bible Study on Eternal Punishment

    Continued from post #29 And when they (the nation of Israel) were "in the game" they kind of thought of themselves as "all that," that everything sort of began and ended with them," right? They were reticent and surprised that the "great unwashed" Gentiles would be accepted by God, right? And...
  15. MatthewG

    In-depth Bible Study on Eternal Punishment

    Continued from post number #27 Read that passage carefully again. Have you ever considered what it is telling us? First of all, has God ever said to any of the angels to sit at his right hand? No, never. The writer of Hebrews took this passage from Psalms 110:1 which was a Psalm that is...
  16. MatthewG

    In-depth Bible Study on Eternal Punishment

    Continued from post :#25 The Third Scenario of After-life Punishment Post 70 AD to the present As a means to truly understand the Third Scenario which applies to us today living in the modern age of Christianity, let's begin by asking ourselves: "Is God's will always done?" Scripture says...
  17. MatthewG

    In-depth Bible Study on Eternal Punishment

    Continued from post #24 So in conclusion of our look at afterlife punishment that was apparent during the days and age of Christ through to the year 70AD, the overall message and their application to the people of that day and age goes something like this: Because of Adam and his sin, al the...
  18. MatthewG

    In-depth Bible Study on Eternal Punishment

    Continued from post #23 Many people in response to all of this, will scream: "But God is Just! God is Just!" He certainly is. And because He is Just He sent His Son, a Son who not only saved all men, He is a Son before whom "every knee will bound and every tonite will confess." Do you know...
  19. MatthewG

    In-depth Bible Study on Eternal Punishment

    Continued from post #22, Let's dig deeper and talk about the terms lost, perish, and destroy as they are used in scripture. - In Luke 13:3 Jesus says (KJV)" . . . except ye repent, you shall all likewise "perish." - 2 Corinthians 4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are...
  20. MatthewG

    In-depth Bible Study on Eternal Punishment

    Continued from post #21 Another point to consider. In light of all we have talked about I find new meaning in the term "lost." In the Old Testament, all were lost as well went to Sheol, the covered place, which was separated from God. In the New Testament Jesus came to the "lost sheep of...