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Perhaps you'd like to reply to post no. 716? Instead of snipping and posting John 15:16.... Thanks.

Please advise your wife that we Christians are not a bunch of puppets. Tell her God loves us enough to give us free will. Tell her that He desires that we love Him freely or it's worth nothing. Tell her your love for her would be meaningless if she were forcing you to love her. I'm sure she'll...

I agree. The discussion WAS regarding works.... Read the post again.

The wide way to destruction. Thanks for reminding me. JESUS said in Mathew 7:13 to enter by the narrow gate. He DID NOT say to just wait till GOD DECIDES which gate we enter by. HE SAID: ENTER by the narrow gate. IOW, act, as you've stated. Get up. Move. Enter by the narrow gate. Yes, it's...

You did not reply to my two scenarios....how come? Why would God put two persons in a nice garden and give them directions as to NOT EATING the forbidden fruit...IF He had already predestinated them to eat it? When you are give A CHOICE....you use your free will to make that choice. Excuse...

Aha! I see what you do. You copy and paste. Have you noticed that I don't do this? When I post I post only to YOU.... Back to your reply to me....

LOL Yeah. I'm such a dummy. Don't even understand when a choice is given! How did I ever make it this far??!! ;)

OK. This is how I understand this...I think we're close. Even unbelievers do good works. We all know persons that do. However, those good works are not "credited" to them... or, those good works are of no value in a spiritual sense because they do not believe. Once we become saved, all the...

I agree with 2 Peter 1:20, of course. A problem I have with catholicism is that I'm always told that one has to believe ALL the dogmas or he cannot consider himself a Catholic. Now, I know what a person is supposed to do if he cannot believe...pray and not fall into obstinate denial. But I...

P.S. This might also shed some light: How Well Did Jerome Know Hebrew?

Actually, some of what I found stated he was well-versed in Greek and Hebrew... I did find this: Translation of the Bible (382–405)[edit] Jerome was a scholar at a time when that statement implied a fluency in Greek. He knew some Hebrew when he started his translation project, but moved to...

I'm not familiar with letter 51. As to documentation from Jerome... Let me see if I could find a link. I learned this from the Catholic church actually. In fact, in 2008 they revised all their bibles and had them translated from the Greek instead of from the Latin. I didn't notice any big...

I agree. But this is what Catholicism teaches. Are you ready? They also teach that Mary did not experience any pain.

Hi GH, I know some of the above...but you did post a couple of things I didn't know. 1. Could you post a little more to what I highlighted in green? 2. What do you mean by codes? I've read some material outside of the N.T. but it's so varied and has different ideas...I'm not sure they can...

Amen to the above. Being "saved" is a modern day idea which probably happened about the 1800's or so...certainly after the reformation. The early church knew about salvation,,,but in an entirely different way than we do since they had always had only the law. Great post!

I know. I was referring to Enoch's post to me telling me that something or other was the end of my theory...as if I sit around and make up my very own theories!

You know GH, It's possible that @Enoch111 never even saw the above post of yours because you didn't tag him ! Try clicking on "reply" at the bottom right of the page when you want to speak to someone. Or you'll never get an answer!

Also, I'd like to say that I DON'T MAKE UP THEORIES. I leave that up to the experts, I just learn from them.