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Because God knows the future, it does not mean He has impacted the future. The problem you bring up is that, yes, God does intervene at times. This is called a miracle. We cannot really know when this happens unless God makes it clear to us. I also agree with @"ByGrace" s comment regarding...

You're not a calvinist. I don't think anyone believes totally with either camp, but if we had to choose one...? Many who don't agree with Calvinism, do agree with Preservation of the Saints, or Eternal Security, or OSAS. Many seem to like this comforting idea, even though it's not found in the...

If you believe free will means to be able to do whatever we want to do, you have a misconception of what free will means. Philosophically it could mean this. Biblically it only has one meaning: We have the free will to choose between right and wrong. It is a morally inclined free will. We're...

I'm sorry I don't follow along with your reasoning. You said above that A and E lived in a situation where they had to do what God told them or they die. So in your opinion, God made A and E eat of the forbidden fruit so they could die? What about the Garden of Gethsemane? Are we made in the...

I'm not confused as to soul and spirit. I believe in the trichotomy of man. I do believe we retain the sin nature. If not, what do you suppose makes us sin? Mark 7:21 "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, John 3:6...

I've read everything and I just wish I could copy and paste this on so many threads. In fact, that's what I'm going to do, sourcing your site. This seems to sum it up for me: We can apply this understanding of the Greek present tense to John 5:24 (ESV): ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever...

Yes. I do.

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I hope you know that limbo doesn't exist.

It's based on 1 Corinthians 3:14-15 Also Mathew 5:26 There is also the concept that a purification process is necessary since all men sin and sin cannot enter heaven. Revelation 21:27 Those in purgatory are destined for heaven.

She grew up.

Right. Paul said to walk in the spirit so we don't fulfill fleshly desires. Born again believes that are following Christ like they're supposed to be are walking in the spirit! Can't quote scripture right now.

Amen.

He's going to hate to answer this question because the answer is Yes. If God chooses who's going to heaven then, by default, He's also choosing who's going to hell. This cannot be true because God desires all to be saved, not just some. 1 Timothy 2:4

We are not totally depraved. We have a sin nature, but not total depravity. T D means there is no good in us. It means we are so depraved that we cannot even hear the word of God unless He forces us to because He wishes to save someone. The Bible says that faith comes by hearing the word of...

When one strays from God's word the result is mumbo jumbo. Adam had no free will? Then why did God tell him not to eat of the forbidden fruit? So you're saying GOD made Adam and Eve eat? Some God you've decided to serve.

How could you be walking in the flesh if you're a born again believer? What does walking in the flesh mean to you? To me it means that we are not renewing our mind more and more. Romans 12:2 I am much more aware today as to what God expects from me than I was when I was first saved. And...

I like how you explained this, but then you believe we no longer have a sin nature? I've been taught by two different churches that the sin nature will be with us till we die. It does not master over us anymore, it is put under submission.

This is not correct. If it were, every Catholic would be born from above and going to heaven. We know this is not true. This is the problem with baptising infants due to the problem of imputed original sin which was begun by Augustine. The Catholic Church also teaches salvation through...

Many on these forums, with no initials after their name, seem to know the Greek language. (Koine). The problem is with the aorist tense and using it to prove eternal security. IOW, they believed once in the past and it carries through into the future because the aorist tense was used. I know...