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Of course! The Devil makes them believe that having everything is this world is all there is--the more you have, the better life is. Jesus says however, Those who love their life will lose it but whoever hates his life will have eternal life (John 12:25) (what do you know--a good verse for...

I have a difficult time with that doctrine as well, Patrick. The problem is that Jesus talks more about hell than he talked about anything else. Jesus sure believed there will be eternal suffering and I stand by my Lord. Personally, I do not want it to be that way, but then that is putting my...

Yeah, it doesn't matter if the law is "unconstitutional" or not--we as citizens of a country have to--are commanded by God--to obey it and pray for those in power. The apostles writing by the guidance of the Holy Spirit wrote these verses admonishing us to obey governing authorities at the time...

I believe he's talking about I think it's in Deuteronomy where if two men are found having intercourse they are to be killed (cannot recall the exact words). Many believers who are not taught correctly (and others who do not understand God's word) may get confused at this and think that this is...

To me that seems to be the main flaw with the sinless perfection crowd: they attain a gloss of doing good and acting in a manner pleasing to God. But they lack an understanding of all of what the moral law demands; if this crowd could have their eyes opened in this way by the Holy Spirit, they...

Right, those thoughts and I think the most lacking understanding of holiness is *all* of what the ten commandments entail. Mostly those who are "more sanctified" than others in their walk with the Lord typically fail most of the time in sins of omission, not commission. Loving God with all one's...

Brother, those who think they have achieved sinless perfection in this life have a shallow view of the holiness of God; they do not understand all of what sin entails, of how permeating it is into every facet of our being.

My main one was the Westminster Confessions of Faith (which I understand to not be that popular amongst this crowd). I don't doubt it has its imperfections, but to me it contains the most clear interpretation of God's word. I've also read Matthew Henry's commentary, Berkhof's systematic...

Yes, and BH would benefit--gain what he lacks--by reading those commentaries and articles which take the Bible as a whole. The pit that BH has fallen into is that he takes verses alone and does not look at them in the context of all of God's word. You have those who say they just read the Bible...

Yes, I figured BH would be all over this topic. He and I have bumped heads in the past too. I think it is best not to communicate with him anymore so I don't. My problem with him and others with this view is their shallow view of holiness as well as their shallow understanding of what sin...

Yes. Abortion is the modern-day equivalent: Heathens sacrifice their children to the god of comfort and convenience. Yes. Physicians aren't God. Many have been wrong about who will live and who will not. Sin entered this world and death, agonizing death at times, is a result of that. The Lord...

Right. If Jesus was just like every other man, then yes He would also have sin. Yet Jesus is the God-man: a man in every way except without sin. The only begotten Son of God. All of us are adopted sons and daughters of God. Jesus is the only one who is directly from God similar to the way a...

Yes, I agree. When I regard homosexuality, I look at it in a similar way as anger and selfishness and things more common like that. I feel the "problem" if we can call it that with the outrage over homosexuality (though I feel it has much merit--someone once said on these forums, it gets a lot...

And to add to that, soldiers in wars sometimes had lost both arms... I've heard criticism of this way of thinking, but in my own grief over losing my husband after such a short time together, it has really helped me (and I hope that my own story will make others love their own loved ones more...

That state is so catastrophically in debt and that's the kind of garbage they come up with? If any state I ever live in does that, I would try to move out of it as quickly as I could. This country is like begging God to strike it. I'm not sure how much longer he will be merciful. Sometimes I...

Okay. Peace to you.

I'm sorry, but you don't understand genetics and genes and stuff like that and how they are related to characteristics that are more emotional than physical. Studies support that some people are genetically disposed to having a bad temper (Genetic determinants of aggression and impulsivity in...

Exactly! Thank you! : )

Like I had already explained in my original post, I understand same-sex attraction feelings to be the same kind of evil natural feelings we have (from the fall) like anger and lust. In no way does that make the Bible wrong. These evil proclivities are a result of the fall, nothing which God...

But Jesus says that anyone who has anger toward his brother commits murder, just as anyone who feels lust toward another commits adultery. It appears to me from what He says there that feelings are condemned. I really do feel that homosexuals can be born with a desire for same-sex...