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Well the fault lies in the preaching and the teaching. On the one hand you have those who teach that if you mumble a little prayer to Jesus, you're saved and you can carry on with your life just as before, and on the other, those you tell their congregations / victims that they can lose their...

I'd like to add a bit to the excellent work of @Anthony D'Arienzo on this thread. Romans 8:1. 'There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus........' That seems remarkably clear to me, but the question is asked, how do I know if I am in Christ Jesus? Obviously, as...

Thank you for your kind words. :)

I don't think we should despise the teaching of those who have gone before us, but of course we must hold up all human writers to the light of the Scriptures to ensure that they match up. I do not think that if you go through my posts in this thread that you will find them devoid of Scripture...

I note that you did not reply to my post #8. That's OK; we all get busy. The point is that God is actually not reconciled to all the inhabitants of the world. 'He who does not believe is condemned already' )John 3:18). So what does the text mean? It means all kinds of people: Jews and...

A few more comparisons of Scripture with Scripture, this time to show that the Holy Spirit is indeed Yahweh and a Person of the Holy Trinity. The first text refers to the Spirit, the second to the LORD. Genesis 6:3. 'And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man.' 1 Peter...

Thank you for your detailed reply. I have some things to do and a couple of posts I need to make before replying, but I will try to do so at some point tomorrow. :)

May I ask what you mean by "diversified" here? As Man, our Lord was Jesus of Nazareth. He hungered and thirsted, He got tired and needed to sleep. He died. God does not get tired or weary (Isaiah 40:28), nor does He sleep (Psalms 121:3-4) and certainly He does not die. The Lord Jesus was a...

Interestingly, there is no portion of the Lord's prayer that cannot be properly addressed to the Lord Jesus. 'Our Father which art in heaven. Isaiah 9:6. 'Everlasting Father.' John 3:13. 'The Son of man which is in heaven.' 'Hallowed be thy name.' 2 Thes. 1:12. 'That the name of our Lord may...

Most of what follows comes from The Trinity by E. H. Bickersteth, a 19th Century Bishop. The first text is a reference to God the father or to God generally; the second is a reference to Christ. 1. Psalm 90:2. 'From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.' Micah 5:2. 'Whose goings forth have...

Hello Enoch, Thanks for replying. It's bed-time in Britain right now, but I'll try to answer your post in more depth tomorrow. For now, tell me, is God reconciled to all the inhabitants of the world, or only to some of them?

This is correct. We may eat shrimp sandwiches to our hearts' content. If you mean the ceremonial and judicial laws, then we agree. But God's moral law, summarized in the Decalogue and epitomized in the 'Golden Rule' of Mark 12:29-31 etc. remains. 'Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision...

This is true, but there is a difference between 1 Timothy 3:16 and 1 John 5:7. the former has 'God was manifested in the flesh' in 97% of the extant Greek manuscripts. The latter is found in only a tiny number. However, there is another argument in favour of the Comma based around internal...

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I'm not quite sure what you're getting at here, but that would be the Holy Spirit. I'm sure you're looking for more than that. If you will be a little clearer, I will try to answer in a little more depth.

'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.' How can you believe in Him if you don't know who He is? John 8:24. ".....If you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins." Colossians 1:15. 'He is the image of the invisible God.' Colossians 2:9. 'For in Him dwells all the...

This sentence makes no sense as you have written it. Perhaps you would like to amend it? I fully agree with this. The rule for successful interpretation of a passage is to compare Scripture with Scripture. I think you will find, if you read my two posts through again, that I have done this...

Here is the second text: 2 Peter 2:1, NKJV. ‘But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift judgement.’ This text is...

2 Peter 3:16. ‘……Some things hard to understand…….’ On another thread, @DNB wrote that there were certain texts which appear to contradict the teaching of Definite Atonement. I thought it might be good to look at some of these, so I am going to give two such texts and then open the discussion...

I think that anyone who makes this sort of broad-brush statement should accompany with one or more examples.