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And who is a Jew in God's eyes, rebuilder? A member of the Israel of God... His household? Paul tells us at the end of Romans 2... "For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart...

Disagree. People can certainly have mistaken and/or misguided ideas about what God's grace is and what it entails, but that God gives a great measure of grace to every member of the human race is inarguable. Just the fact that we are alive is evidence of His grace. Not necessarily that they...

Well, it was... and is. ;) And will be, until Christ returns. Grace and peace to you.

Agreed. For the most part... Lambano clarified sufficiently. This is not any kind of pointed question, but I'm asking just out of mild curiosity: Do you, Marymog, consider Augustine, who lived well after the age of the apostles (in the late fourth and early fifth centuries A.D.) to be one of...

I would hope that we are all "doctrines of grace people," but God's grace is what it is... Oh, well those folks would be "bad doctrine of grace people." :) Yes, once God has saved us and we are being conformed to the image of His Son, our eternal destiny is secured, but in that salvific...

LOL! No, but hey, think what you want, certainly. That it is... :) But that's not the Greek word used in Luke 1:28. Rather, it's: κεχαριτωμένη (inflected) χαριτόωcharitoō (root) charitoō (transliteration) Which denotes one being given or bestowed a lofty, even a soaring, magnificent degree...

Nobody's saying we don't make decisions or that anybody "makes us do what we do whether we want to or not." But, when God gives us new birth by His Spirit, He is working in us in the Person of His Holy Spirit so that we will and work for His good pleasure. This is Philippians 2:12-13...

Absolutely. Certainly, we obey, do good works, and we maintain our faith. But who... well, Who... <smile>... really gets the credit even for all of that? God says in Ezekiel 11:19-20 ~ "I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my...

This passage is a little difficult on first glance, as many Bible passages are. Satan's power is not absolute, of course, but is rather under the control of God, Who ultimately rules over life and death (Deuteronomy 32:39; Job 2:6; Psalm 90:3, 139:16; Revelation 1:18). Nevertheless, Satan was...

Fair enough. Grace and peace to you.

That's not the case. It's Hebrew, of course, but the same word is used of Noah in Genesis 6:8... "Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD." The word there is 'חֵן,' or 'ḥēn,' which is also translated to the English 'grace.' The same Hebrew word is used regarding God's regard of Joseph in...

Right, but ~ and this was my point ~ oftentimes in Scripture, two verses seem to contradict each other, but one is to be understood in one sense, and the other is to be understood in a different sense, in which case they cannot contradict each other because they are to be understood in different...

Okay, well, we disagree. These are rhetorical questions, FearTheLord, but if there "is no sin nature," if our nature is not at least partially... <chuckle>... sinful, then why do we sin? If our nature is to not sin ~ even from birth, because babies and very young children sin ~ then why do we...

Hmmm, well the verses you shared don't contradict the other verses; no part of God's Word contradicts any other. Maybe I'm wrong about this, Verily, but I think you think our salvation, our being born again of the Spirit, is the result of our belief. Am I right about your thinking on this? Or...

No. They became sinners. As I said, they acquired the sinful nature in Genesis 3, and everyone since has inherited that state at birth. Yes. But Adam's was the first and greater sin; he knew what God had commanded but disobeyed and partook of the forbidden fruit. Eve on the other hand was...

Hmmm... chose both of... what? Grace and peace to you.

I certainly don't mean to offend, Verily, but you're conflating a couple of things here. I'll just focus on your citation of John 1:12 and continue what John says there in verse 13, which is a continuation from verse 12... "...to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the...

Verily, there is absolutely a sense in which Jesus's sacrifice was for the whole world, and that is sufficiency. Jesus's atonement for sin was sufficient for any and all of the human race to be reconciled to God and thus saved. In this way, Jesus's sacrifice is unlimited and universal. But...

Revelation 19 Sermon begins just after the 38-minute mark Revelation 20 First Scripture reading (very relevant to sermon) begins at about the 12-minute mark Sermon begins just after the 35-minute mark Revelation 21 First Scripture reading (very relevant to sermon) begins at about the 12-minute...

As He walked, yes, for sure. And just to be clear, we're here talking about Christ Jesus Himself, Who, as you know, was speaking of Himself in John 2:19 when He said He would rebuild the temple in three days... Well, it already has. <smile> And, in the fullness of time ~ God's time, of...