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Great post. It's important to remember that Paul did not write of his own will or authority. Everything Paul said that is canonized Scripture was inspired by the Holy Spirit, so if you say that Paul was wrong then you're, in effect, saying that the Holy Spirit was wrong :o I don't know about...
Again, I would just like to say that I don't believe God desires that any go to hell (2 Peter 3:9), BUT God's GREATER desire is that He only save SOME, and not ALL. Just because God doesn't desire men to go to hell doesn't mean THAT desire overrides His STRONGER desires (to only save some).
I personally really like my lead pastor and another local pastor. But as far as the "bigger names" go, I really like Mark Driscoll, Francis Chan, and John Piper.
Did not God choose Israel to be His people? Wouldn't that be classified as "favoritism"? So, that argument is moot. Furthermore, God did not only speak to Jews - Last I checked, the 2 biggest books in the NT were written by a Hellenist/Gentile (Luke). :study
I'm inclined to believe that the Beast was Caesar Nero in the mid 60s AD. I know that's not as exciting as trying to figure out the "Beast mystery" from present-day newspapers, but it seems most contextual to me.
The OP may have been a bit ambiguous. I don't believe that Jesus delighted in those going to hell or even necessarily desired it. I do believe though that Jesus is delighted in the fullness of who God is, and that includes God's justice, righteousness, and holiness. In order for those attributes...
The mark is not a literal mark, it refers to where your allegiance lies (with God or with the world)
It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes, for by a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt. - Exodus 13:16
And you shall bind them [God's commandments] as a sign...
So, you're denying the doctrine of progression and that God was once a man, and that Jesus is the brother of Lucifer? You're denying that there's a heavenly Mother, with whom Heavenly Father produces billions of spirit babies?
The rest of us have Bibles and allow God's truth to transform us and humble us.
Savedbygrace, I'm not even sure why you're wasting time :confused FOC is the site's theological scholar and he can't be wrong. ;)
You are quite correct. God elected us before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4,5), and last I checked...that was before our time. :-) 1 Peter 1 is all about making sure that you are walking diligent in the faith, NOT coming into the faith. What Peter's trying to answer is the question...
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