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Are you taking the time to pray? Christ is the answer in times of need
https://christianforums.net/threads/psalm-70-1-save-me-o-god-lord-help-me-now.108509/
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Wearing the right shoes, and properly clothed spiritually?
Join Elected By Him for a devotional on Ephesians 6:14-15
https://christianforums.net/threads/devotional-selecting-the-proper-shoes.109094/
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Freewill religion ! - Part 2
Hello Sparrowhawke, I am not sure you caught the flow of what I was saying. The question asked of me concerned Esau and Romans 9. Do we need to show scriptural support that Esau was hardened, when right in the context, in some parallel argumentation Paul speaks of Pharaoh as being hardened... -
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Freewill religion ! - Part 2
Why would Paul need to show scriptural support that each and every person that does not go to heaven is hardened? Your asking for Paul to say something in every text about hardening? As I suggested above, the concept of hardening implys that God choose not to restrain sin. God does not have... -
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Freewill religion ! - Part 2
OK, I see now that I did disrupt things. My apologies. I did read enough to get the flow and reacted to things you were saying about Romans 9 and not the entire conversation. Well, I think my previous post gives a positive statement that in Romans 9, Paul is looking at Esau as a person. The... -
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Freewill religion ! - Part 2
Rather then cup and past other posts and negatively give criticism, I will attempt to give a positive presentation of both grammatical and contextual evidence on how I see Romans 9. First, let me speak of the noun and verbal forms of anathema in the greek NT::::: Act 23:14 And they came to... -
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Freewill religion ! - Part 2
About the Son of God, At this point I have read your post twice. I still have no idea what your point is in the previous two posts. In reading your posts, there are things I thought of correcting or commenting on, but I really do not know where to begin. I was tempted to go through the posts... -
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Freewill religion ! - Part 2
JBL, this is off topic, but I will answer you question. Probably a new thread should be started. On the other hand, I guess there are distant issues that disconnect us from the concept of "Freewill religion." Certainly the two Covenants are related. I would not go so far as to say the... -
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Freewill religion ! - Part 2
I will give you a statement, but this is not a defense. A defense would take a lot more space and time. Yes, Jacob was elected. I see no other way to read verses 10 and 11. When you ask about the election of "the children of Israel" that requires a more complex answer. That question is... -
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Freewill religion ! - Part 2
About SoG: Yes, I think the passage is talking about Esau as an individual. Certainly he was not a part of Israel, but he was of the seed of Isaac. Being that both Jacob and Esau were children of Isaac, who was of the promised seed, it is a fitting illustration of 9:6 and how God elects... -
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Freewill religion ! - Part 2
I am glad you accept the concept of "CURSED" to be within the semantic range of the word anethema. The reasons I would have for questioning your reading of Romans 9:3 would be simply grammatical. Paul uses two prepositions within the passage. Rom 9:3 ηυχομην γαρ αναθεμα ειναι αυτος εγω απο... -
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Freewill religion ! - Part 2
About the SoG: How would you read Galatians 1:8-9? Would it be good thing to preach a different Gospel than Paul? -
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Freewill religion ! - Part 2
Hello ABSG (About the Son of God). I think I dropped a conversation with you somewhere else. I have a few thoughts about Romans 9. I did not go back and read much in the thread, but its a long thread. I hope you do not mind me jumping in here. First, I would be happy to concede that the... -
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Freewill religion ! - Part 2
Re: Freewill religion is the Man of Sin ! - Part 2 Rejection of all human works is exactly what that verse is about. The phrase "not of works" supports verse 8 when it says "and that not of yourselves. The concept of "not of yourselves" speaks of any work, not just the works of the Law of... -
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ADAM and EVE
I assume this was written in response to my post in this thread. Thank you for reading the post and responding, even if you disagree. Of course in my post, I did not actually defend the statement that we are guilty in Adam, but merely stated it. Allow me to add a defense of that statement. I... -
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ADAM and EVE
Scripturally, the only meaning concerning Eve is in this verse. 1Ti 2:14 and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression: The passage is about Women teaching. Paul quotes Eve in Genesis as a reason for Women not to be teaching men in a congregation... -
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The Natural Man....
Withheld, I agree with what your saying, but I think your misreading the text. You are wrestling with the question of why does the believer still sin. Another way to put that question is why is sin still with the believer. In this text, that question is not addressed. Let me go through the... -
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Message to GOD"S elect
Tit 3:5 not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, The concept that regeneration is the same thing as salvation makes Titus 3:5 nonsense. If Christ saved us through... -
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Message to GOD"S elect
Deborah, you are repeating a bad argument that I already answered. I am guessing you do not understand the previous answer I gave and so you are repeating your previous post. Maybe you think I did not understand what you are saying. What you are saying is all to old and obvious. I have seen...