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That's a That's a tough one! I shall go off and study on it. Thanks for the challenge!

I agree that it is wrong to preach any other Gospel than the one in scripture, but do you really believe that if someone is part of a denomination then they are accepting from a man telling them what or what not they can do and teaching a socially acceptable majority rules politically correct...

My question was do you think God has the free-will choice to choose or reject a person regardless of their obedience? The question you answered was "What choice does God make in regards to a person not obedient to His will, commands, and statutes." It's an important distinction.

I am not sure what God intended regarding denominations. I don't see "another Gospel" being preached in all of them. In fact, almost all of the various Christian denominations will align with the apostle's creed and unlike the Muslims, I am not seeing where we are literally warring with one...

I'm not sure how this is a reply to what I wrote or what I asked. I am, though, interested in knowing if I restated your beliefs correctly and if so, how you'd answer my question.

Colossians 1:24–25 (ESV) Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make...

Sola scriptura lives! :)

Deciding the current meaning of a word based on its etymology is a practice that can lead to strange places. Based on its etymology, pedophilia is good in that its roots simply mean friendship with children. Just sayin...

I think you mean something different than what you write. You may find certain labels unhelpful, restricting, etc., but I assure you that you believe in them. You are labeled a "Staff member" and "Administrator". These are helpful labels to folks like me that need to know a bit about your role...

If I understand you correctly, you saying God chooses who are His based upon whether or not they are "in His will and obedient to Him" and chooses who to reject based upon their disobedience to His will? If I am understanding you correctly, then I have a question: does God have the choice of...

I think a very well be attracted to Christ solely looking for salvation from God's wrath. But salvation from His wrath is never the only thing that happens when a person is born again. We are saved FROM wrath and saved TO all the promises of the Gospel. A person truly saved by God has not only...

To be fair to all, I like to think that all of us are doing our best to follow Christ and understand what the Bible teaches us. We end up using terms like Arminian, Calvinist, Pelagian, Wesleyan, Baptistic, etc. as shorthand to communicate a general sense of what we believe by associating with a...

I am not sure I understand what you are wanting me to see. You wrote that the passage is about "God's sovereign choice in who will follow His will and not their own will..." I agree, but I'm thinking you were wanting me to understand something on a point in which we disagree. If so, can you help...

Given I am not trying to have God conform to my experience, we have two considerations: I need to write more clearly and/or you need to read more carefully. I'll try to do my part and I'd hope you'd do your part. Though I know that some write as if they are very knowledgeable on the pre-fall...

Romans 9:19–21 (ESV) You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?” But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump...

Forgive me if I sounded like my faith in God makes all sweetness and light. God, for His purposes, does not take away all our sin nature or all suffering. For ...Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, “For...

It's a legitimate point, but I think there is a reasonable way of seeing commands differently than the way you see them. What if God gives commands - and warnings for that matter - as an instrument to give grace and strength to do His will? When a coach commands his players to "give it all...

[Addendum to Post 883] It's hard for me to grasp having prayer in which I plead with God for a person's salvation, healing of their marriage, or even an increase in their devotion to the Gospel, all the while knowing I am asking Him to do something He has ultimately left in the hands of the...

Sorry for dropping out for a bit. I may have been gone. but I've been thinking. G.K. Chesterton said that one of the reasons he was attracted to orthodox Christianity is that as he understood it better, it explained what he experienced in life. He likened it to a key, that when placed in the...

Let me give brightfame52 an assist in your request. 2 Timothy 2:25–26 (ESV) ...correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by...