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I gathered that you were non-denom. But thanks for "ticking the box" nearest your belief. Do you attend church at all? It is a commandment of God. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of...

I find that answer in people who are hiding something they think others won't appreciate. Although I find your last sentence intriguing. You know what I'm asking. In fact, you didn't answer the whole question. I'll try again... what denomination would you say you are "closest" to? what...

Both believer and unbeliever will be judged with equal measure. Andrew, of what belief system are you? What denomination are you "closest" to, realizing that you have "non-denominational" in your status. What church do you attend?

Why would your personal freedom be lost? God is not forcing you to act or be a certain way. God offered salvation to you. You must accept or reject. Once accepted, sanctification takes place. Sanctification is a mutual process between you and the Holy Spirit (God). You have perfect free...

It absolutely puts you out of step with the Creator. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness, 19 because what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to...

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness, 19 because what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world his invisible...

No! God is not creation. There are some related beliefs that are cultic to Christianity: Pandeism - teaches that God became the creation and ceased to exist as a separate, conscious being. This is an offshoot of Deism (that God is disjoint from our universe and does not interact with it)...

Amen x2.

I think you are leaning on English translations a little too much here. 6 So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to...

Yikes! My original response was more specifically about Revelation 20 and the Great White Throne Judgement. Here Death and Hades are persons. Hades is certainly used in scripture as both a place and a person. When as a place it is a Greek reference to the Hebrew Sheol; and is further...

I'm sure. So I looked and here came a pale green horse! The name of the one who rode it was Death, and Hades followed right behind. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill its population with the sword, famine, and disease, and by the wild animals of the earth. Revelation...

11 Then I saw a large white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then books were opened, and another book was opened—the book of life...

Calvin's 5-point Calvinism wouldn't allow for blotting out of a saved person. Yes, if one could lose salvation then OSAS is void. Here's the deeper issue. The law came to teach men what sin is. Sin was not imputed to man prior to the law. It was the law, given, that was man's manner to...

Ahh, and it is this free will that hinders the understanding of some. When we teach free will, do we have true and absolute free will in all things? I want to be free to sin, not repent and enter Heaven. I have free will after all. But there are rules. So let's revisit Hebrews with a...

Daniel's verse does not answer when the names were written in the book. Philippians does not answer when the names were written in the book. If the names were written before the time of man, they certainly can be blotted out. The book would be for those who overcome and persevere. If the...

As a believer: 1 John 3:9 "I cannot sin" against God. Jesus has cleansed me. So if all are written in the book, and some do not come to Christ and thus are blotted out -- they won't be written with the righteous. Ha! I'll cover what I think later. But: you have found one of the verses that...

Everything you say here supports OSAS. Which, of course, is what is being discussed. And the point was Sardis in Revelation 2. The point was that Sardis seemed to say that God would remove them from fellowship -- i.e. take away their salvation. But Revelation 2 is about Sardis' actions...

Does it (for a born-again believer)? How about all names begin in the Book of Life and are blotted out if one does not accept Christ during their lifetime. "Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments;" So it is up to YOU to keep clean? Really? Do you earn...

First, what is the "candlestick"? The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. Rev 1:20 (KJV, because I know you...

Maybe not for debate....but an excellent response nonetheless, Harry!! It would seem that most would love to eviscerate the OSAS crowd but cannot handle the verses in 1 John 3 -- 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. 8...