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    What are we here on this earth for?

    You are here to make some decisions. 1. DO you believe there is a God? Right answer- Yes 2. Will you choose to follow Him? Right answer- Yes 3. Will you follow Him: Your way. His way. Right answer- His way His way is Jesus. Once you get this right, He will reveal to you His plans...
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    Your input on your Word of Faith forum!

    Why is it so hard? Either one agrees with the SOP or they do not. If they do not then they are not WOF and are not a member. Therefore they should not discuss, debate, teach. Many think they are WOF but are in fact their own self made version of WOF. Far from the original.:amen:
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    How many Christians will be saved?

    A Christian is a person who has received Jesus as their Saviour and are born again. Therefore all Christians are saved.
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    How can I reconcile my faith with my recent conclusion that free will is an illusion?

    Eph 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Says He chose us. Who is "us"? Those who are born again. How did He chose us? 2 Thess 2:13-14 13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you...
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    How can I reconcile my faith with my recent conclusion that free will is an illusion?

    Consider a basic different understanding of what predestination means. God predestined those who would accept Jesus to spending eternity with Him. God predestined those who would not accept Jesus to spending eternity separated from Him.
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    If you have a terrible life will God [moved]

    scriptures have the answers for these things for us 2 Cor 2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. KJV For every situation that we have to face in life, scripture gives us instructions on...
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    Is Immortality a birthright or a gift from God

    Perhaps you need to define what you think immortality is. The use of the word in 1 Cor 15 is used in reference to the glorified bodies we receive at the event known as "the rapture".
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    Does God determine how long I live?

    According to scripture, how long a born again person=Christian lives is up to the person. Recognizing first that the limit is about 120 years. When they are satisfied. Ps 91:16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. KJV
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    I would like to know?

    Here Jesus told them to receive the Holy Ghost, therefore they did. John 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: KJV The above is the first recorded that I know of the manifestation of what Jesus said here; John 14:16-17 16 And I...
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    Christianity... and the fact of evolution

    Evolution remains a theory, not a fact. Everyone has a choice. Either believe God's explanation of creation and life issues. Or don't believe. It is a choice. That is why God told us to choose life that we and our seed may live.
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    the difficulty of giving a reason for faith, if one just believes

    Paul mentioned true unfeigned faith in Timothy. True unfeigned faith only can begin where the will of God is known. God's will is revealed in His Word. We call His Word scriptures. We also call it the Bible. A person's "faith level" is determined by their word level. Because scriptural...
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    Is scripture the highest authority?

    Who one accepts as the highest authority is dependent on the choice each person makes for themselves. That does not mean that choice is the correct one. That choice is made based on who each person decides to believe is the Highest. Some actually believe that what they refer to as "The...
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    Is scripture the highest authority?

    Ps 138:2 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. KJV Ps 138:2 2 I will worship toward Your holy temple and praise Your name for Your loving-kindness and for Your truth and...
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    Use of the word 'faith' in the bible.

    Everybody was given the same amount. But everyone does not learn to use the faith that works in the Kingdom of God.
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    Is scripture the highest authority?

    Yes it is the HIGHEST Authority no matter what the "spin" attempted to say otherwise.
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    Would God destroy the earth for animal-human chimera or hybrid experiments?

    Would God destroy the earth for animal-human chimera or hybrid experiments? Read Revelation. That answers how it all plays out as well as what the judgment was for
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    What do you think this means

    Perhaps ya missed the scriptures. 1 Tim 2:15 15 But if they go on in faith and love and holy self-control, she will be kept safe at the time of childbirth. BBE 1 Tim 2:15 15 Yet a woman will be brought safely through childbirth if she and her husband continue to live in faith and love and...
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    The bible says to not strain at a gnat, but a parable is not a gnat ;)

    Parables are illustrations. Jesus illustrated spiritual things with physical things.
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    What do you think this means

    All of the above translations are true.
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    What do you think this means

    Consider these translations. 1 Tim 2:15 15 But if they go on in faith and love and holy self-control, she will be kept safe at the time of childbirth. BBE 1 Tim 2:15 15 Yet a woman will be brought safely through childbirth if she and her husband continue to live in faith and love and growing...