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    A Self-interpreting Bible

    Hi He-man, lets discuss Christ. Did He die for all mankind, providing justification of life for all men, or just for the previously chosen elect. If we adhere to scripture alone, then Christ died for all mankind, becoming the propitiation for the whole world, but only those who "receive the...
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    A Self-interpreting Bible

    Pretty much everyone pays lip service to scripture alone as the final authority for faith and practice. However, when a verse does not fit with someone's man-made doctrine, then the verse or passage is nullified. For example, a well accepted doctrine is total omniscience, where God knows...
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    Undeniable(?) Scriptural Proof in Annihilation Instead of Eternal Torment

    Hi OldLangSyne, before we try to provide evidence from scripture that seems inconsistent with your view, let me back up and praise you for your attitude of scripture alone as your source of trustworthy instruction. I am certainly not inspired, so unless scripture seems to you to present what I...
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    Ephesians Discussion/Debate Thread

    Understanding Ephesians 1:11-14 “11In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. 13In...
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    Ephesians Discussion/Debate Thread

    God's plan to redeem believers in Christ was our corporate election before the foundation of the world was laid. Many biblical students miss the inference that being chosen in Him (Ephesians 1:4) means being chosen not as an individual, but corporately. When God chose Christ as Redeemer...
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    Corporate Election

    The Biblical Doctrine of Election Daniel B. Wallace has posted “My Understanding of the Biblical Doctrine of Election” and the following presents a discussion of the merits of that view. In Doctor Wallace’s words, “having a good conscious about the text does not...
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    Corporate Election

    Hi Vanhin, while I have no comment on books or information sources you may treasure, other than the bible, I do have comments pertaining to what the Bible says. And it says, "Many are called but few are chosen." So yet another verse suggesting we are called before we are chosen, thus requiring...
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    Corporate Election

    Corporate Election First lets define “corporate” election as God making a choice to deal with a group of people according to His purpose. Thus, whoever is “in the sphere” of His choice is chosen, and therefore anyone who enters that sphere becomes chosen or elect...
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    Must every everything necessarily result in spreading the Gospel?

    Hi ChristianMasonJim, A careful rendering of the great commission might read, "as you are going along" make disciples. So rather than spend our evenings standing on a corner handing out tracks, we should make use of our everyday life encounters. Our friends, co-workers, neighbors, those we...
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    2 Samuel 7:12-16 --- did god punish jesus for making mistakes ?

    Just to add a little to what has been said concerning 2 Samuel 7:14, or the passage 7:12-16, we have a double prophecy. In one aspect it will be fulfilled in a manner consistent with the audience of the time, but it also contains another aspect that will be fulfilled with the first or second...
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    The Gifts of the Holy Spirit

    I do not think the gifts of the Holy Spirit are rare, every born again Christian is gifted with gifts of the holy spirit. Paul's fruit of the spirit are certainly more abundantly found hanging from mature Christians, for they have learned the spiritual things discerned from our "helper" but...
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    question about word of faith concepts in other denominations

    Hi, Lutherangerman, yes, I believe all of us endorse your practice, but we do not call it "name it and claim it" because that suggests God is at your beck and call. There are tons of verses that tell us to use scripture to lift our heads, to restore our souls, we are to set our minds on the...
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    2 Peter Discussion/Debate Thread

    Staying on the Trail, Part 2. Peter returns to a lesson on Scripture, starting in verse 16 of Chapter 1. The Old Testament contains many references or prophesies concerning the “coming Messiah.” Usually, when the word used here (translated coming) is used, the reference is to...
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    2 Peter Discussion/Debate Thread

    Here is a study I did a few years back. I know it violates one of the ground rules, using other scriptures to bolster the view being presented, but simply deleting the references seemed like a waste. There are only a few and they are well known...
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    Search in the Bible

    I use several on line study tools but they fall short of my needs, or perhaps I am such a dullard I do not understand how to get the information I desire. For example, the Blue Letter seems to use the text used for the KJV, rather than the NA26. And it does not show the inflected form of the...
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    Are there two kinds of Christians?

    Hi Losthope, sorry if this is redundant. Are there two types of Christians? No, you are either a born again Christian, one of the wheat, or a professing Christian, one of the tares. Does doctrine matter, if you are a once saved always saved doctrine holder, does that make you a born again...
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    why does sacrifice atone for sin?

    Yet another great question. Before we delve into the animal sacrifices under the Old Covenant, lets back up to your use of the word "atone." Now in the KJV of the Bible you can find "atonement" one time, but if you look at the Greek word it translates, you find that the word is usually...
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    if you would please answer

    Great question, but it seems folks are reluctant to answer. If you have ever looked at the picture provided by two opposing mirrors, you see an apparently endless series of the same reflection. Lets start with the Universe. Was it always there or did it have a beginning? I accept it had a...
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    Search in the Bible

    Hi, what I want in a search tool is to be able to not see any Greek alphabet symbols, and just deal with transliterated Greek words with all their various forms of inflection. So I would like to look at a word for word interlinear, where transliterated Greek from the NA26 is given on one...
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    What to do with enemies?..ref:Matthew 5:44

    Hi Rationalt, sorry if some of this is redundant, I am simply responding to your opening post. If I understood your question, you are asking if Matthew 5:44 actually means what it says. The answer is yes. But look at one of the qualifiers, "your" enemies. This might or might not including...