Some more old entries for review, are they all correct?
Regarding Isaiah 32, it refers to the Millennium and/or to the New Earth (vers 17)?
Note that Proverbs 16:9, Proverbs 19:21, and Proverbs 20:24 don't mean that we don't have free will and can't make and perform plans against the counsel (or advice) of God; if we couldn't do that, then we could never sin, for God never counsels (or advises) us to commit sin. Neither do these verses mean that no matter what we plan to do, God has us in his grip like macabre meat puppets, mere marionettes who have no control over ourselves and no idea where God will make us step next as he pulls on our strings. For then when we took a sinful step, we could blame it on God. But the truth is that God never makes us sin; he never even tempts us to sin (James 1:13-15). Instead, Proverbs 16:9, Proverbs 19:21, and Proverbs 20:24 must mean that while we can make plans to do things, only by following God's infallible counsel in the Bible regarding how we are to behave (2 Timothy 3:16-17) will we fallible humans understand the best way forward in order for our life to be on firm ground spiritually.
Note that not even Proverbs 21:1 takes away free will, for the imagery is of God digging channels to redirect water in directions that he wants the water to go. But the water will still always follow its own will in the sense that it will always travel downhill and take the most direct path that it can. So God can have kings make certain decisions he wants them to make not by taking away their free will, but by rearranging the situation around them so that they will decide by their own choice of what seems best in that situation, and so end up deciding the way God wants them to. Also, note that Proverbs 21:1 could apply only to rare situations when a certain decision by a king is crucial for the fulfillment of God's overall plan for that king's kingdom (e.g. 1 Kings 12:15); nothing requires that Proverbs 21:1 means that every single decision ever made by a king must have been led on by God's miraculous arranging of the situation around the king.
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2 Peter 1:19-21 means that in our taking heed of Biblical prophecy in anticipation of the second coming of Jesus Christ, our interpretation of that prophecy must be in accordance with the Holy Spirit, for Biblical prophecy wasn't written by men based on their own human understanding or desire, but, like all scripture (2 Timothy 3:16), was written under the inspiration of God's Holy Spirit.
So after becoming believers we need to receive the Holy Spirit, usually through the laying on of hands (Acts 19:2,6, 8:15-17), if we want to be able to properly interpret scripture.
Once we have received the Holy Spirit, we can come to know the things that no man knows, such as the day of the second coming of Jesus Christ (Matthew 24:36), through the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:11b-12), who reveals to us things to come (John 16:13) via our reading of the writings of the Biblical prophets (Amos 3:7) and our comparing them with one another (1 Corinthians 2:13, Isaiah 28:9-10).
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The last "time" in 1 John 2:18 is not a literal hour, but an indefinite period of time. Otherwise, by the time the people John was originally writing to received his letter, a last literal hour would have been long over.
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Romans 4:6 is referring to salvation apart from works of the law (Galatians 2:16), not salvation apart from works of faith (James 2:24, Matthew 7:21, 25:26,30, Romans 2:7, Hebrews 5:9, Philippians 2:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:3, Galatians 5:6, Titus 3:8).
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Salvation through sanctification of the Spirit (2 Thessalonians 2:13) still requires actions on the part of the believer subsequent to his initial salvation if he is not to ultimately lose his salvation: "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live" (Romans 8:13); "This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh" (Galatians 5:16); "let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God" (2 Corinthians 7:1); "For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries" (Hebrews 10:26-27); "except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish" (Luke 13:3).
Salvation through belief of the truth (2 Thessalonians 2:13) also still requires actions on the part of the believer subsequent to his initial salvation if he is not to ultimately lose his salvation: "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven" (Matthew 7:21); "Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only" (James 2:24); "Thou wicked and slothful servant ... cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth" (Matthew 25:26,30); "Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him" (2 Corinthians 5:9); "Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath" (Romans 2:6-8).
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Continuing to teach false doctrine without knowing that it's false wouldn't count as a willful sin, for one wouldn't know that it was wrong. Willful sin would be defined as unrepentant sin which is continued in after one has received the knowledge of the truth that it's a sin (Hebrews 10:26). So if a pastor, for example, knew that some of the doctrine which he was teaching his church was false, but continued to teach it anyway because it helped him to squeeze more money out of his church (2 Peter 2:3), or helped him to rule it like a dictator (1 Peter 5:3), then that would be willful sin.
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The drawing back referred to by Hebrews 10:38-39 could be a permanent condition, for it is a drawing back "unto perdition". "Perdition" means damnation, for "perdition" is contrasted with "the saving of the soul" (Hebrews 10:39). This is not referring to the initial salvation of the soul, but to its ultimate salvation, its actually obtaining eternal salvation because it endured unto the end in faith and obedience to Christ (Matthew 24:13, Hebrews 5:9, Romans 2:7). The drawing back referred to by Hebrews 10:38-39 could be a permanent condition also because it could be the same as falling away, from which no repentance is possible (Hebrews 6:4-8).
Hebrews 10:38 in its entirety is referring only to justified believers, those who live by faith. Hebrews 10:38 means that even justified believers can commit apostasy, draw back from living in faith (1 Timothy 4:1), and so lose their salvation: "For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned" (Hebrews 6:4-8).
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Revelation 3:11 is addressed to believers and it says that it's possible for them to let men take their crowns, and the Greek word translated there as "men" can mean anything: man, woman, or thing, including Satan.
Satan can steal a believer's reward of eternal life the same way that a human can (Revelation 3:11b): by deceiving the believer into turning away from the faith and going after the doctrines of devils that encourage believers to continue in their lusts (1 Timothy 4:1-2; 2 Timothy 4:3-4) without repentance, so that they will end up losing their salvation (Hebrews 10:26-29; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21).
Regarding Isaiah 32, it refers to the Millennium and/or to the New Earth (vers 17)?
Note that Proverbs 16:9, Proverbs 19:21, and Proverbs 20:24 don't mean that we don't have free will and can't make and perform plans against the counsel (or advice) of God; if we couldn't do that, then we could never sin, for God never counsels (or advises) us to commit sin. Neither do these verses mean that no matter what we plan to do, God has us in his grip like macabre meat puppets, mere marionettes who have no control over ourselves and no idea where God will make us step next as he pulls on our strings. For then when we took a sinful step, we could blame it on God. But the truth is that God never makes us sin; he never even tempts us to sin (James 1:13-15). Instead, Proverbs 16:9, Proverbs 19:21, and Proverbs 20:24 must mean that while we can make plans to do things, only by following God's infallible counsel in the Bible regarding how we are to behave (2 Timothy 3:16-17) will we fallible humans understand the best way forward in order for our life to be on firm ground spiritually.
Note that not even Proverbs 21:1 takes away free will, for the imagery is of God digging channels to redirect water in directions that he wants the water to go. But the water will still always follow its own will in the sense that it will always travel downhill and take the most direct path that it can. So God can have kings make certain decisions he wants them to make not by taking away their free will, but by rearranging the situation around them so that they will decide by their own choice of what seems best in that situation, and so end up deciding the way God wants them to. Also, note that Proverbs 21:1 could apply only to rare situations when a certain decision by a king is crucial for the fulfillment of God's overall plan for that king's kingdom (e.g. 1 Kings 12:15); nothing requires that Proverbs 21:1 means that every single decision ever made by a king must have been led on by God's miraculous arranging of the situation around the king.
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2 Peter 1:19-21 means that in our taking heed of Biblical prophecy in anticipation of the second coming of Jesus Christ, our interpretation of that prophecy must be in accordance with the Holy Spirit, for Biblical prophecy wasn't written by men based on their own human understanding or desire, but, like all scripture (2 Timothy 3:16), was written under the inspiration of God's Holy Spirit.
So after becoming believers we need to receive the Holy Spirit, usually through the laying on of hands (Acts 19:2,6, 8:15-17), if we want to be able to properly interpret scripture.
Once we have received the Holy Spirit, we can come to know the things that no man knows, such as the day of the second coming of Jesus Christ (Matthew 24:36), through the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:11b-12), who reveals to us things to come (John 16:13) via our reading of the writings of the Biblical prophets (Amos 3:7) and our comparing them with one another (1 Corinthians 2:13, Isaiah 28:9-10).
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The last "time" in 1 John 2:18 is not a literal hour, but an indefinite period of time. Otherwise, by the time the people John was originally writing to received his letter, a last literal hour would have been long over.
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Romans 4:6 is referring to salvation apart from works of the law (Galatians 2:16), not salvation apart from works of faith (James 2:24, Matthew 7:21, 25:26,30, Romans 2:7, Hebrews 5:9, Philippians 2:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:3, Galatians 5:6, Titus 3:8).
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Salvation through sanctification of the Spirit (2 Thessalonians 2:13) still requires actions on the part of the believer subsequent to his initial salvation if he is not to ultimately lose his salvation: "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live" (Romans 8:13); "This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh" (Galatians 5:16); "let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God" (2 Corinthians 7:1); "For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries" (Hebrews 10:26-27); "except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish" (Luke 13:3).
Salvation through belief of the truth (2 Thessalonians 2:13) also still requires actions on the part of the believer subsequent to his initial salvation if he is not to ultimately lose his salvation: "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven" (Matthew 7:21); "Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only" (James 2:24); "Thou wicked and slothful servant ... cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth" (Matthew 25:26,30); "Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him" (2 Corinthians 5:9); "Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath" (Romans 2:6-8).
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Continuing to teach false doctrine without knowing that it's false wouldn't count as a willful sin, for one wouldn't know that it was wrong. Willful sin would be defined as unrepentant sin which is continued in after one has received the knowledge of the truth that it's a sin (Hebrews 10:26). So if a pastor, for example, knew that some of the doctrine which he was teaching his church was false, but continued to teach it anyway because it helped him to squeeze more money out of his church (2 Peter 2:3), or helped him to rule it like a dictator (1 Peter 5:3), then that would be willful sin.
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The drawing back referred to by Hebrews 10:38-39 could be a permanent condition, for it is a drawing back "unto perdition". "Perdition" means damnation, for "perdition" is contrasted with "the saving of the soul" (Hebrews 10:39). This is not referring to the initial salvation of the soul, but to its ultimate salvation, its actually obtaining eternal salvation because it endured unto the end in faith and obedience to Christ (Matthew 24:13, Hebrews 5:9, Romans 2:7). The drawing back referred to by Hebrews 10:38-39 could be a permanent condition also because it could be the same as falling away, from which no repentance is possible (Hebrews 6:4-8).
Hebrews 10:38 in its entirety is referring only to justified believers, those who live by faith. Hebrews 10:38 means that even justified believers can commit apostasy, draw back from living in faith (1 Timothy 4:1), and so lose their salvation: "For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned" (Hebrews 6:4-8).
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Revelation 3:11 is addressed to believers and it says that it's possible for them to let men take their crowns, and the Greek word translated there as "men" can mean anything: man, woman, or thing, including Satan.
Satan can steal a believer's reward of eternal life the same way that a human can (Revelation 3:11b): by deceiving the believer into turning away from the faith and going after the doctrines of devils that encourage believers to continue in their lusts (1 Timothy 4:1-2; 2 Timothy 4:3-4) without repentance, so that they will end up losing their salvation (Hebrews 10:26-29; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21).
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