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This passage has just said basically the same thing as the last passage. Again, if there is forgiveness of sins there is no more offering because it has been done “once for all. [v18]” In fact, Paul gets very nasty with people who would deny this next. Some people have ripped...

Now, I agree with frumanchu. We have both heard EVERY response the other side could possibly bring up, and hence, we both reject every response offered by the other side. THAT IS WHY I HAVE TRIED TO FOCUS THE DISCUSSION ON THE CENTRAL ISSUE. That is, the deadness of man in sin, and the Perfect...

There is no way to fit one definition to each usage of the words. The context just will not allow it. Acts 12:1 contains an idiom which means “to arrest.” Acts 12:7 and Acts 12:17 have the meaning “a hand” [part of the anatomy], and Acts 12:11 it is again found in an...

Here is the misrepresentation again. The idea that we believe God saves apart from our will. Furthermore, you are forgetting the context of the book of Hebrews. Hebrews was written to a Jewish congregation who was being persuaded by family members to go back to the Levitical sacrifices. In fact...

The reason this definition holds up, is because in the Old Testament times they would burn metals in fire to refine them. Hence, “refined metal” came to be known as “proven metal” [See Zodhiates’ Word Study Dictionary]. Hence, as I said, since adokimos is simple...

Ben- Sorry I took so long to get back to you, but I have been busy, and have also been a little ill. We then had the big server crash, so it has been quite a while. Here are my comments from your last message: Allow me to go through all of my posts and post verses I have already posted that...