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Recent content by Clare73

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    Historic Premillennialism vs Amillennialism

    Not according to the authoritative apostolic teaching (1 Th 4:16-17) of Christ (Lk 1:16), unless the rebirth from eternal death into eternal life by the sovereign will (as unaccountable as the wind, Jn 3:6-8) of the Holy Spirit (Jn 3:3-5) is referred to metaphorically as a "resurrection" in the...
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    Eve and the Fallacy of Moral Choices

    See Ro 9:22-23.
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    The Reality of Free Will

    C'mon, you know better than that. . . Just because I can climb a tree as does a monkey doesn't mean I, therefore, can safely jump from tree to tree several feet apart. :)
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    The Reality of Free Will

    I can't choose to live a sinless life. Therefore, my will is only partially free, it cannot make all moral choices, which is necessary for a totally free will. The best I can say is my will is partially free to refrain from all sin in thought, word and deed. I did not. I said "free will"...
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    The Reality of Free Will

    Surely you don't believe that we are free to choose to live sinless lives. . . Keeping in mind that "free will" is a notion of man no where stated in Scripture. And man defines this notion as "the power to make all moral choices, without external force or constraint." However, what is stated...
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    The Reality of Free Will

    It falls to you to demonstrate the philosophical error, as well as the Scriptural basis regarding "free will," keeping in mind that man's will is not free to live sinlessly, at best his "free will" is only partial or limited.
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    The Reality of Free Will

    Correct. . .that is the way philosophy sees it, "free will" being a philosophical notion, not a Biblical notion. If you cannot always choose right, then there are times when your will is not free; i.e., your "free will" is limited, which is only partial free will. . .thanks to the fall...
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    The Reality of Free Will

    Entertaining. . .however, still falling short of a Biblical refutation. . .
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    The Reality of Free Will

    Therein is your problem, you're using the wrong book. . .try a book on metaphysics.
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    The Reality of Free Will

    The proof of the pudding is in the eating. So all you have to do is demonstrate your claim by choosing to live a sinless life in thought, word and deed. If you can't make and execute that choice, your "free will" is limited, and not truly free. It's not complicated. . . Falls somewhat short of...
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    The Reality of Free Will

    "Free will" is a human notion nowhere stated in Scripture. The human notion means power to make all moral choices. Man does not have the power to make all moral choices, he cannot choose to live a sinless life. Man's will has limited freedom only.
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    The Reality of Free Will

    Do either present man's notion, "free will; i.e., ability to make all moral choices," e.g., to choose to be sinless? They do not. Man's freedom of will is limited by his fallen nature.. .he cannot choose to be sinless. "Free will," a human, not a Biblical notion, is the power to make all moral...
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    Are the Jews Israel, or is the church Israel? Or does it depend on the context of the passage?

    In all of Scripture there is not one verse that specifically locates the rapture before the tribulation. A pretribulation rapture is the notion of man, based solely in eisegesis (and never even heard of in the church until about 200 years ago).
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    Why Christians can't look away from Israel

    The ten northern tribes were not lost in the exile, for they are found in the rest of the Bible: 1) prophecies relating to the return from exile: Jer 3:18, 31:27, 31 (where "Israel" is the northern kingdom of the ten tribes) Eze 37:15-22 (where Ephraim is the northern kingdom of ten tribes, Isa...
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    The Reality of Free Will

    Yes, it's called the word of God: "He who sins is a slave to sin." (Jn 8:34) Slaves to sin do not have free will to never sin. Can you live a sinless life? If not, your will is not completely free, it is only partially free. Not according to 2 Tim 3:16, "All Scripture is God-breathed," the...
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