Recent content by Dr Bruce Atkinson

I hear no grace in your response, only a sense of superiority. And I must say that you have zero authority over me. Why should I answer your many questions according to your own requirements? If you insist on being a legalist, then I hope you are obeying every jot and tittle. Especially...

Easy answer. Jesus was not only the Son of God and the Word of God made flesh, He was also a Jew. I am not. Of course he obeyed the Jewish customs and rules. He was circumcised and did all the necessary things that a good Jew was expected to do according to the OT scriptures. But Paul and...

LoveGodsWord, This is a very old topic and legalists, Seventh Day Adventists, and Messianic Jews will keep bringing it up. And they are in error because they do not really understand who Jesus is as "the-Word-of-God-made-flesh" nor do they understand the freedom in Christ which the Apostles...

Does God demand perfection? Or does He care what we do? Of course God demands perfection, that was the point of the Law. It was to show us how impossible it was to obey it perfectly ... so we would admit the truth that we were imperfect sinners who could not possibly get to heaven on our own...

IF you do not think your father can hear you or does not love you enough to listen, then it makes sense to go to someone else and ask them to talk to your father. But if you have a good relationship and if you trust your father, you will go directly to him to speak. I confess that as a child...

You obviously do not understand the Reformed view. You need not be sad. I am in no way less blessed or more limited by the fact that I can and do pray directly to the Father and Jesus for everything. I too have witnessed many miracles from God through the prayers made directly to Him...

Prodromos, Your "probably" says it all. Your logic is of men, not God. It is not about love, except for love of God, it is about what God tells us to do and does not tell us to do. You really don't have a clue in terms of the earliest Church (we get that information only from the NT...

I will not get into silly arguments about things we cannot truly answer. But I know what I can read in the Holy Scriptures and this is my authority. Jesus prophesied in parables that there would be goats and wolves in sheep's clothing among the sheep down here on earth, and weeds among the...

Not once is it recommended (and certainly not commanded) in Holy Writ to seek prayers from those who have gone on. Not once. Wonder why.... There certainly are lots of other commands and recommendations in the scriptures. Asking those who have died (even if they are alive in heaven) for...

So if you must repeat yourself, let me do so as well. Not once do the scriptures command or even suggest for believers to ask saints in heaven to pray for them. Not once is this clearly suggested... for a very good reason or two as others here have shown. There must a huge difference between...

Sometimes gotq has the best summaries available of what the scriptures actually reveal. In this case, it is quite so.

Not once do the scriptures command or even suggest for believers to ask saints in heaven to pray for them. Not once is this clearly suggested... for a very good reason or two as others here have shown. There must a huge difference between asking our friends and family here to pray for us...

The Bible nowhere indicates that Mary or other saints can hear our prayers or that she (or they) can mediate for us with God. Jesus is our only advocate and mediator in heaven (1 Timothy 2:5). If offered worship, adoration, or prayers, Mary would say the same as the angels: “Worship God...

I agree that this is why many do pray either to saints or ask them to pray for them. But they are wrong.

Accepted Christ, bear His Name, received eternal life,filled with His Spirit,are His child and part of 'the' Church.....I might say ....how is certainty attached to those requirements? How do I know I have r3eceived life that is unchanging when mine is in a process of change? Is there a sign to...