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  1. sdowney717

    Who is THE RESTRAINER

    he restrains the devil until he is taken out of the way. No where is the church referred to as a he or as a masculine identity. But it is referred to as female. Ephesians 5:25-27 New King James Version (NKJV) 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself...
  2. sdowney717

    Who is THE RESTRAINER

    Nope, the HE does not take Himself out of the way. Of course to admit to the error you have, you would have to change your entire view, which you cant do.
  3. sdowney717

    Who is THE RESTRAINER

    The church is never referred to as a 'he'. The church is the 'bride' of Christ, Christ does not get joined to a 'he'. So the restrainer is not the church of believers. And it is not God. Michael in scripture has always been the restrainer and warrior, the leader of the angels warring against...
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    On his own, man is totally unable to believe in the gospel

    God has chosen you to be in Christ, or you wont be in Christ. 'But of Him you are in Christ' Which means if it was not because of Him at work in you to change you, give you a new heart, a new spirit, you would not know Him at all. The flesh wants to claim ownership of it's salvation, but the...
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    On his own, man is totally unable to believe in the gospel

    Receiving the Spirit by faith is in reference to be given spiritual gifts! AND EVEN YOUR FAITH is given to you as a spiritual gift of God. Everything you have received is due to his love for you and is a gift. example in Ephesians 2, this is a faith not of yourself being the gift of God. And...
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    On his own, man is totally unable to believe in the gospel

    Not dishonest, the emphasis is on what God has done, not on what man does. We received Him because we were born of God. You must not believe in this either, 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among...
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    On his own, man is totally unable to believe in the gospel

    So what comes first, God's action or man's faith?? Obviously, it is God, we love because He first loved us. It is because of His love for us that he made us begotten again. Since the natural carnal mind refuses God and can not be submitted to God, We must be born again first to see the kingdom...
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    On his own, man is totally unable to believe in the gospel

    Your very first reference shows the opposite of what your saying. We are born of God by God's will according to His mercy and not by our faith and our will. 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
  9. sdowney717

    On his own, man is totally unable to believe in the gospel

    True and Romans 8 says this well. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the...
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    LGBT ‘Pride’ Masses taking over multiple Catholic dioceses in England

    Attending or continuing membership is tacit approval.
  11. sdowney717

    Another thread on predestination (Eph 1)

    Propitiation is the appeasement of wrath. And Christ saves 'us' from the wrath of God that comes upon the unbelievers. So the unbelievers do not have any blanket propitiation of their sins. There are quite a few verses telling us of the wrath of God in the NT scriptures. Here are just three...
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    Another thread on predestination (Eph 1)

    You do understand John is a jew and speaking of Jews they had a hard time believing Christ would save gentiles too. So he tells them Christ will be saving some gentiles and some jews. And that verse does not tell us Christ forgave the sins of the whole world does it. Just that He saves those who...
  13. sdowney717

    Who is THE RESTRAINER

    Archangel Michael is the restrainer. At the end times, the devil (Antichrist little horn) makes war with the saints and overcomes them for a time. So the church is not restraining the devil then is it? Besides that it is a 'he' that is restraining, a singular being. AND if the saints are given...
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    Another thread on predestination (Eph 1)

    17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 19 We love...
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    Another thread on predestination (Eph 1)

    God does not love everyone. He does not love the devil, demons or the devil's children, He promises to destroy them. So He sends people He loves to Hell according to your view, yet His word says because He loved us He caused us to be begotten again. If God loves everyone with the same love...
  16. sdowney717

    Another thread on predestination (Eph 1)

    He does not tell us why He did, just that He did love us with such a great love that He caused us to be saved by His grace. the love of God is manifested towards us, which i why we came to understand and know Him. It is because He gave us an understanding to know Him who is true. Why did God...
  17. sdowney717

    Another thread on predestination (Eph 1)

    Yes, And God chose US from the beginning to be saved. But not all of us, not all of the human race did God chose to save. Here Paul tells us the why, when, how, means and result of us becoming saved. Why, because God loved us even before our creation. When, the beginning, which is before the...
  18. sdowney717

    The nature of hell?

    Here is some scripture commentary on hell. Word study on weeping and gnashing of teeth | CARM.org Matthew 13:41-43 New King James Version (NKJV) 41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, 42 and...
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    The nature of hell?

    Hell is a place or weeping and gnashing of teeth. A thoroughly not pleasant place of pain, torment, punishment and fiery heat and no water and no mercies. It is somewhere under the earth. It can only be there as it is nowhere on the earth's surface, it is not in the heavens. And is in scripture...
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    DVD/CD Player problems.

    DVD players also can play CD because they have 2 lasers. One is for DVD, one is CD. So something has dirtied or broken on the CD laser mechanism. https://www.quora.com/Why-wont-my-DVD-player-play-a-CD