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  1. MeritFromGrace

    Divine Command Theory and the nature of God

    You are guilty of non-literal reading of the text and using tradition to cover-up the understanding of the true God. We need to exercise our God given common sense sometimes and let the text to speak for itself. Giving false information IS NOT A TRUTHFUL ACT. Please embrace the real God. He...
  2. MeritFromGrace

    Divine Command Theory and the nature of God

    [That would be like saying goodness restrains goodness. ] You are using Divine Simplicity reasoning. Divine Simplicity are greek attributes of God unrelated to the God of the Bible. Divine Simplicity is false. The definition of good - to be desired or approved of. Under the Biblical worldview...
  3. MeritFromGrace

    Divine Command Theory and the nature of God

    Yes. I did say this [God cannot lie to His elect/heirs of promise. However, God does 1. send delusion to who have no love of truth (2 Thessalonians 2:11) 2. send lying spirit to Ahab to deceive him (1 Kings 22:22)] There is a line in God's law that He would do so in Psalm 18:26 It is...
  4. MeritFromGrace

    Divine Command Theory and the nature of God

    I have never understood why is 'Euthyphro dilemma' is a dilemma in the first place. This dilemma is created by people whom deny God's omnipotence. They say dilemma is because A : 'God commands it because it is good' or 'B : It is good because God commands it' Modified Divine Command Theory...
  5. MeritFromGrace

    Obedience for Obedience' Sake

    In Acts 8, an Ethiopian eunuch was leaving from Jerusalem and holding a portion of Scripture. Thus the details have shown that the Ethiopian eunuch worshipped Jehovah as a non-Jew. By having access to Scripture, he would have at least basic knowledge of God's commandment. The Ethiopian eunuch...
  6. MeritFromGrace

    Obedience for Obedience' Sake

    I said to make 'wise decision'. Not about 'right and wrong' decisions. The Scripture tells us what is acceptable and what is not acceptable to God. The Word of God is our daily bread. As one feed on the written Word, one is more sensitive to the leading to the Holy Spirit. Whenever someone is...
  7. MeritFromGrace

    Obedience for Obedience' Sake

    The Scripture gives a number of conditions for a prayer to get answered. 'Worshipping the Lord more' is one of them. Total obedience is worshipping the Lord 24/7 (Romans 12:1) Actually I have Scripture to prove my position of 'if we worship the Lord more, our prayers are more likely to be...
  8. MeritFromGrace

    Obedience for Obedience' Sake

    In my walk with the Lord, I see being obedient as not optional. It is necessary. Being obedient all the time is what makes worshiping the Lord 24/7 possible. However, I must emphasize 'Obedience of Obedience sake' mentality will create opportunities for believers to be proud of the work of...
  9. MeritFromGrace

    Obedience for Obedience' Sake

    Well it is both reverential awe of the Almighty and the fear that He will chasten me. My righteousness status comes from Christ. I can walk in the peace of God if I do not sin. If I sin, the peace is taken away until I confess my sin to God and ask for forgiveness. I need the peace of God to...
  10. MeritFromGrace

    Obedience for Obedience' Sake

    Obedience is not for Obedience sake but for glorifying the Lord sake. Obedience for obedience sake is actually worshiping the works of your own hands My motivation to live a sanctified life comes out of the Fear of the Lord, not because of the Love of the Lord. Furthermore, the Scripture talks...
  11. MeritFromGrace

    Is the KJV more than a translation

    [There seems a specific culture that looks at the KJV as the supreme authority of the written word of God above all else. I have a hard time following this logic as there is a whole lot of history before the KJV and after the KJV in thousands of languages that it seems rather arbitrary to pick...
  12. MeritFromGrace

    Prosperity Theology

    Biblical prosperity is not to be poor and weak. The first Gentile to be converted is a Roman Centurion. Also without a Roman centurion intervention in Jerusalem, Apostle Paul would have been killed. Some people would use the rich young ruler example that is God's will for us to be poor. But...
  13. MeritFromGrace

    Prosperity Theology

    I believe God can give us prosperity but we need to fulfill certain condition. Deuteronomy 8:18 [But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.] 3 John 2...