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It says somewhere in the latter chapters of Isaiah that the former things shall not be remembered.

How will God judge the world if there is no possibility of escaping the power of sin in this life? He would either have to wink at everything, or else paint everyone with the broad brush of sin and then send everyone to hell. Yes, Jesus redeems us from the penalty of sin. But I have shown in...

@John Hyperspace , What you have said seems to be all well and good (it is good words and fair speeches), but you missed something: In Matthew 25:46 it does not speak of everlasting fire but everlasting punishment. This is to be compared to Isaiah 33:14 which tells us that this eternal...

@John Hyperspace , According to your arguments, John 3:16 does not give us the good news that "whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have everlasting life," But promises that we will only have "age-abiding" life. What happens at the end of the age therefore, does the life no longer...

@John Hyperspace , Since you said that there is no hell because the passages on eternal punishment should be taken figuatively, I ask you: What would you say is the figurative interpretation of the passages on eternal punishment? For example, Matthew 13:49-50, So shall it be at the end of the...

2 Peter 2:1-2 comes to mind.

@John Hyperspace , What would you say is the figurative interpretation of the passages on eternal punishment? For example, Matthew 13:49-50, So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of...

Not necesarilly...supernatural things are not necessarily always fiction...and they say also that truth is stranger than fiction. Case in point...the resurrection. If you don't believe in it you are still in your sins. 1 Corinthaians 15:17. If it is not a reality you are still in your sins...

Maybe Balaam was on drugs. Even if he wasn't, God is certainly able to supernaturally affect people's brains that way. I would venture to say that even birds have their own language, which can be understood in terms of English, if you listen outside your window for long enough you might even...

Also, a Christian is not told to immediately forgive everyone the moment they sin against him, and there are times when a Christian is not bound to forgive the one who sins against him. In one place it says that if you have the Holy Spirit, the sins are retained concerning the persons whose...

@John Hyperspace , I haven't read through this entire thread yet, but in reading the first few posts I have a few things to say: 1) Because the Bible clearly teaches that there is a hell your post amounts to accusing God of being a hypocrite. 2) Executing justice is something that can happen...

@Greg J. You say, we are not righteous by anything we do, and this is true. We are made righteous by the blood of Christ and practically by obedience to the indwelling Holy Spirit, who is not given to us by anything we do (except maybe asking and/or obtaining it through the conditional promise...

Romans 6:22 is interesting. In the KJV it is quoted this way, although I don't see a difference in the meaning: edit and I see a rather medium-sized difference in the meaning: But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end...

I don't think they would have been able to break the glass ceiling that was over their convention without hurting a lot of people with the glass shards, or without the help of the Muslims! :D

@surrender1 , I would say that the opposite of what you said is also true, that one cannot disobey a commandment of God while at the same time loving his neighbor. When homosexuality is exalted in a society, all morality is corrupted. Therefore homosexual practice is a sin against all of...

I would only respond by quoting the primary scripture in question, 1 John 3:7. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. And two others also, if you permit: 1 John 3:2-3, Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet...

@Greg J. Romans 7 is an interesting passage...there are a few things that I would point out. If you compare Romans 7:5 to Romans 7:23, and specificaly highllight the term "in our members", I believe that you will see that Romans 7:14-25 is speaking of a group of people that is identified as...

@Tree of Life I actually lived as a Romans 8, 1 John 3:9, 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 Christian for a period of about a year, in which I had truly escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 2 Peter 1:4. Temptation came, and I fell to the second story of the building...living as a...

Also, consider 1 John 2:6 and 1 John 3:2-3. If it is possible to abide in Christ, which one must ackowledge if he believes the scriptures (i.e. 1 John 2:27-28), then according to 1 John 2:6 a man can walk even as Jesus walked. And Jesus lived a perfect life according to most testimonies that I...

What has happened to me personally, and my own record of having sinned in the past, is beside the point and an evasion of the scriptures in question...if the last time that I personally sinned was yesterday at 2:00pm, that is still almost a day of having not sinned at all. And if one can go...