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You are pouring into the word "foreknew" an unbiblical meaning, something like "knew about it ahead of time." Rather, the word meaning "know people ahead of time," that is, know someone, means to "fore-love" them. According to the verse you quote, God decided to love believers personally from...

I agree with you. You're dealing with the two meanings of the word "judge," to condemn and to discern. We must not condemn the sinner because we're also sinners but must discern sins in order to avoid them.

Compare Paul's list of spiritual gifts in Ephesians 4, Romans 12, and 1 Corinthians 12. Only in the third passage are the miraculous gifts mentioned. The proper conclusion is that God didn't give those gifts to the churches in Ephesus and Rome. I believe that all spiritual gifts continued on...

All I have to say is that just because a phrase isn't found in the Bible doesn't mean that the teaching it represents isn't in Scripture. I don't agree with some of those phrases as scriptural either, but others are biblical as the teaching is concerned. If you would narrow those phrases down to...

Why do you want it to be fictional instead of historical? Jonah is mentioned as a prophet in 2 Kings 14:25. Jesus confirmed Jonah's three days in the great fish's stomach as a parallel with the parts of three days he spent in the tomb. The second shows that the first is historical. Furthermore...

I have some comments: (1) What is your question for us? (2) Look back at the contexts of the verses you quote. Many of those verses and chapters change your interpretation to a different interpretation. (3) Why is this line of thinking so important to you? (4) When you say Abraham tried to obey...

On what biblical basis do you categorize God's attributes as primary and secondary? In the OT prophets and Romans 1-3, God's justice is definitely a primary one. His justice demands human perfection, but we can't be perfect. As a result, God's love sent Jesus to take his just verdict on himself...

God has many divine qualities. When people narrow him down to only one, they are inaccurate. He is also perfectly just as our Judge. Yes, he is love, but he's also just. When humans decided to rebel against him, he is very just in condemning all of us to hell. However, his love rescues believers...

So, you wouldn't say that you don't ever sin as a believer, would you? I'm saying that all true Christians have the fleshy part of us as sin that still remains in us that needs to be cleansed, while God the Judge declares us right with him and not-guilty when we believe. Our differences are a...

Look at Ephesians 1-3 and 4-6. The 1st part describes what has "already" happened in principle through Jesus' victory, which you describe rightly; but the last 3 chapters give us Paul's commands based on the 1st 3 that call us to cooperate in God's spiritual improvement in our lives, since we...

You're right that Satan can't be saved, but my point was that our self-centeredness began historically with him. Of course, our human, self-centered rebellion began with Adam and Eve.

Very true, but all humans are born wanting to be on the thrones of our hearts unless God saves us through Jesus' death and resurrection. We still retain the remnants of that rebellion that began with Satan.

Amen! The surrounding context of the whole chapter, especially the last verse clearly supports your translation.

First, how does the Bible define the "love" we need to "have"? Second, Matthew 5:17 is surrounded by verses that say Jesus didn't come to abolish the law but to fulfill it? How do you explain that context? Third, in those two commandments that Jesus quotes, he refers to two passages in the Old...

Read Jesus' teachings in Matthew, Mark, and Luke to decide. I believe that he unquestionably teaches that our destiny to go to heaven or hell happens when we die.

I would happy to look at it. However, what do you mean by "PM"?

Amen!

In my 63 years of being a Christian since I was 16, God has taught me through his Word that there are many mysteries of the faith and to accept those mysteries without definitive answers. God is God and I'm not.

So do you only listen to Matthew and John? Remember that that culture was a listening one, not a visual one. Mark and Luke got their information from the eyewitnesses. It was all done by the Holy Spirit's work.