No, I did not want you to discuss my points. I wanted to offer you a resource that offered an answer to your question. None of the material that was offered in that resource was refuted by your opening post or in any you have made since. But, after reading the rude way in which you have responded to everyone who has offered to answer your question, I now realize that the ONLY reasonable thing you have said thus far, is for me not to "waste my time." The fact is, after your open hostility toward everyone who has tried to engage you with scriptural evidence in this discussion, I can only conclude you're not worthy of my time in explaining it. You stand there like a spoiled child on top of a hill, beating your chest, screaming, "somebody bring me the answer," even though you're only going to reject anyone who attempts it. So, instead, I'm going to give you some other scripture to consider, but, I doubt you'll gain any understanding from it.
Let's start in Proverbs:
"A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel," (Proverbs 1:5)
"The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a wise man is he who listens to counsel." (Proverbs 12:15)
Instead of considering the counsel of those who believe in Christ, and come in His name, you reject them outright and mistreat them. In light of that, maybe you should consider this parable:
And He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time. "At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him some of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. “And he proceeded to send another slave; and they beat him also and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed. “And he proceeded to send a third; and this one also they wounded and cast out. “The owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’ “But when the vine-growers saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, ‘This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.’ “So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them? “He will come and destroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard it, they said, “May it never be!” (Luke 20:9-16)
Here's another Proverb:
"It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter." (Proverbs 25:2)
With a verse from elsewhere to go with it...
"And has made us kings and priests to God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen." (Revelation 1:6)
So, SINCE you have rejected the counsel of those who've attempted to share it with, AND SINCE (if you believe in Christ) you have been made a King and a Priest to God the Father, AND SINCE the glory of Kings is to search out a matter, it is YOUR responsibility to find out the answer for yourself, and quit harassing those you asked to answer you, so that maybe, if you have in a shred of humility that is supposed to be characteristic of Christ's followers, you might learn from Paul's instruction to Timothy:
"Study to show yourself approved to God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." (2 Timothy 2:15)
As for me, I've just about reached the end of what I'm going to share with you, because I know from the evidence you've displayed so far, and from witnessing the haughtiness of your spirit, that you are only seeking an occasion to trample the pearls offered you, by several of the Lord's servants, beneath your feet as illustrated by the words of Jesus, Himself, when he said:
"Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces." (Matthew 7:6)
So, with that sound advice from the Lord in mind, I'm shaking off the dust of my feet, as He also instructed His disciples:
“Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet. Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city." (Matthew 10:14-15)
With all of that being said, I'll close by saying that there's no need for you to respond to this, as I will not communicate further. I doubt you'll be able to resist, though, and, to be perfectly honest, I hope you do quote this and respond, because a tree is known by its fruit. Whether you do or don't, though, I'll pray for you.
