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    God and Time

    He is telling the church to observe and remember the behaviour/practice (KJ English :conversation) of the teachers who taught them the Gospel of grace and how Christ through their practice of the Way grace produced much good fruit. He encourages them that the Jesus who by grace made good and...
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    Salvation is a Free Gift.

    PaulThomson said: What does Gal. 2:16-18, especially 17-18, mean, ThewindBlows? 16. Knowing that a man is not justified by works of the lw, but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faithfulness of Christ, and not by wrks...
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    Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR

    Dispositional will and Decretive will are not biblical terms. they are terms calvinists invented to plug holes an their system and explain why the bible dies not mean what it says. Your use of these terms is a glaring example of what you are denying doing. Gaslights anyone? No one can thwart...
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    God and Time

    He is telling the church to observe and remember the behaviour (KJ English :conversation) of their teachers I agree that it is not context that is determining for awelight that foreknew means has a deep intimate relationship with. before creation. A relationship is a two way thing, and someone...
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    Salvation is a Free Gift.

    PaulThomson said: What does Gal. 2:16-18, especially 17-18, mean, ThewindBlows? 16. Knowing that a man is not justified by works of the lw, but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faithfulness of Christ, and not by wrks...
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    Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR

    What dpoes the word "come" mean? you seem to think "come" means "believe in". "Come" and "believe in" are different,. They look different. They sound different. They're spelt different. They have different meanings.
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    Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR

    You are shoe-horning of lot of unverified presupposition into the language used in scripture passages you cite, in order to explain why the scripture can't mean what they say because that would contradict others of your unverified presuppositions. God had an end in mind before He began...
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    Salvation is a Free Gift.

    Cameron said the conception of women was increased in Gen 3. The reason he suggested is "to introduce the election". When I asked what that means, he said - Cameron143 said: Really? I'm not coining a new phrase. Surely you know what an introduction is and the term elect engenders. There was no...
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    Salvation is a Free Gift.

    What does Gal. 2:16-18, especially 17-18, mean, ThewindBlows? 16. Knowing that a man is not justified by works of the lw, but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faithfulness of Christ, and not by wrks of the law: for by...
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    God and Time

    What is the immediate context of Hebrews 13:8 telling the Hebrews? What is the authors point in Heb 13:5-10?
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    God and Time

    I AM does not define one as outside of time. It defines one as in the present. To define themselves as exclusively outside of time, Jesus and God would need to say "I am exclusively outside of time." To define themselves as both within and outside of time, Jesus and God would need to say "I am...
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    Salvation is a Free Gift.

    So why did God need to increase the birth rate?
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    Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR

    PaulThomson said: Knowing data about things is not the same as controlling those things.Helping Christians do His will by empowering those who believe Him for power, is not the same as exercising meticulous control of all details of reality. I think I have some understanding of Matthew 10...
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    Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR

    Knowing data about things is not the same as controlling those things.Helping Christians do His will by empowering those who believe Him for power, is not the same as exercising meticulous control of all details of reality.
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    God and Time

    The context of Malachi is God's rebuke of Israel/Jacob for treachery in breaking her covenants with God and with wives. God says He does not change in the context of his covenants with Jacob and His marriage to her. . It is not an absolutist metaphysical claim to never changing in any way..