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Mr. EG, I have another question for you. Scripture tells us that God drove all the pagan nations out of the promised land so that his covenant people Israel would be able to occupy it (Deut 7:1-2). Were all the battles that God fought through Israel or on their behalf gracious acts in nature...

No, God showed Grace to the Israelites. The Exodus account does not teach that God "came down" to 'rescue" the Egyptians! Were the Egyptians the covenant people of God or was Israel? So...again...I ask: When God came down to rescue and redeem his covenant people the Isaralities from evil...

What Jesus is saying is that man must love God with ALL his being -- and the mind is not all of man's being, otherwise the text would not have mentioned soul and heart.. Man is created in God's image which means he, like God, has mind, emotions, conscience and volition. And the first three of...

Tonight I'm reading this devotional from Charles Spurgeon: "He shall take of Mine, and shall show it unto you." John 16:15 There are times when all the promises and doctrines of the Bible are of no avail, unless a gracious hand shall apply them to us. We...

But it's also much more than than just the rational part of us, i.e. faculty of mind. What about about our emotions, conscience and volition? Man is more than just intellect.

Do you know where the precious gift of the Holy Spirit lives? He does not live in or under our skin that hangs off our bones. He actually lives and empowers us in our HEARTS -- hearts that once were totally depraved, full of evil! 2 Cor 1:21-22 21 Now it is God who makes both us and you...

No! The sin nature resides in our hearts! This is why God gives his elect new hearts. He doesn't give us new skin coverings! There's nothing inherently evil with our skin. Jesus came into this world as a flesh and blood being. If the skin he wore was inherently evil then he was evil...

The "flesh" also denotes the sin nature. But you are correct: God's grace must "suppress" over overcome the sin nature in order for a person to have heartfelt faith.

So...when God "came down" to rescue, deliver and redeem the ancient Hebrews from Pharaoh's power, that was not a gracious act of God since he exerted great power against the Egyptians to accomplish his purpose? If not a gracious act, then how would you characterize God's redemption of his...

Scripture tells us that God is GREATER than our [EVIL] hearts and knows precisely how to deal with us individually (1Jn 3:20). God does not remove a person's sin (aka "flesh") when hearing the gospel. We always have the flesh with us in this age. BUT...the Holy Spirit subdues that nature to...

AMEN to that, brother! But so many professing Christians don't want to believe that because to believe that clearly implies that when God graciously called us into his Kingdom of Light we were helpless and hopeless until he raised his people from their spiritual tombs. Moreover, the doctrine...

Hey, Einstein, show me from the bible where something positive is said about Adam. And where did you come up with Adam sweating great drops of blood in the Garden? You have chapter and verse for this remarkable "revelation"?

Sister, don't pay cv5 any mind. He's totally shot. He called me a liar today for posting three solid proof texts out of the Psalms that teach God hates sinners. He more likely meant that God is the liar but he couldn't say such a thing without taking much heat.

Really??? You're quite the paragon of spiritual knowledge, aren't you? Who would have ever thought that after they fell, they would become seriously damaged goods? Oh wait, I now remember. Jesus remembered that. Mark 10:18 18 "Why do you call me good ?" Jesus answered. "No one is good —...

But they didn't come into world as fallen creatures. A&E didn't need salvation until after they sinned. And so indeed, God did freely and sovereignly choose to save Eve, while passing over Adam. P.S. And not only did they not come into this world as fallen, but Adam for certain came into this...

And do you have a problem with what I bolded above? And as you rightly said, God chooses to leave many to their own evil devices. God doesn't have to work evil in anyone. Man's heart naturally overflows with evil. Man drinks evil like water (Job 15:16). That's how natural it is to all in Adam.

Eve was influenced from without by the evil one but not from within her own nature. (Conversely all her offspring come into this world influenced by their evil nature, by the evil one and the world But Adam was not influenced from without; for the devil did not tempt him. This is what made his...

Wow! You are so filled with hate for the truth that it has blinded your eyes so that you can't read what people say. Did I not say earlier that A&E were created VERY GOOD and had no sin nature to hinder them from making the right choice; and therefore were free FROM all evil influences? Did...

And what part of vv. 18 & 21 don't you get? They did not choose because they had no heart for God. This is why they WILLFULLY suppressed the truth in unrighteousness. Why can't you understand that the natural man hates God!?

You're tone deaf, aren't you? A&E were the only human beings to truly have "free will" because they were created "very good"; and therefore, were free FROM all evil influences and a sin nature, thereby having no excuse to not freely choose to trust and obey God. But this is not so with Adam's...