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Read John 6, 8, and 10. Jesus clearly teaches that God chooses all believers and holds onto them until he resurrects them to follow him into eternity. You must interpret the so-called universalist passages in their contexts, which limit them. Salvation is available for all, but humans are fully...

Another simpler way to divide it is: 1) Human GUILT (1:1--3:20), 2) Divine GRACE (3:21--11:36), 3) Human GRATITUDE (12:1--16:27).

After much study and thought trying to interpret Scripture correctly, I came to the conclusion that what disappeared with the new covenant were the outward forms of the old-covenant laws, that is, all the regulations concerning the Sabbath, food laws, animal sacrifices, and the commandments not...

Do you mean that we can commit adultery and murder now, whereas Israel couldn't? Do you see where your statement breaks down? After much study and thought trying to interpret Scripture correctly, I came to the conclusion that what disappeared with the new covenant were the outward forms of the...

Of course not. The Spirit within us creates the new birth and growing new life within us from the Father through Jesus to motivate us to follow his ways, not our own.

Hey, I'm 81 and have been a believer since I was 16. God has brought me through a lot of suffering and trials. He has also enabled me to grow in my outward life; but the more I grow, he reveals old-nature, inner qualities I need to replace with new-nature qualities according to Colossians 3...

We all have addictions and compulsions to overcome. We need to claim Jesus' victory in his death to overcome our old natures and his resurrection to replace our old, sinful natures with his gifts of the new-nature qualities, which Paul describes in Colossians 3, Galatians 5, and Ephesians 4.

Since God is spirit, not flesh and bones, he doesn't have "size." But he is everywhere.

It was the common understanding at that time of the phrase "one day and one night" that one part of day meant a whole day. So, part of Friday, a whole Saturday, and part of Sunday equal three days and three nights. It, then, equals three days.

The Torah is part of the old covenant, and the answer to your post is "yes" and "no." Jesus instituted the new covenant. There is both continuity and discontinuity between the two covenants. The old one is the national form of the covenant given to the nation of Israel. Jesus did away with its...

Some day, sit down and read the Gospel of John straight through and see whether John believed in the Trinity, as a liberal scholar said about that book. If he presents the truth that God is three Persons in one God, a Mystery, as I believe it, we need to accept that mystery without analyzing it...

I agree with all that you have said. In addition, the old and new covenants help us to find the proper use of the Sabbath. The old covenant had many rules about Israel's actions on the Sabbath, the total of which helped them worship and live on the Sabbath Day. Such rules in their external form...

Use a good Bible dictionary, or better yet, trace all the places each one in the original Greek and Hebrew is found in the context and make a word study of all of them for yourself.

God is three Persons in one God. Therefore, we see in Scripture that God does his major works with the Father as the Source or Originator, Jesus as the Agent, and the Holy Spirit as the Person who directly performs God's works.

It's very dangerous to base an interpretation of Scripture on only three words or one verse. Study the context. That being said, "in him" or "in Christ" are favorite phrases of Paul. They mean the spiritual connection we have with Christ, something like being the branches connected with the...

The Apostle Paul was inspired to command us, "Pray without ceasing." It's our goal to have dependent, prayerful attitudes, words, and actions all the time.

Yeah, it's very hard to interpret prophesies before they are fulfilled. Then, it's easy.:)

It's a different interpretation, not a false doctrine. Who determined that pre-mil. was the only true doctrine? No one. The verse in question follows in Revelation 20:4b,5. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the...

Yes, vast numbers of dead people are coming alive now with the miracle of the new birth leading to their souls' living with God in heaven like my late wife's soul. My views are a-millennialism, but I may be wrong. We'll find out. You can google that view to find out more about it.