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One's opinion or lack of understanding does not change scripture. If you do not agree then you must address the scripture, in this case Isaiah 45:7. The scripture, rightly divided is the truth, not what I or you think it should be.

Isaiah 45:7. "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things". To make a living creature with freewill allows for choice of action, and thereby responsibility for those actions. Otherwise, we would be something like a programmed robot. God...

I was reading Revelation 19: 12, and the part that mentioned Jesus wearing MANY crowns. The crowns refer to the victories Jesus made over the worlds' lusts, the fleshly desires and the pride of self will. In 2 Timothy 2: 5, Paul is giving advice to Timothy that to earn a crown, one must strive...

Romans 10: 8,9,10. is giving a truism, in other words scriptural facts of conversion. The Bible is a closed book to the unregenerate as 1Cor. 2: 14. states, and I quote: "But the natural man RECIEVES NOT the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: NEITHER can he KNOW...

Only God sees the heart. The New Testament tells us we are to judge BEHAVIOURS, with plenty of examples by Paul, with warnings of false teachers, the religious and unbelievers. The motives, purposes and intent is open to God alone, but we are to be discerning of false brethren and doctrine...

Conversion into the body of Christ is SALVATION, a DONE deal. Afterwards, the MATURING of the new nature follows. Without the works WORTHY of REPENTANCE that follows, one may be religious, but still not converted shown by their lifestyle. Therefore to do righty is a sign of being born again...

This word "love" apparently is understood by many as mainly how one "feels" towards another. But that is only half way there. The DOING of love are the completed and right responses. For example, John 3:16. "For God so loved the world" this is the emotional response, and then the doing: "That he...

Salvation is done by God in a moment of time. All sins committed from that moment and back to birth, are erased, (all PAST sins). Romans 3: 25. We are now saved, and are at the START LINE to grow spiritually, given gifts for service, and to be matured in good behaviours. A good example is 2nd...

"Tongues" an unlearned language, given to one by the Spirit, as one of the nine gifts. This language, is given to one personally so as to be edified while speaking it. It simply by -passes the intellect of that person and glorifies the personage of God and the Holy. In a church setting, it can...

Jesus is now sitting on the right hand of God the Father. Then who is Jesus? God's WORDS, made flesh. The Trinity is of ONE source. Think on this: We are made in the image of God, and are also made a trinity, (although not a holy one). We all have a WILL, that expresses our WORDS, and a SPIRIT...

1Corinthians 12: 7, tells us the showing, or MANIFISTATION of the Spirit of God, is revealed through His gifts to the Church. Then goes on to name them, of which unlearned languages at verse 10 are mentioned. Because much of what we believe as Christians is not from what the Bible teaches, but...

There is ONE God. This One God has a WILL, His authoritative WORD(s) and his own SPIRIT. God is able to "separate his words to accomplish His will as in john 1:1 and verse 14. The very character of God is holiness, His own Holy Spirit. Remember, Jesus is the word(s) of God MADE flesh. There are...

The dead is referring to one's body which, after death is silent. The spirit within us, at death, is alive and returns to God who gave it. The "silent part" of course is speaking of the body, which is dead and buried, but will one day be joined together again on resurrection day.

"From the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks" If one is among Christians and the subjects are mainly worldly affairs, then the things of God are in the back seat or a corner. Your greatest interests then are not spiritual but secular.

The Bible states that the kingdom of God is within you. That is, when one is born again, that person becomes a member of the body of Christ. Without Christ, one remains in the kingdom of this world and lost. Acts 20: 21 tells us how to become part of God's Kingdom and said well in this small...

Salvation is by grace through faith alone. WORKS are summed up in Acts 26: 20, "..."repent and DO WORKS MEET (worthy) OF REPENTANCE. James is just saying the same thing, that after salvation, a changed life is evident by the expected good behaviour of the convert. If a person therefore is not...

I see 3 groups of converts in the scripture: The righteous( babes in Christ) The faithful(hearers and doers) and The saints,(established and fruitful) Or course all can be used in a descriptive way as children of God, interchangeably according to the context.

There is no contradiction in the Gospels and Paul's writings. The Gospels are the recorded life and history of the saviour who was himself under Law and came to FULFILL IT. During this time the act of repentance was preached by this disciples, and the miracles of Jesus were the signs of the...

When we are not "under Law" as Christians, the MEANING is: we are not under the PENALTY for breaking it. Such verses as "the law KILLETH, but the Spirit gives life, is referring to the PENALTY which is death. Romans 7: 12, tells us: "Wherefore the Law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just...