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The sinners prayer I have heard from many people on here that it isn't really how someone is saved. I am trying to understand what they mean, because I haven't had it fully explained why this isn't how someone is saved. Roman's 10 shows someone confessing their sin to be saved.. and I equate...

I wonder if there is a difference in Gods dealings with curses between the Old Testament and New Testament? I believe eternal salvation to be the same way in both testaments..with those who looked forward to Jesus coming, putting faith in Him in the OT and then with Jesus coming , looking at...

A demon may be able to influence a Christian (indwelt by the Holy Spirit).. But cannot cohabitate with the Holy Spirit in a Christian's sole! The Holy Spirit is God ! End of story

Well the level of faith of the person wanting to be healed wasnt always needed for them to be healed in the bible. It's an external act of God by His own will that cant be demanded. An answer to prayer but not forced.

I think a big key in understanding scripture is seeing when the Holy Spirit is working with a group or individual. The Holy Spirit can be coming 'upon' an individual and indwelling an individual at receiving eternal salvation. For a group.. the Holy Spirit can be 'in the midst ' and...

Yes it is a thing that most people in the West would have heard of Jesus, and like you say .. God reveals who He is from his attributes being clearly revealed thru creation. It does change things when witnessing. Altho I wouldn't go to the point of saying the sinners prayer does nothing...

I like apologetics. I have Evidence that Demands a Verdict 2017 edition and that is very comprehensive. I had the case for Christ, Case or Christmas and Case for Faith by Lee Strobel. Reading this kind of evidences got me more fundamental about the faith..more serious. As long as you put...

The key thing is whether it's a about an individual believer receiving the Holy Spirit in their spirit, thereby giving them eternal life... Or the other role of the Holy Spirit in being 'in the midst' of an assembly of believers, already water baptized. In Acts, it's many times the later...

Many Christians put the beginning of the New Testament church at Pentecost with the Acts. Thing is .. Jesus assembling with His disciples did all the work of a NT church. *Jesus is the Head *they were all believers aside from Judas *they did the Lords Supper *commissioned to make disciples and...

We have a handful of believers at my church. Meeting in the pastors house. The big congregations with rock music and flash buildings would mock us, but we preach the Word fully, no compromises. Revival should be about adherence to Jesus' teachings and His Word.. not emotionalism

The problem of evil and suffering cant be answered with social justice or human type of love. God has the eternal perspective, so sees what comes out of suffering on all levels. He suffered the most severe death on the cross and so can be with us in our pain. Because He rose again, He...

When Jesus came, some Rabbis and other Jews saw that He is the Messiah and embraced Jesus. The majority though were expecting a king ship like a govt head.

I've noticed on Christian radio here, there is quite a strong focus on self help stuff. Its 'kind of' scriptural in the way it is about God.. but it's very self development related rather than thinking on scripture. An example would be like going on an 8 step program to build self...

Yeah.. these are just analogies ... not fully explaining the trinity. There is faults in all of them. What really matters is Jesus is God, the Holy Spirit is God and the Father is God They are coequal and co-eternal and coexisting

Light.. put thru a prism has many shades of three base colours. Water can be liquid, ice and steam at the same time. The person has a body, mind and soul in one being. An egg has yoke, flesh and a shell. I think there are three base elements.. that dont relate to each other but show God...

Okay, the comparison with intellectual disability and mental illness is in the trance like, ecstatic utterances type of tongues that is unintelligible and nothing to do with a language. Anyway.. no harm intended. Peace

Well, you've posted about how there is the guidelines laid down by God through Paul to the church at Corinth in 1 Corinthians 12-14.. and how tongues should be done within these guidelines. This I agree with completely. I've personally never seen tongues practiced by these guidelines. At the...

Of course the disabled can be filled the Holy Spirit 😎 Just that in the different areas I've been in with work and religious experiences, I haven't seen tongues exercised by the biblical examples. I was a charismatic myself in youth group and what I was doing was just ecstatic utterances...

I've worked in intellectual disability and volunteered in mental health support work. I've also tried New Age type beliefs. Most of what I've seen for tongue speaking is akin to ecstatic utterances and not much to do with the biblical examples at all. My brother has gotten into charismatic...

Looking at scripture the 'private prayer language' of the gift of tongues isn't there either. When Paul was talking about this he was speaking in hypotheticals and hyperbole. Not as in the way it's meant to be done. Acts 2 is the clearest example.. Corinthians church had it mixed up with...