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  1. sawdust

    Would Christ Vote?

    Whose forcing you to eat? Eating is required, not compulsory. You want a government that represents you? It's required you vote. You don't care who makes your laws? Don't vote, no-one's forcing you. So easy a child can understand it. And whose doodoos don't stink? How self-righteous can you...
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    Would Christ Vote?

    What a stupid thing to say. How long did any of those demons last in the face of Christ? Christ stood His ground and the demons fled. James 4:7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Good men stand up against evil, they can't help but do it which, is why they are...
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    Would Christ Vote?

    It's not compulsory in your country which is not the same as saying it is not required. How would you have a government if no-one voted? Voting is required if you want to exercise your right to have a representative government. No vote leads to dictatorship, not representation.
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    Unable to Believe the “Foolish” Gospel

    He provides grace and truth first, then after one believes, He provides faith. John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. Faith comes from the word and is the word of truth alive and...
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    Would Christ Vote?

    His parents obeyed the Roman government when the census was called. Do you think they would have taught their son to do the same? We may not be of the world but we are still in the world and no-one gave us permission to abdicate our responsibility to be good stewards which, in our modern age...
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    Unable to Believe the “Foolish” Gospel

    I thought the OP made it very clear man cannot be saved by his own power. If you thought he was saying something different maybe you are the one who needs to re-read his post. :)
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    Unable to Believe the “Foolish” Gospel

    And there are others who are neither Calvinists or Arminians but somewhere inbetween. :)
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    Unable to Believe the “Foolish” Gospel

    That was how I understood your OP which is why I posted what I did because I thought it needed further clarification in that salvation is impossible for man without the grace of God. God supplies what is needed for man to see the truth and in seeing, what man really prefers, light or dark, is...
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    Unable to Believe the “Foolish” Gospel

    ..... apart from grace. So yes, people in this horrible position can believe in Christ because God supplies the power needed to suppress the working of the flesh so that their preference for the light or the dark is made manifest. John 3:19-21 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has...
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    Genesis 3:15 Thoughts

    God is speaking to the serpent, not Adam, when speaking of enmity and is effectively declaring war between the "forces of good and the forces of evil". God is telling the serpent that He will raise up a man (seed of the woman, who we now know is the Christ) to crush Satan's rule (crush his head)...
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    No one is righteous

    Even if we never sinned, we still would not be righteous by our own reckoning as our knowledge is limited. In order to know right from wrong we must rely upon the only One who is knowing all things and can declare to us what is right. This is why we are made righteous through faith because...
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    Understanding God’s election

    Are these the terms you were thinking of? https://biblical-christianity.com/gods-decretive-and-perceptive-will
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    Do stillborns and deceased babies go to 'hell'

    The sin nature is in the body, not the soul. Romans 7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. It is how we can inherit sin because we get biological life from our parents but our human...
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    Applying God's Word to Politics

    So you're all about serving yourself? Who pays for your Defence Force or Police Force? All your self justification does not excuse your responsibilities to your countrymen or your country. You get the government you vote for or fail to vote for.
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    Applying God's Word to Politics

    Then I hope you're not utilising any of the infrastructure or services governments provide as they are not part of His Kingdom either. :) Matthew 22:21 “Caesar’s,” they replied. Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” Christians ought to be...
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    Applying God's Word to Politics

    Do you know God's thoughts on such issues? Plus we need to be careful in the meaning of Acts 5:20 as Peter and crew weren't trying to jail the Sanhedrin or change national laws but rather were effectively saying "I must live my life as unto the Lord". I'm an Aussie so our political systems...
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    What is the point in being a prophet?

    Look at the rest of what the scriptures say regarding prophets, as having dreams and visions are not the only thing that makes a prophet. Some here have had dreams and visions in which the Lord has spoken to us. We are not prophets, nor would dare call ourselves such.
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    What is the point in being a prophet?

    That is because we are not judging whether you are a prophet on the basis of your experience, but on the word of God. You don't seem to understand that. :( Having prophetic dreams does not make one a prophet. We have shown you from the scriptures those who had prophetic dreams but were not...
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    What is the point in being a prophet?

    Assume what you want, you have done so to date. You cannot tell the difference between prayer in a corporate worship situation and the intercessory prayer of an individual? Whether you realise it or not, (and you should realise if you worked in mental health), what you did was overtly...
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    What is the point in being a prophet?

    Matthew 6:6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.