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One thing I've thought on these lines - How is it that God spoke seemingly directly to His people and not today? Also - did He speak only to His "anointed" ones (Moses, Abraham, etc.), or did His other adherents hear Him? Do His chosen ones today hear Him in the way people in the OT did...

Thanks for replying. You mention that in Gal5, "fits of anger" is mentioned among other sins and that "In Law, a list like that means all sins are equal!". I don't get that. As I rhetorically asked earlier - is lying as bad as mass murder? I personally don't believe homosexuals are beyond...

The issue is:- Is it ever too late in this life to be saved? Consider Rom1 - Paul talks of certain people going so far that God gives them (up/ over) to a reprobate mind and becoming open to vile affections - men lusting after men; women lusting after women. Some consider this to mean that...

I've searched as you suggested and have been answered that my question was too long. I therefore searched using different words and got results which didn't answer the question - biblically or otherwise. I'm therefore repeating the question, hoping I'll get biblically-based answers. Can...

You say "There are no degrees of sin. Looking upon another...is as bad a sin...". I find that baffling. Is telling a "white lie" as bad as mass murder? If that's the case, why is Job called "a righteous man" and Judas Iscatiot called "the Son of Perdition"? I see nothing in the Bible to...

One thing on this particular aspect - a big percentage of people simply couldn't afford to "eat, drink..."/ live it up.

It may be I AM missing something basic. I realise the issue about works not being what saves people. But I'm just reading what Jesus says. The men said "We've done...in your name" - for what it's worth, I repeat - apparently successfully. I see nothing in that verse to indicate Jesus didn't...

Is not the Ananias and Sapphira account about lying, rather than keeping back some of the money? Peter said it would have been OK if they had been honest. Now we're on the subject of sin, 'though - I think Peter is being a bit "righteous" here. Not long earlier he denied knowing Christ! Not...

Jesus told the "miracle workers" why they wouldn't enter the kingdom. It was because they didn't do "the will of His father" - feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the imprisoned, etc..

There is a huge amount of atheists who don't want to simply "live it up" if I understand the phrase as it's meant - ie - eat, drink and be merry in a base and/ or self-indulgent way. There are "higher" forms of enjoyment - eg - reading, art - and other forms of endeavor - as well as practical...

Fair comment about Fair comment about the Isaiah reference, but Paul's quote in isolation seems to be that of Paul himself, rather than that of the unsaved.

I've had trouble with some people's understanding of the account of those "who will come to Jesus on that day". It's said by some that they weren't true believers and they were doing things relying on themselves in some way. I find that strange, as they (apparently successfully) did...

As a general point "to whom it may concern" - this may have been previously covered, but the specific situation I'm particularly interesting in is (not just becoming a non-believer, but) becoming an anti-theist. To mention Dillahunty again - he rails at God, describing Him as a thug...

With so many posts by so many people over (often) so much time, it's easy sometimes to make errors, so I may be covering a point previously made clear. With that in mind, may I ask - Are you a believer in Calvinism? I thought not, judging by your previous posts, but your last point about God...

I've git T Thanks for your input. I've got to go now, but I'll try to get back later.

I may be missing something, but I don't see how this issue is a free-will v no-free-will issue or Calvinistic. I can see from a Calvinistic (which I don't have) position, man has no input into whether he believes - it's all God's work, but the issue here is - if a person believes, can he lose...

Actually, the phrase "Let us drink..." is the mindset of the "would-be-without-hope" Paul, rather than that of the unsaved.

The stoning or not-stoning of the woman was nothing to do with sacrifice, was it? It was punishment under the law, unless I'm missing something, which I may be.

Rather than responding to specific posters, I've decided to make a general answer. As for the people who fall away never having had faith in God - many have, or at least claimed to have. I refer to someone like Matt Dillahunty of "The Atheist Experience". For 20-odd years - someone who was...

At least if he wasn't the adulterer.