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Re "If I’m being honest I can’t understand what you wrote there , I’m not criticizing you but saying my Brains pretty worn out at this age and most likely the issue of why I don’t understand it.": I understand, because I have a poor memory, which is why I decided to KISS history and publish it...

No, we are obeying Paul's instruction in Titus 3:9-11.

I see the relevance of THAT, and thanks! :D It has been a major project taking many years, inspired by some good sources that include more information than is relevant for this thread on CC, which is why I have attempted to KISS.

I agree with your understanding of how God operates in the world. Here is a relevant item I just posted on the HOB thread: Having completed a summary "KISS" of the HOB, I will conclude by attempting to boil it down to the bare minimum for memorization. 1. Creation – God, Alpha, “Big Bang” c...

In the meantime, we hope you will comment on the discussion to help guide our thinking regarding the verses being introduced and how the couplets can be harmonized. Whatever work on the verses you have time to do will be icing on the cake (hopefully chocolate with boiled white icing :^)

We can harmonize 1John 2:19, which refers to pseudo-Christians whose profession of faith in Jesus as Lord were insincere so that they were never saved, with 1Iohn 2:24, which indicates that genuine Christians may/will NOT "see" the Gospel remains in them so they will remain in the Son...

Relevance?!

Have you decided not to persevere with participating in the study of election on the Hermeneutics thread?

Do you have any thoughts regarding the first two chapters of Ephesians before we move on?

Having completed a summary "KISS" of the HOB, I will conclude by attempting to boil it down to the bare minimum for memorization. 1. Creation – God, Alpha, “Big Bang” c. 14 billion years B.C. & Earth c. 4 billion years B.C., space/geography & time/chronology, culminating with human souls in His...

I am glad so see someone else who gets a kick out of Proverbs 11:22. :^) Regarding works: those done for the purpose of earning salvation are as filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6), but those which manifest the love of the HS (Eph. 2:10) are like precious gems in a crown (1Cor. 3:11-14).

What you deem to be pretense God deems to be spiritual oneness. When God credits you with salvation (the ROC), you draw out heaven, which is the recreation. There is no contradiction between being saved/being one with Christ/sharing the ROC and becoming more like Christ as God, but only a...

I think I answered these questions by saying that although we obtain Christ's perfect righteousness by grace through faith (imputation or being credited), our goal during earthy sanctification is to become morally perfect or completely/fully loving like Jesus actually or in practice. (Phil...

At this point Paul returns to his concern that his preaching is being perverted before citing the example of Sarah and Hagar as figuratively representing the Gospel of Christ versus the law of Moses (Gal. 4:8-31), which Scripture commands to “get rid of” (in Gen. 21:10, cf. #132). This brings...

I believe the absence of sin is due to the presence and filling of the HS. Being deemed or credited as sharing the righteousness of Christ can be described as the blood of Jesus washing away all sin. We obtain Christ's perfect righteousness by grace through faith, after which our goal is to...

Yes, it is important for them to be in a receptive mood. Physical laws include the genes one receives, but sometimes disease has environmental causes. The causes of cancer are not well known, but did doctors say what caused the mom's cancer? I lost one of my best friends prematurely several...

Yes, Jesus said love is manifested by willingness to forgive (Matt. 6:12-15).

TOJ #16: Believers are peacemakers. [Matt. 5:9a] All souls should strive for peace (Rom. 12:16-18) and unity (Eph. 4:3). An application of this teaching is made by Jesus later in His sermon. {Matt. 5:23-24} This attribute should not be equated or confused with antinomianism (not having...

I thought Trump had an excellent speech in Saudi Arabia today, in which he manifested Christian love as he referred to the need for peace among three major religions and how it would glorify God. The fact that he speaks the truth so openly including the failings of the US makes me wince...

Yes, belief that God causes pain rather than allowing physical laws to operate is problematic. Would you be able to discuss the situation with your brother so that he is aware of the need for him to communicate with his daughters about the facts of life (suffering and death) and his joy...