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When one considers God from an outside perspective it can be helpful to consider things from his perspective (insofar as we can); https://christianpioneer.com/blogarchieve/blog71.html Another thing to consider is the difficulty in creating beings that have their own free will...

I see salvation as something more than a choice like what to have for dinner. I also do not see salvation as something beyond one's control like being hit by lightning. I see it more as a conflkuence of Christ having paid for the sins of the world and one having made life choices that reflect a...

Today there are different "flavors" of both Amish and Mennonite. In the 1500 some of the anabaptists did go off the rails at Munster. Both the Lutherans and Catholics wanted to exterminate them. Perhaps it was the awareness of the hostility of established churches to the concept of adult...

Are Anabapstist the parent of Amish and memonites? if not what is the correlation between these ? About the time (1500s) when people got the bible in their own language many discovered that there was little support for infant baptism. This caused many to get re-baptized (anabaptisezd). This...

I feel so guilty that I sometimes think about ending my life. We are all born helpless, ignorant, and selfish. If we have good parents, we can greatly improve on this initial condition. However, if we have poor parents or rebel against good ones, we can have a more difficult time. Since we...

God granting every request is still available today. God was not even granting every request for those of Israel waiting for the earthly kingdom much less today. Jas 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Joh_16:23 And in that day ye...

Mat_12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: I found it interesting that Jonah was in the fish for three days. When it was apparent that God was not going to let...

It is not a question of rejection, but of application. Jesus ministered to the nation of Israel in fulfillment of the prophecies for the nation. If we today try to appropriate everything for ourselves, we can find that it does not fit. For example, Jesus told the those who were faithful and...

There may be another connection. Moses wrote the first five books of the bible (God's word). Jesus is the "word". Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Thanks, going deeper past any translation and extracting greater meaning from the Greek can often add a better understanding.

Quitting bad things can give one a bit of assurance of salvation. However, salvation opens the door to being able to transition from a life lived walking in the selfishness of the flesh to the selfless love of Christ-likeness to be found walking by the Spirit. As one makes this transition one is...

Salvation for those of Israel before Christ was a process that required enduring to the end and was realized at their resurrection. Eze 18:21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely...

I am sorry, but I see the "one baptism" as that of the Holy Spirit that puts the new believer into the body of Christ upon faith. I see water baptism as an act unrelated to what the Holy Spirit does.

it's not clear to me what you're saying about baptism in this passage, 1 Cor 1:14-17. Crispus and Gaius and the others named here were all baptized with water, agreed? Act_18:8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians...

1Co 1:14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; 1Co 1:15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. 1Co 1:16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. 1Co 1:17 For Christ sent me not to...

The problem people have with their children is similar to the problems God has with humans. We tend to use our free will to make choices that satisfy self (the flesh). Here is a sort article from the blog archive at christianpioneer.com https://christianpioneer.com/blogarchieve/blog173.htm Gen...

It is a little more difficult to raise children in a society where families have been so decimated. Throughout most of human history until just a little over 100 years ago people lived and died where they were born. The mobility of the automobile allowed people to move away from their families...

There can be a case made that water baptism was only for Israel. Israel was to be a nation of priests and water baptism was a requirement for priest. This is why Jesus was water baptized. If one considers the gospel of the kingdom as a gospel for the nation of Israel to receive the earthly...

The biblical definition of "love" is essentially selflessness. 1Co 13:4 Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 1Co 13:5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; 1Co 13:6...

Our use of the English word church is for the Greek word ecclesia which meant called out group. The Greeks would use it when a group was called out of the city (polis) to discuss one issue or another. There can be a degree of confusion in describing "the" church with a definite article as has...