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Yes, but love cannot be programmed into robots; it must be accepted happily, which is why unrepentant sinners condemn themselves when they reject God/refuse to cooperate with His loving will.

No, your belief is not novel but it is what all Christians believe except that most of them realize two truths: First, God also guides believers via other believers (Eph. 4:11-17). Second, no one is an infallible pope, so we should always be humble which means teachable. I call the members...

The point is that God expects rulers to be good or godly, which few are except in governments influenced by Christian morality.

Not sure what difference it would make but feel free to ask the questions yourself.

It is impossible to tell when folks limit their profiles. Does anyone want to challenge wattie's claim to the title?

And in the case of godly rulers, there will be some overlap (Rom. 13:1-5).

Bumped for @wattie or whoever can help answer this question.

I agree with what you said and will comment on several items by way of clarification: 1. The root cause of false doctrine is not loving Truth/not being a truthseeker/not having humility or willingness to learn or repent of wrong beliefs (2Thes. 2:10). Paul exemplified such a person until God...

What has God to do with godly governors? As much as He has to do with you.

TOJ #73: The worst sinner may become the best witness. [Luke 7:37-47] The most hateful persecutor can become the most loving disciple. The apostle Paul felt himself to fit in this category (1Cor. 15:9-10). (This and the following teaching from Luke would seem to fit about here in Matthew’s...

Well, I hope that timeth is noteth yeteth!

Hopefully not the false doctrines some on CC practice: Judge thy neighbor. Make hateful comments. Be divisive and make the most of every opportunity to quarrel.

Yes, and keep in mind most scientists are mathematical/hard rather than theoretical/soft. Thus, my engineering dad did not engage in theoretical speculation regarding interpretation of Scripture like we do on CC. He KISSed theology.

Pacifist men who don't lift a finger to prevent the rape of their wives and murder of their children abet those sins, and thus are equally guilty and will reap hell unless they repent.

Some scientists were/are Christians (including my dad), and some speculate/d or theorize/d wrongly. Scientists who stick to facts and believe the Bible make fewer errors about physics than those of us who only learn metaphysical/spiritual reality/truth. For example, I know nothing about my...

Per the description I was raised as a OSAS Southern Baptist that never said a word about eschatology, but my guess is that they favored that taught by Paul rather than Rev. My pastor/church taught water baptism as symbolic of saving faith without saying much about how baptism with the HS is...

Perhaps because the OT and NT explain what God was doing to work His plan of salvation (POS) from creation to Christ, we understand that the purpose of OT history through the revelation of Revelation was to provide/reveal Messiah for the potential salvation of sinful humanity, but what do you...

Gen. 3:1-5 indicates that disobeying God caused them to realize they were naked/guilty, which is why they covered up, hid from God, and denied responsibility. IOW, both-and; sins and symptoms. Reading Scripture about what God says is good and evil makes folks morally accountable, and children...

Glad you replied, wattie, because perhaps you can tell us who among active members (defined as posting within the past few months) is the earliest member. As far as I have noticed on the Bible Discussion Forum, you have that honor.

I was reminded recently that the stage of moral accountability for normal human souls is indicated by the story of A&E, and I realized/received an insight that godly parents prepare the way for understanding sin against God, because typically their commands to siblings are some form of God's...