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Foreknowledge does not equal preordination. God does not predestine certain people for salvation and others for condemnation. That is a lie created by Satan in 412CE whispered to Augustine who based this off pagan gods and influences (Stoic, Neoplatonic, and Manichaean) of which he had been...

How does it depend :unsure: Are you arguing regeneration/rebirth before one hears the Gospel? :unsure: So you’re washed clean before admitting you’re unclean? Titus 3:5 before Romans 1:16? :unsure: Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings...

A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy ― “God sovereignly decreed that man should be free to exercise moral choice, and man from the beginning has fulfilled that decree by making his choice between good and evil. When he chooses to do evil, he does not thereby countervail the sovereign will of...

My opinion: Ephesians 1:13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that...

Dude calm down, it was an honest question... I’ve been reading for 3-4 months - give me a break :p haven’t fully dove into the end times stuff. Doesn’t change the fact that angels can appear as men

Sorry for a elementary question but which verse says they are men? Can’t angels, including fallen, turn themselves to appear human? As is shown with Lot (Genesis 9) - unless you argue fallen can’t appear as humans, only as angels of light? “And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an...

He chose the church Paul is writing to a church of believers. It does not say “chose us individually” - all can choose Jesus Christ and join. His Foreknowledge is not our human version

“This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper...

Context is important... so much read in... those Gentiles were in assembly; they were not self-hardened atheists out in the streets. “From Perga they went on to Pisidian Antioch. On the Sabbath they entered the synagogue and sat down.” ‭‭Acts‬ ‭13:14‬ ‭NIV‬‬ “Standing up, Paul motioned with...

God does not cause sin or evil, we do this ourselves (James 1:13-15). There is sin that does not even cross His mind (Jeremiah 32:35) To say otherwise speaks against His holiness.

Winner winner (y) His Foreknowledge is not our human version.

Please provide a verse that shows what His will was when He created Adam out of his own free will choice (could have not made Adam)... I lean towards this still being a Mystery. He did not need man.

Hard to follow this thread fully... found this table that shows Futurist vs Preterist vs Historicist beliefs (not certain is its accuracy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_eschatology#Comparison_of_Futurist,_Preterist_and_Historicist_beliefs

Why limit giving to 10%? NT calls us to be generous, with happy hearts. Generous: “(of a person) showing a readiness to give more of something, as money or time, than is strictly necessary or expected.”

I agree, a lot of different views... I think I understand that articles argument; “after what you described there is the resurrection. All will be raised (John 5:28) and two outcomes: 1) immortality or eternal life 2) second death [punishment]” “Conditional immortality presents these two fates...

Here are the source links: Conditionalism vs Annihilationism I don't think I misstated it but maybe :unsure: "The two ideas are not exactly equivalent, however, because in principle God may annihilate a soul which was previously created immortal"

I don’t get why some argue His love and His wrath must be equal in measure [human logic]. That is wouldn’t be fair for punishment not to be eternal torture for man. Matthew 20:1-16 shows His definition of fair is His own. There are also 2 variations so the water gets a little tough reading...

Post #2000, The Millennium - Jerry let’s go to the coffee shop @mailmandan Sincerely, Cosmo

So you’ve never been to a church? Heard a sermon? Read a Christianity book? Been to a conference? Spoke to a significant other about scripture?

How is asking for forgiveness a meritorious work!? Does forgiveness have to be given? No, but by grace it is, through faith. Did the prodigal son earn, merit, or deserve the reception of the father based on him humbly returning? No. The fathers response was all of grace. I disagree with those...