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Something you don't have. Yes, that's for people who have put their faith in Him, rather than in their works. You have not. Your faith is in your doing of good works, that you might be saved on the last day, rather than trusting in Christ's completed work on the cross, that you WILL BE...

I'm pretty sure the point @7djengo7 is trying to make is that you're refusing to recognize that something you said regarding your position was in error, because your position is self-contradictory, and that you should humble yourself and recognize that, and then make an effort to retract the...

You seem to have forgotten to what I was replying to. Here is what was said: You said, "God offered mankind repentance from sin." But that's not what He offered. He offered "repentance unto life." That is, in fact, "salvation"! It's the "from sin" part I was correcting you on. God has...

AMEN! What, did you think I wouldn't agree with this passage? It means offered, given. If you have a problem with that, take it up with Luke... Oh wait, you won't be able to, because you aren't saved... When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, “Then...

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First, go read 2 Corinthians 12 again. It was not Paul who was "caught up." "I know a man in Christ who..." "... how he was caught up into Paradise..." Second, I have already mentioned in post #942 that it could have been moved after Christ's resurrection. I just read Revelation 2, where...

That's not what God offered. He offered SALVATION from sin and death, if we repent to God. Repenting from sin does nothing, except shows your humility! It's simply an acknowledgement that "I can't do this on my own, and I need a Savior to save me from my sin." Letting go of the rope is not...

THAT'S the verse I was trying to think of earlier!

Yes. Lazarus went to Abraham's Bosom. Jesus also went to Abraham's Bosom. That's not a place of suffering, obviously. Both Abraham's Bosom (Paradise) and Hell are in "the grave." Hence my "same mall, different store" analogy. Agreed. I didn't call it Hell, though, did I? I said "the...

Agreed! (y) I do. The following passage is clearly talking about Jesus. But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore He says:“When He ascended on high,He led captivity captive,And gave gifts to men.” (Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean...

Where did I ever say there wouldn't be any more plot twists? I simply stated that God has predetermined some things to come to pass. How He goes about making them happen is up to Him. But they will, in fact, happen. You have yet to provide any evidence that shows that they won't, in fact, happen.

Then what, exactly, is it that you do with those statues, icons, images, etc? The Catholics are the ones who are obsessed with Mary, not Protestants. So what? God can't use a woman who has sinned to be the vehicle for the coming of the Messiah? She was a virgin. In that way, she was...

Meaning?

It could be argued that "Paradise" is a certain portion of Hell, reserved for the righteous dead. "Paradise" because compared to its surroundings, it is indeed a paradise. It would explain why the rich man could see Lazarus across the gulf in Abraham's Bosom (which is another name for the place...

It means that God has predetermined to do some things. He has predetermined that He will go back to working with Israel, and that when he does, it will bring about the end of the world. Yes. Again, I'm not a Calvinist. But even Open Theists believe that some things are predetermined to...

The only reason I know of for people to install the rolls with the flap towards the mounting surface is to prevent animals from pulling on it and unrolling it. My arguments against mounting it that way that are: 1) my cat doesn't do that. She seems completely uninterested in the things in the...

No. 2,000 years of Israel having lost their special status before God. Ethnic Jews can still be saved under Paul's dispensation. I'm not a Calvinist. So you can quit with those types of arguments. Saying it doesn't make it so. Please show where Israel took possession of all of the land...

I want to say 90s... I'll ask Dominic.

Israel is still in rejection of her Messiah. So I'd say yes, blindness is still happened to Israel. You're going to have to spell out your point for me. What does Elijah have to do with this? I am definitely an open theist.