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    ECT No freewill, you say? God decrees faith?

    "And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: But God led the people about, through the way...
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    ECT Gross claims Peter, James and John never preached the "risen Christ".

    Quote: My reply: He won't reply. What do you think?
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    ECT God never predestines anyone to hell.

    . . . . . He doesn't have to. <this should be a shorted lived thread>
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    ECT Who is an able man in God?

    "And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves."...
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    ECT Our salvation, by the will of God or the will of man?

    "I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing:therefore [you] choose life, that both you and your seed may live" Deuteronomy 30:19 (KJV) "may" being the operative word that speaks of it as being a lifestyle, not to be...
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    ECT Was Jesus, from His birth not a "quickened" mortal body?

    Is not the "quickening Spirit" of God the means of "quickening" anyone's body at anytime either in life or death? What means can that only be and how 'bout one's mind, wouldn't that be included?
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    ECT Who for the joy set before Him endured the cross

    “Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2 (NASB) Joy is something that is experienced. Joy is something that someone is introduced...
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    ECT Concerning hypostasis:

    By one medical definition it means, “failure of a gene to produce its usual effect when coupled with another gene that is epistatic toward it”. epistatic: in the singular, Interaction of a gene and in particular the suppression of the effect of that gene upon another.. These definitions cannot...
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    ECT Why is Jesus called the second Adam or last Adam?

    While keeping in mind both Adam and Jesus are the son's of God, both coming on the scene by the direct Hand of God i.e., innocent, one by creation while the other by procreation: What does the life of Adam have to do with the life of Jesus that He had to be born of Adam's race? Conversely, what...
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    ECT What might be some clear distinctions between . . . .

    . . . . the chaff and the wheat?: "If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire." 1 Corinthians 3:15 (KJV) JTB declared: “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am...
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    ECT Even God cannot reverse a decree

    Reprobation is a decree for which the scriptures say cannot be reversed: Therefore upon him shall the crushing weight of calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken, and that without remedy. Proverbs 6:15 (AMP) HE WHO, being often reproved, hardens his neck shall suddenly be...
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    ECT Where did we get the idea of the need for infant baptism?

    Where did that thinking originate? Is it necessary? Is it a decree of God?
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    ECT Who can relate to this:

    "The longer I have walked with God, the more I have looked back to realize that my whole Christian life has been of His Mercy and won to His Grace; my whole life being of His Mercy which, in His time of faithfulness, when I wasn’t, won His Grace by the washing of regeneration. I had more than...
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    ECT Questions for all madist' or any other reform people:

    Assuming you all know the scriptures: Do you believe infant [water] baptism is a necessity for a baby's salvation? What would be the outcome should a baby die without being water baptized? Can you point to any scripture that would suggest they need be baptized?
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    ECT Which understanding lends itself to your theology?

    "Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God." John 3:5 (ESV) One interpretation has it as first being by water, physical birth, from the womb, followed by the second birth from above by the choosing of Christ...
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    ECT What happens to one who incorrectly counts the cost?

    "Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?" Luke 14:27-28 (ESV) Whats that, you say? ___ "It doesn't have a thing to do with salvation?"
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    ECT What is God after from mankind, set in His new creation?

    God is after obedience to His commands and the new birth from above is for that purpose, i.e., empowerment. A command was the first thing He set before man after creation and giving him [conditionally], everything on Earth. We have the account that man without 'divine' relationship with God...
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    ECT Can a Christian ever be rejected by God because of . . .

    . . . . . . . . his refusal to die to himself as exampled by Jesus? If such a life produces thorns and thistles, what do the scriptures say about the end of such a life that lives presumptuously believing he will receive a crown?
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    ECT What does it mean to live one's life . . . .

    . . . . wholly unto God? Do I live my life "for" Him or "unto" Him? Which understanding will bring Him the most satisfaction __ and why?
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    ECT What is the purpose of temptation?

    Why does God allow it __even when we pray for Him to not lead us into it?
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