Quote (TimothyVI @ Sep. 18 2008,23:01)Hi 94,I think you missunderstood.I was certainly not criticizing you. I truly admire you.TimOk Tim, maybe I did misunderstood your comment.  I know that there are many things that are hard to understand in the OT, and I am learning also as the questions are posed and as I seek God for understanding, but I am…[Read more]

Quote (chosenone @ Sep. 18 2008,18:25)Hi 942767.     Ro.14:11 … for it is written: Living am I, the Lord is saying, For to Me shall bow every knee, And every tongue shall be acclaiming God!Nick.     1Tim.4:9 …10 (for for this are we toiling and being reproached), that we rely on the living God, Who is the Saviour of all mankind,Scripture is…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Sep. 18 2008,15:31)Hi 94, Universalism is not christianity. It is a philosophyTrue. Hopefully, we can show someone the truth.God Bless

Quote (Not3in1 @ Sep. 19 2008,05:55)Romans 7:8But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from law, sin is dead.94,I understand we are not under the Law.  My point was that the Commandments did indeed stimulate desires for what was to be avoided.  And isn't that c…[Read more]

Quote (TimothyVI @ Sep. 16 2008,23:47)Hi 94,I admire how you are able to sanitize the butchery of the O.T.You will make a good preacher. The only sermons that I ever heard in church were the sanitized versions.But from what the bible says, the Jews were not an agricultural community.At least not until after they were through taking the farms and…[Read more]

Quote (chosenone @ Sep. 17 2008,16:38)Quote (942767 @ Sep. 15 2008,05:51)Hi Chosenone and Gene:On what basis did God choose you over someone else?Hi 942767.      Only God knows whom He has chosen first,  all will be saved at the consummation.  See 1Cor.15:24-28.Blessings.Sorry CO, I don't get it.What about the following scripture which is cent…[Read more]

Quote (Not3in1 @ Sep. 17 2008,04:33)94,The Commandments indeed DO stimulate us towards sin.  See the above scriptures.  What do you think?MandyNo Mandy:I already showed you that the Apostle Paul in Chapter 7 was talking about his life under the Law of Moses. But no, the law does not stimulate you to sin. By the law is knowledge of sin. Paul w…[Read more]

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Sep. 16 2008,13:09)Hi 94, Many seem to assume that the sons of God are those reborn of the Spiritbut it is rather those who allow themselves to be led by the Spirit.Hi Nick:Quote Rom 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. Rom 8:14 For…[Read more]

Hi Mandy:Let's read what the Apostle Paul said in context: Rom 7:7 ¶ What shall we say then? the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. Rom 7:8  But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the l…[Read more]

Quote (Not3in1 @ Sep. 16 2008,12:17)Sorry, but we all get a serving of chocolate cake.  To me, the cake represents human nature.  We are all bound over to disobedience.  Even the very commandments that were put in place stimulate the desire to break them.  But Paul warns – this does not give us the right to continue in this manner however it exp…[Read more]

Quote (WhatIsTrue @ Sep. 16 2008,05:41)Quote (942767 @ Sep. 14 2008,04:47)To all who had a question about slavery in the OT:God has said that his children whom He delivered out of Egypt would not be slaves again.  They are His servants.  This is literal and is also symbolic of those in the NT who have been delivered from slavery to sin through t…[Read more]

Quote (Not3in1 @ Sep. 16 2008,02:37)Brother, what I am trying to show you is that the scriptures you gave did not allow for repentence.  It simply said that if you know the truth and you sin – there is NO SACRIFICE left for those.Sometimes I DO love the chocolate cake more!   I am not alone, either.  Thanks,MandyHi Mandy:Quote 1Cr 2:9 But as it…[Read more]

Quote (Not3in1 @ Sep. 15 2008,15:25)If you are a Christian then ANY SIN you are involved with is wilfully entered in to.  Notice the scripture does not say there is no more sacrifice for sin for those who DO NOT REPENT, as you say.  It simply says, if you know what you are doing then you are out of luck!Sure, we are to be holy as God is holy.  …[Read more]

Quote (Not3in1 @ Sep. 15 2008,15:01)Hbr.  10:26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins.**This would include everyone I know**I guess we are all out of luck!Practicing sin wilfully without repenting? Then yes, those are out of luck by their own choosing. I have…[Read more]

Hi Mandy:You are envisioning scenarios trying to test whether God is just or not.  Do you believe that you would be more just than the God of the whole universe?   But the scripture does state:  “Be not deceived God is not mocked, for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap”.  A person's repentance must be sincere in order to receive for…[Read more]

Quote (Not3in1 @ Sep. 15 2008,14:06)With all due respect bro,Quote If that person was practicing intentionally, after they had been saved and did not repent then yes, I believe they would be destroyed,Let me get this straight:  so a lifelong Christian who had served the Lord for 50+ years slid into willful sin – they got in a car accident and…[Read more]

Quote (Not3in1 @ Sep. 15 2008,13:14)94,The Commandments could not be kept, thus the blood sacrifice!  Are you saying that if someone has accepted the sacrifice and then sinned but died before he could ask forgiveness – that he would die in his sins and be burned forever?Hi Mandy:If that person was practicing intentionally, after they had been…[Read more]

Hi Mandy:Jesus said “if you love me keep my commandments”.  If we do this and repent asking for forgiveness when we do, there will never be a problem.  God's mercy is forever ours because of the sacrifice of our Lord Jesus.  If I let you believe what Gene is saying and if you are in need of repenting and coming back to the Lord (I don't know wh…[Read more]

HI DK:The word “Babylon” means confusion, and that is what we have by virture of the various Christian denominations.  I see the “mother of harlots” as the Catholic church because it is from her that these “false doctrines” have come.The Lord compels his people to come out of her that they might not be partakers of her plagues.For me that means…[Read more]

Eze 3:18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Eze 3:20 Again, When a righteous doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I…[Read more]