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    How are you?Your background is most impressive.Could you let us know what the name John means?Thanks!

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    barley replied to the topic in the forum Free Will? 14 years, 5 months ago

    Interesting topic. Freedom to choose is not the same thing as ability to accomplish. God does overstep our free will. That is why He says to choose. We cannot save ourselves, it is a gift from God, but we can choose to receive that gift. Romans 10:9. We do choose to meet the two conditions in Romans 10:9 or we choose not to. The next…[Read more]

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    The word virgin as used in the scriptures simply means a woman of marriageable age, ie, a young woman. Culturally, people got married at an age younger that our Western culture. Included in the phrase “Take unto thee thy wife” in Matthew 1:20 is the idea of consummating their marriage by sexual intercourse.

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    barley replied to the topic Salvation in the forum Truth or Tradition 14 years, 5 months ago

    Romans 10:9-10.  That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.           For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.           Note what it does not say:1.  It does not say you have to…[Read more]

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    Why is the name of the son of God, “Jesus”?  Why is your name what your name is?  Because your parents chose that name for you?  Is your last name the same as your parents' last name?  Is it a coincidence or is it by design?  Does that fact that your last name is the same as your parents serve any useful purpose?  Does this same last name help…[Read more]

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    God is spirit.  John 4:24.  Spirit is compared to wind.  Wind cannot be seen, however the effects of wind can be seen, smelt, felt, heard and tasted.   Ie, wind brings the smell of a campfire to your nose.  Did God literally appear to Moses? At the burning bush, it was actually an angel from God that was seen and heard by Moses.  The angel commu…[Read more]

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