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GeneBalthrop replied to the topic Free Will? in the forum Truth or Tradition 17 years, 10 months ago
942767………So you don't believe GOD said He would take OUT the Stony Heart then. Also it seems you don't believe where it says ” for it is God who works in you (BOTH) to will and do HIS good pleasure'”. God is Sovereign also because He can (CREATE) a NEW HEART in a person. He does it by His Holy Spirit, You say God won't force anyone to obey…[Read more]
GeneBalthrop replied to the topic Free Will? in the forum Truth or Tradition 17 years, 10 months ago
942767…..sorry, just read you question….You ask how does God write his laws on our hearts, God takes out the stony heart and gives us soft hearts, by the operation of HIS GRACE (Gods influencing on the heart) For you are saved by grace and that not of yourselves, it (IS) the gift of GOD, lest any should (BOAST). We are transformed by God in…[Read more]
GeneBalthrop replied to the topic Coptic versions of the bible in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 17 years, 10 months ago
David……right but if you add the word , (word) with GOD (POWER) you simple get powerful word. So John could have simply met, in the beginning was the word and the word was with power and the word was power. interesting thought.peace to you and yours………………..gene
GeneBalthrop replied to the topic Ronald Weinland: 2008 God's Final Witness in the forum Prophetic News & Eschatology 17 years, 10 months ago
Mandy……….In Isaiah it does say the earth will reel to and fro like a drunkard. I think people will know in advance because it says mens hearts will fail look at those things coming on the earth. So if you see that happening , I think i would head for high ground, for a while anyway. Might be a good time to take a vacation to the high…[Read more]
GeneBalthrop replied to the topic John 1:1 in the forum Scriptural Teachings 17 years, 10 months ago
Irene………Scholars have been debating that scripture for two thousand years, it not as easy as you would think. I believe it is important to understand what the meaning of the word GOD is and from what i have read most Hebrew scholars say it means (strength or power) a descriptor about a person but not the person himself. When we refer to the…[Read more]
GeneBalthrop replied to the topic Free Will? in the forum Truth or Tradition 17 years, 10 months ago
942767……Rom 2:15…..> which show the law written in their Hearts, and their conscience also bearing witness, accusing or else excusing one another. Act 10:45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit.Jer 31:33 but this…[Read more]
GeneBalthrop replied to the topic John 1:1 in the forum Scriptural Teachings 17 years, 10 months ago
Adam….if we apply Jeff Benners interpretation to John 1:1……> it would be like this …> in the beginning was the word and the word was with Elohim (powers) and the word was Elohim (powers). Elohim simple means (POWERS) we need to remember things were spoken into existence, in the beginning. Benner adds an interesting point to what John may…[Read more]
GeneBalthrop replied to the topic Coptic versions of the bible in the forum Bible Texts & Translations 17 years, 10 months ago
David…….> why don't you look at what the word GOD means, according to Jeff Benner , the word Elohim means (POWERS) So the word GOD is not a person but a descriptor. With that we could read John 1:1 as, In the beginning was the word and the word was with power and the word was power. If John was referring to the being, he would used the word…[Read more]
GeneBalthrop replied to the topic Ronald Weinland: 2008 God's Final Witness in the forum Prophetic News & Eschatology 17 years, 10 months ago
Hi all………scripture say no man knows the hour or the day, but we can know the season i think, and in my opinion we may well be close to the return of Jesus. From the signs all around us. I believe there will be some kind of celestial even that will take place, we are told in Luke that the seas will be roaring and mens hearts will fail because…[Read more]
GeneBalthrop replied to the topic Free Will? in the forum Truth or Tradition 17 years, 10 months ago
(42767……The gentiles who HAVE NOT THE LAW Do the things contained in them (SHOW) the laws of GOD written on there Hearts (BY) The HAND OF GOD> now if they are saved or judged by there own works then why would GOD have to write His laws on there own Hearts and if He did it for the gentiles can't he do it for anyone he choses to. We are the clay…[Read more]
GeneBalthrop replied to the topic Words in the forum Scriptural Teachings 17 years, 10 months ago
Quote (Tiffany @ Nov. 02 2008,08:38)I too have a question:” What would you have done if God would not have given you his blessings?”IreneIrene……….You ask what would i have done, nothing , I just would have not been convinced He existed and i would have thought even if He did, he wasn't dealing with me in any case. I believe if someone says…[Read more]
GeneBalthrop replied to the topic Words in the forum Scriptural Teachings 17 years, 10 months ago
942767……….No one forced me to , in fact i never had ever tithe, and still don't, we are (not under) the tithing laws at all. I merely did it to test and prove GOD to Myself. In fact when later I joined the WWCG and began to be brought under the tithing laws it didn't work any longer. Profit or anything else had nothing to do with it, it was…[Read more]
GeneBalthrop replied to the topic Free Will? in the forum Truth or Tradition 17 years, 10 months ago
942767……God has given dominion of the earth to mankind right, then what do you do with these scriptures. Dan 4:25…> That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beast of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee,…[Read more]
GeneBalthrop replied to the topic Words in the forum Scriptural Teachings 17 years, 10 months ago
To All……many years ago when i was a young man, I had heard about God and Jesus nearly all my life, people would quote the bible all the time in fact the first bible i Got was for quoting the psalm of David in Sunday school. But with all that i still was never sure He existed and if He did exist, was He really concerned with me. My Father would…[Read more]
GeneBalthrop replied to the topic John 1:1 in the forum Scriptural Teachings 17 years, 10 months ago
Quote (Not3in1 @ Oct. 28 2008,02:17)So, how do we know FOR CERTAIN that the “word” or “Word” spoken of in John 1:1 is in fact………Jesus?Mandy…….we don't and they don't know either, if John wanted to say Jesus He would simply said Jesus, it Just that simple. A Word is simply an expression of intellect. And it is with GOD (power) and was GOD…[Read more]
GeneBalthrop replied to the topic Words in the forum Scriptural Teachings 17 years, 10 months ago
To All……….”knowing this that the trying of your Faith is more precious then Gold. This shown that our faith will be tested at times and many are beings tested even now. “to whom much has been give much will be required”. Some times we don't understand why things are happening in our lives.love to you all……………gene
GeneBalthrop replied to the topic Free Will? in the forum Truth or Tradition 17 years, 10 months ago
Chosenone……good point, God has and is doing everything after the council of His own will. All things that happen are allowed by God and therefore He is the total responsible one for all things that happen. peace to you and yours…………….gene
GeneBalthrop replied to the topic Free Will? in the forum Truth or Tradition 17 years, 10 months ago
Tim………good point…….God said He created (Both) good and evil, and there is scriptures that say He even brings it on a person, as in the case of Job. God is not only in full control of all things but even takes full responsibility for it. He could have stopped all evil at any time He wanted to and still could. He is SOVEREIGN in ALL…[Read more]
GeneBalthrop replied to the topic Words in the forum Scriptural Teachings 17 years, 10 months ago
malcolm…….I believe that also, God even calls the simple to confound the wise, many trust in man wisdom or think that education is the answer to religion, they value the scholarship of others over the power of God to reveal truth to us. God can and often does take the simplest of people and reveal profound truths to them, that no scholar can…[Read more]
GeneBalthrop replied to the topic Words in the forum Scriptural Teachings 17 years, 10 months ago
ep……….your beginning to remind me of those who said “who are these unlearned men”, your great trust in so called (Scholars) is hardly a conviction of your own, but a conviction based on others. You seem to value ones education as the pinnacle of understanding what GOD's word says. Even if it is tainted by Trinitarian Ideologies. You spent a…[Read more]
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