Not sure what you are saying,
Jesus did not create man as man is now finding himself to be.
Man is fallen.
Can We Really Exercise Free Will?
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Not sure what you are saying,
Jesus did not create man as man is now finding himself to be.
Man is fallen.
John's epistle was written primarily to JEWISH believers, i.e. "our sins" contrasted with "BUT for the sins of the whole world" (1Jn 2:2). John purposely did not lump himself or his Messiah-believing Jewish audience in with the "whole world". Therefore, by reason of this exclusion, the phrase "whole world" must logically be understood in the limited sense.
Deism suggests that God created everything and put it in motion, and then stepped back and just watches things happen. That's not biblical.
well ok just for you, here you go
Creating something in your Likeness, to create something that you would like your creation to be like, by nature
Creating something in your image, again creating something that you would like your creation to be like by nature, before the fall. Or would you say there's a difference between creating something in your likeness or your image ?
Opposing contradiction of this, God created us to be exactly like him in his image.
Let's see, Which one do you favour.
Never? Then the answer would be "no."
Offenses must come so that those who are growing in Bible doctrine and grace will become able to shed being offended.
The Muslims see this British trait as easy pickens.
Even your heads of state are at a loss as how to resist.
It is stupid what they have been doing because they fail to see real danger.
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may
rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in
persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
It is to be a part of the process of maturing in Christ.
Always have agreed.
Your side states that God can do nothing about it, and is not able to make man to function with free will anymore unless God overrides man's negative will and forces him with "candy" to do what God wants. Irresistible grace is the concept I have seen bantered around.
I am offended by Christians who walk in their flesh and think self-righteously they are a standard to be followed.
Well again if it was a law of nature Adam and eve would never had disobeyed him to begin with in fact there is no way they could if it was a law of nature just as gravity cannot possibly work other than how it was designed to work Adam and eve could not have possibly operated outside of the law he placed to never eat the fruit of that tree.
God is talking to the Prophet who tells everyone else. So nice try but everyone gets this message from God.
well no not completely why I asked.
The ability to seek is also a part of the law of nature.
Oh I was unaware of that last part I didn't know that last part was even a theory
Of course he does not just sit back and watch things go on because like you said he is an intimate God.
Good morning, Jordon... quoting this post of yours again, because God's Word says man does not seek after Him.
There are quite a few verses that express this Biblical truth, in relation to the wicked man, and that would be
the one without faith. FWers seem to have difficulty contextualizing these verses, and others to do with the
man they think is a good guy even though Scripture thoroughly disagrees in a multiplicity of ways and places.
There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will. Romans 3 verses 11-12; Romans 8 verses 5-8; 2 Timothy 2 verses 25-26
But what happened to both kingdoms AFTER Joshua? Are you aware that Israel, like Adam, is a type of Christ by contrasts!? Jesus, the antitype, is the True Servant of the Lord which national Israel failed in fulfilling that calling. After Joshua, Israel reverted back to its former rebellious ways in Egypt and in the Wilderness. So...score 1 for Joshua because he was absolutely right. But you and Studier...not so much. Both of you score goose eggs!