Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

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Me_Clay said:
So some of us here are having the spirits of Pharisees, Scribes, Sadducees, Nicolaitans, etc. ? Quite possibly I think 🤔
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when we consider that all who are born again are members in particular in the body of Christ ... over which the Lord Jesus Christ is the Head ... placed in the body where it has pleased God ...

when we consider what is written in 1 Cor 12:12-27 ... especially the verses which speak about all members being needful and that no member of the body can say another member of the body is not needed ... that the body should function together so that there is no schism ...

when we consider verses which indicate believers should have the same care one for another, that we are to love one another, that we are to edify one another, that by love we are to serve one another, that we are to be kind one to another ...

and then read what is written in the pages of this thread ... and even if we think some who have submitted posts in this thread are not born again (and, therefore, not members in the body of Christ), we are still instructed to be good to all ...

Galatians 6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

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OLDBUTNEW said:
I agree, Bro! So what is the story with these blokes bullying our sister Magenta! I wish they would just stop doing it: All bullies are cowards, in my opinion.
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There bullies plain and simple, there failures in life, reflect in there comments.

They need to repent
 
OLDBUTNEW said:
I'm sorry, Bro, but no comment with regards to that: I'm here to give my sister Magenta full support at all times.
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That is being very selective. When people says stuff about her drawings, you comment on that, but not when she posts a personal picture of someone and then criticizes it?
 
Blue155 said:
That is being very selective. When people says stuff about her drawings, you comment on that, but not when she posts a personal picture of someone and then criticizes it?
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Sorry, Bro; but I'm not commenting on that!
 
Magenta said:
These truths include God's plan for redemption, righteousness, forgiveness, and the believer's union with Christ. They are considered "deep things" because they were hidden from the world's wisdom and were only revealed to believers through the Spirit of God, not by human effort or worldly knowledge.
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In 1 Cor 2:7 we read about "the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory".

This "wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom" is what is spoken of in 1 Cor 2:14.

This "wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom" was hid in God from the foundation of the world until God revealed it to Paul ...

Ephesians 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ

Colossians 1:26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints

1 Cor 2:14 is not speaking of the gospel ... nor does it refer to "redemption, righteousness, forgiveness, and the believer's union with Christ" ... as I showed you before ... redemption was previously revealed ... forgiveness was previously revealed ... righteousness was previously revealed ... the believer's union with Christ was previously revealed.

1 Cor 2:14 is speaking of a truth that was hid in God, never revealed prior to God having revealed to Paul.




Magenta said:
These things (redemption, righteousness, forgiveness, etc) are all part of the gospel message.
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nope ... the gospel is ...

1 Corinthians 15:1-4 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures


Romans 10:9-11 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt 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. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.


redemption, righteousness, forgiveness ... these are the blessings from God to those who believe the gospel. But the gospel in and of itself is as shown in 1 Cor 15:1-4; Rom 10:9-17.

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