Recent content by DavidLamb

But they don't leave it at natural inability to believe; they say that God in His grace gives that ability.

Yes, I have even heard of churches that have outgrown the capacity of their building, so they never all meet together as a church, but split services in some way.

Certainly not according to the bible. For example, Jesus said: “"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” (Joh 3:16 NKJV) He didn't say: “"For God so loved the world that He gave His only...

Thanks, no need to apologise!

You seem to be under the impression that the gospel for the Gentiles that Paul preached was somehow different to the gospel preached to the Jews. It wasn't. The gospel in both cases is that we are all sinners by nature, and deserve only God's punishment, but God sent His Son, the Lord Jesus...

Although I'm still unsure what your questions have to do with the thread title, which asks whether God was a "co-actor" in the sufferings of His Son, I' ll have a go at answering. Paul was specifically sent to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. Peter was sent mainly to the Jews. But with...

I could answer that, but first, can you tell me how your questions about Paul relate to the title of this thread?

God did. You seem to be agreeing with what I said.

If it meant what you say, that God merely allowed it to happen, why does it not say something such as: "Yet it pleased the LORD to allow Him to be bruised; he hath allowed Him to be put to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days...

Although I do agree that prayer can easily be superficial, it is not wrong to pray to God for food. After all, when the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, the pattern He gave them included, "Give us this day our daily bread." (I take "bread" there to mean food in general.)

So you didn't have the Holy Spirit when you first became a Christian? How does that fit with: “But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.” (Ro 8:9 NKJV) And you say there is no...

But Genesis 1:2, which you quoted, follows Genesis 1:1, which has already told us that the heavens and the earth had been created: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Ge 1:1 NKJV) So saying that the waters which are said in verse 2 to cover the earth created in verse 1...

But we do know that only those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ are saved. If someone hates Jesus, they are not going to believe on Him (They may well believe in His existence, but they won't trust Him as their Saviour).

Yes, but it wasn't a name change like Simon/Peter, Abram/Abraham or Jacob/Israel. I don't think Yiddish existed in New Testament times. I think it began in the 9th century.

Yet David, hundreds of years before Pentecost, wrote: “Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.” (Ps 51:11 NKJV) And in Isaiah, we read: “Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying: "Where is He who brought them up out of the...