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RRufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.I'm actually thankful to RDBD for insisting that Gen 3:21 teaches that God's provision of animal skins (presumably from innocent animals...
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RRufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.Yeah...did you catch what Studier just said? He believes that UNBELIEVERS can please God with some of the righteousness they do...
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RRufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.Shirely U. Jest! Since man was created "very good" and actually dwelt with God in His Temple (the Garden), and Light can have no...
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RRufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.And sadly, this is a very common error among so many believers. We often don't consider how an interpretation of any one passage...
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RRufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.Talk about "bloviating" -- and by someone who doesn't read too swell. I never excluded Adam from Gent 3:21. But I did explain that...
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RRufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.Oh...that easy for FWer to answer. After Adam fell he bruised his knee slightly, but then picked himself up and dusted himself off and...
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RRufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.So the writers of scriptures made up their own metaphors? You don't believe the Holy Spirit uses all manners of speech to express his...
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RRufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.What part of the above don't you believe, apart from all of it? :rolleyes:
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RRufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.Maybe St. Pete was loosely quoting Jesus in Jn 8:34?
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RRufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.Why the sudden interest in the NIV, which you dislike so much? How come you're not formulating your interpretation from other more...
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RRufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.That's how we're supposed to interpret METAPHORS! Obviously, when the Holy Spirit inspired his various writers of scripture use a...
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RRufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?."Spurious" means their faith (not to be confused with God's gift of faith) was a forgery. It was a fake, false, phony baloney, good...
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RRufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.Why should I have to use other scriptures when 2Pet 2:17-19 speaks plainly for itself? The ones who are enslaved to their depravity are...
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RRufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.God created mankind in his likeness and image which means, among things, that man is a moral being. As moral beings our proclivity will...
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RRufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.Another lie! Believers never suffer God's wrath. His wrath is reserved for unbelievers. "Wrath" isn't even mentioned in the above...