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Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: 2 Peter 1:10 (KJV) "Wherefore the rather" ties it to what just preceded. So "how?" is by doing what it says in verses 5-9.

Amen!

Correction: The dust + the breath of life = a living soul And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Gen 2:7 (KJV)

God said to Adam, “... in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die ...”. Adam died that day. His body didn’t cease to exist, his soul didn’t cease to exist, and his body & soul didn’t separate. And yet he died that very day. It’s the same death that’s mentioned in Ephesians 2...

Jesus’ parables were earthly stories containing elements that the listeners were already familiar with; soil types, wheat, tares, coins, wasteful sons, good neighbors, lamp oil, etc. Here’s an earthly story: There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared...

Then it must be literal. :-)

Christ chooses everyone to be saved. Not everyone chooses Christ.

Infinity divided by a large number = infinity divided by a small number. They're the same, equal - fair. They both equal infinity. Eternity is an infinite amount of time, so eternal torment lasts the same (fair) amount of time in both cases. All it takes is one moment in hell to realize...

He said that the story isn't literal. My question to him is 'what's the point - if the story isn't literal'.

What things? What was Abraham telling him that couldn't be found in M&P?

What is the point?

Yes, hell is a terrible place.

I do. :-) Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight: ) 8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 2 Cor 5:6-8 (KJV) For I...

John 6:39 doesn't mention Jesus' dying at all. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. John 6:39 (KJV) Here's the mention of Jesus' death in chapter 6: ... and the bread that I will...

Clarification: don't teach them to "pray" to him!

I think Santa Clause is OK as long as you present him as being in the same category as Bugs Bunny or the cow that jumped over the moon: make-believe. But you should clearly differentiate between believe and make-believe, since believing in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior is the most...

Yes. I understand the will to be the capacity to choose between A and B, when both A and B are subjected to it. If A and/or B are not subjected to it, the will remains unfettered; because it can still choose between other A's & B's that ARE subjected to it. A man can choose between going to...

That is to save him from receiving judgment without mercy, having to do with temporal matters (not eternal salvation). The already-saved and eternally-secure person must not disrespect the poor man in the assembly or fail to love his neighbor (vv 1-13), or he will receive temporal judgment...

Phinehas executing judgment did not cause his own eternal salvation. Salvation is by grace, through faith, and not of works in all (past, present, & future) eras of redemptive history.

It means getting down out of the tree after a day of picking pears. :-)