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To rogerg also, It is because they chose to believe and be blessed. Despite having a fallen/selfish nature, we must maintain that God provides people the ability to be saved or else He is responsible for their cursedness. However, Jesus per Isaiah indicates that souls can become so hardened...

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The reference to All Saints Day raises another random question. Question #6: What is God's requirement for sainthood? Your (Scripture-referenced hopefully) answer?...

Re: Eve was the first to taste the forbidden fruit. When she did, nothing happened. Why wait till Adam tasted it? You were headed the right direction but did not go all of the way. GN 3:6-7 says, "...she took some and ate it and also gave some to her husband who was with her and he ate it...

Yes, some denominations relate Halloween to All Saints Day, but that is not the zeitgeist. And yes, Halloween becomes problematic/sinful when it moves beyond innocent children playing trick or treat for candy and becomes an excuse for adolescents and adults doing or portraying evil, such as...

I agree that God limited Himself to being love and truth, so although He could choose not to limit Himself in this way, He promises that He never will (ML 3:6), and we trust His Word. In this regard we must seek to understand RM 9:18f. juxtaposed with 1TM 2:3-4. The passage begins by saying...

Yes, we are derived from the original Creation/Miracle.

Yes, and some atheists cite Christians who say or do things that make God seem unloving as an excuse not to believe in Him.

We certainly cannot blame Satan for our sin, and I guess not our spouse either. However, the first or original sin was not eating physical fruit, but rather choosing not to doubt the Devil, not to cooperate with God, and not asking God why the serpent contradicted what He had told them (MT...

Right! And this foolish doctrine has become a cancer in our society thanks to academia. Unfortunately the Marxists succeeded in getting McCarthy's Committee to end its investigation of Hollywood when it needed to pivot to indicting treasonous/demonic professors.

Don't get me started on academia! Too late: How We Got Here: A Summary After declaring independence from England in 1776, winning it in the Revolutionary War and defending it in the War of 1812, slavery caused the Civil War in 1860 and then struggles for equality and the right for all...

I just discovered that the Scripture Art and My Poetry lines open. Nice talent God has given you!

Yes, and helping any open-minded atheists to learn the truth about God may require explaining how creation reveals God's power and loving nature. I began the Bible-based logical train of thought in this thread by citing three unavoidable beliefs and then two qualitatively opposite answers to...

The atheist opinion maintains that the existence of a supernatural Deity is not proven, although it is not disproved either, which means that the evidence needs to be evaluated honestly. Atheists assert that one cannot prove a negative, so the burden is on theists to prove God exists. However...

Question #5: Is there a connection between the Bible and Halloween? Your answer?...

I have not noticed whether anyone posted the handful of passages than can be viewed as disallowing apostasy, but if they did, I have a way to harmonize them with these. The passages that seem to support involuntary predestination may be harmonized with those supporting free will or perseverance...

Well, if YOU have not made a moral judgment that God is righteous, then why did you decide to accept His Lordship? The Bible is a book that advocates cooperating with God's will, about BOTH spiritual or salvific faith AND moral behavior; both EPH 2:8-9 AND EPH 2:10, etc.

It is helpful to note with regard to God's will that there are two meanings: God's intentional will provides morally competent humans the ability/free will to resist His intentional will or plan of salvation within limits, which is called His permissive will.

I will focus on your saying that God gives grace to whomever He chooses combined and harmonized with God is not willing that anyone should perish. I think the key to interpreting these teachings harmoniously is by understanding the "in Christ" of Ephesians 1 to mean that God chooses/elects...