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The age old debate is if they were ordained to eternal life because God foreknew they would believe or because God preordained they believe. I believe the former because Scripture indicates that God desires all men to know the truth.

Oh, that’s unfortunate. Perhaps the topic is too combative for some people on here. Well, I’d be happy to learn more about your views privately if its permitted to share them that way.

Thanks brother!

Can you give an example? It’s true that Preterists ascribe most of Revelation to the destruction of Jerusalem. I am not a Preterist, however, and so I see it as both/and rather than either/or.

According to the author of Hebrews, So, the point of the sacrifices was to remind the Jews of their sins and point to a coming Savior. It was never meant to absolve them of theis sins. So, sacrifices or the lack thereof would have no benefit in absolving sin or protecting the Gentiles. God...

The book of Revelation, imo, is prescriptive more than predictive. The point of the beasts is not to predict a nation or person that will lead the world into the end times. Rather, John is describing, from the spiritual perspective, how Satan influences the powers of this world and why...

I wouldn’t say the doctrine of Christian enlightenment is Gnosticism. Gnosticism was a dualistic religion that sought to meld Christian theology with Greek Platonic philosophy. It taught things like: the spirit is good, the flesh is bad (thus, people could practice hedonism as long as they...

Ha, yes. It seems some are surprisingly combative….sigh. The world of online conversations changes people :). Thank you for the welcome. God bless you as well!

I apologize if I misrepresented you. It was not my intent. However, you did say, “from that perspective, there is no need for God in salvation.” Maybe you didn’t mean it that way, but it seemed as if you were saying that my argument implied that God was not necessary for salvation. I don’t...

A couple of thoughts I’d like to share: I think this is a drastic overstatement/reaction to my comment. The very fact that I am referencing the importance of accepting the Gospel shows that God is the author of our salvation. I don’t think its necessary to say that God had to send his Son to...

I appreciate the discussion and your use of Scripture to validate your position even though I may disagree. I think, however, Paul’s point in saying that the Gospel was a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Greeks was not that God was not permitting them to understand/believe it...

I like that analogy…and it helps explain my question. Why would the Holy Spirit bother ensuring the text of the inspired when men are in a dark room and can’t read it? It would seem that if illumination is required, inspiration is not necessary. I think the fact that the Scriptures are...

Not sure I understand your post. Are you saying the second coming can’t come after the millenium because the millennium marks the beginning of eternity, life without end?

Not sure I am following the references here or if you are being sarcastic. I’m new here so if you use Bible references to explain your view, it will help me understand which loud bangs and fervent eats you are referring to.

I don’t think you are understanding my point. Why would God bother with inspiring Scripture to ensure it was entirely accurate if it humanity was blind to it and they had to be enlightened to understand it in the first place? It would seem to me that the very purpose of inspiration and...

Okay, thanks for explaining. I think I agree with most of what you said there. I probably wouldn’t refer to that as “curse the law” but that’s just semantics and im not really in to debating such things. Thanks again

Leon Morris wrote a great book on this subject entitled, “Atonement.” I highly recommend it.

I read again your 1-3 posts. The only statement I see that refers to my question is “And evil death entered in them and started to curse the law.” Can you explain what you mean by that? How does death in man curse the law? I am not trying to be argumentative. I don’t even know that I...

Then what is the purpose of inspiration of Scripture if God has to intervene to help us to understand the Gospel?

My reply keeps disappearing. Can you explain What you mean by that?