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Thanks for your question TheNarrowPath. What does this scripture mean: "Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. "? To me, this means that there are those who are not...

Thanks Walter for your question and statements. Jesus goes by a lot of names in the Bible and each one shows a different aspect of him. For example, the title King of Kings shows an aspect of Jesus that can seem different in aspect from the Lamb of God, which is Jesus also. Even the title...

Yes, the Bible is completely true altogether. However, there are a lot of cases where people say they understand what the Bible is saying and it is not saying that. This is often not because they are dishonest but because they genuinely misunderstand what scripture is saying. Obviously, a...

Thanks everyone for your comments. When the word calls Jesus the beginning and the end in Revelation 1:8, what is the beginning referring to specifically, and what is the end referring to specifically?

I know that scripture says that Jesus is of the order of Melchizedek and talks about him in Hebrews 7:3: "Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. " This is interesting...

Thanks Laftur. I like the way you compare scripture usages of the word 'finger'. Jesus is referred to as God's 'hand' in the Bible since he sits at the right hand of God. Thanks Lafftur, for your post. The ground in the Bible is a picture of the hearts of men. We learn in the parable of the...

Thanks presidente. It seems we simply disagree in many areas. There are many who see things as you do. It seems to me you label things as arbitrary or without basis or grasping at straws as a convenient dismissal when they have full basis. However, we appear to have a different notion of how to...

Again, you are assuming that 'Jew' here includes Gentiles. If Paul says that a genuine Jew has to be circumcised in their heart, that doesn't mean that Gentiles who are circumcised in the heart are also Jews. Gentiles weren't Jews to begin with. Thanks presidente. Here is what you say about...

Thanks presidente for your comments. When verse 28 talks about Israel being enemies and then being election it is talking about the two different Israels, that is why it uses the the phrase but as touching the election to show the difference. The enemies mentioned are the Israel that is hardened...

Have you considered the fact that God uses the term Israel in two different ways in this single verse: "For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel " Here, in chapter 9 of Romans, Paul uses the term Israel in the phrase 'not all Israel to describe cultural physical Jews' but in the very...

I meant to say 1 Thes 4 instead of Romans 11

I see the Bible as talking about two groups, the saved and the unsaved, and it uses a lot of different words to describe these two simple groups. Israel is one of those words that is used to describe saved persons. Jews and Gentiles are included in this word Israel. In one place in the Bible...

I see blasphemy against the Holy Ghost as being no different from being unsaved generally. Jesus comes, and the gospel is given (and that is by the Holy Ghost) but some do not believe. These are the unsaved and they have commited blasphemy against the Holy Ghost by not believing the gospel, not...

Thanks persistent. I enjoyed very much the Isaiah 41 scripture you quote. There are many congregations that have the idea that a political nation of Israel will show up in the end times and God will save this political nation of Israel. They see the current nation state of Israel in the Middle...

Thanks persistent. As with people from all countries and religious backgrounds, it is always possible that Christ will call this or that person to himself. People from all walks of life could potentially experience this, and groups are sometimes best thought of as a diverse array of unique...

Thanks persistent for your comment. God heard Abraham's prayer regarding Ishmael and promised to bless him and to make him a great nation. However, this has often been thought of by various congregations as meaning Islam or Muslims. This is not the case at all, since the word 'blessed' in the...

Thanks for asking persistent. Most congregations do not teach the fact that God calls the words of his mouth, his law (the Bible) parables. We read that in Psalm 78: "Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable " In Mark 4:34...

Thanks persistent for your question. Ezekiel is relevant to the church age since the Old Testament was written for the benefit of church age folks. We know this because the prophets of Old searched and it was revealed to them "that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things...

Thanks for your question. The Bible refers to Jesus as the door that the sheep enter to find pasture. In one place in the New Testament we read of the 'door of the gate'. I would think of this as Jesus being the way into the city of God, salvation. Outside is a term referring to the unsaved who...

Thanks Pablocito. My post is intended to say that the faith that is used to do good works is from God, not that faith doesn't produce good works. Definitely faith produces good works. That faith originates from God, it is a gift from God is what I am saying. Some people think it originates from...