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  1. Aaron56

    A question about original sin

    Yeah, Adam could have intervened. If he had, the enemy would have been driven away. There is good Biblical evidence that babies are born innocent of sin even though the environment into which they are born is sinful. Even in the natural, long-term memories are not created until sometime around...
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    Random Questions; Bible-based answers

    You're okay. But I doubt I can teach you much about this. No worries. Carry on brother.
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    Do stillborns and deceased babies go to 'hell'

    :D In the past, in my clinical practice, I would use the same thing to settle down parents who were overly emotional about their child's behavior. Them: "I can't believe they did that!" Me: "Well, by adult standards children are clinically insane." Them: "What?!" Me: "Play with their food...
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    Random Questions; Bible-based answers

    Not a chance. The Bible is not a moral book. It is spiritual and to be understood spiritually. That means without the Spirit of God in a man, that man cannot understand what God is saying through the scriptures. To treat it as a moral book would be to make it another Law of Sinai where the...
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    Random Questions; Bible-based answers

    It's only known buy the observer, sure, but no one may rightfully judge Him. He is. Thankfully it is His good pleasure to reveal Himself to us. By His creation all men may know He is God. By His Spirit some men may know Him as Father.
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    Random Questions; Bible-based answers

    The Bible speaks of "wisdom from above" as a standard of reason for the sons of God. So, I will employ what I have gained from my connection with God to answer your questions. I won't have room to unpack everything but I invite further discussion. ("And the apostles and elders came together for...
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    Apologetics: witnessing to atheists

    I agree. You will not find "non-belief" in the Bible. The word you will find is "unbelief". Because believing God is mans' typical spiritual setting, to NOT do so requires intention and action. Unbelief is an intentional lifestyle marked by not believing God.
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    Applying God's Word to Politics

    Rome, way back in the 380's, when they offered the church to be the state church of the empire, offered church leadership: 1. Health care 2. Lower taxes 3. Preferred property ownership and business 4. Strong military support 5. Clean up corruption to make things more "Christian" In exchange...
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    Applying God's Word to Politics

    Your conclusions come from an American reality only. Try to apply these standards to believers in Communist China, North Korea, etc. and their validity quickly falls apart. This is referring to the government of God. Most cannot see it because of Rome's insistence upon "the divine right of...
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    Applying God's Word to Politics

    The only Christian society I see in the scripture is in the New Jerusalem. Within that country there is no religious freedom. Like many church people, you are conflating Americanism with the government of God. This is part of the "great delusion". In full disclosure, I've dissuaded few from...
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    Applying God's Word to Politics

    Without exception, whenever a state or country adopts theocratic governance, that state or country becomes bankrupt: morally and economically. "And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire. 17 For...
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    What is the point in being a prophet?

    There were only 12 Apostles of the Lamb. Together, they were a irrefutable witness of the baptism, ministry, death, and ascension of Jesus Christ. “Therefore, of these men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 22 beginning from the baptism of John...
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    What is the point in being a prophet?

    What you saw was a summation of Revelation 6 and some of the coming perils on the earth. In your dream you saw elements of the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse. White horse = Global subjugation = Crown and declaration of conquering Pale horse = Death & Hell = skeleton Red horse = Murder Strife =...
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    Religious Tithing

    The first tithe was given to a priest in the order of Melchizedek. The second was given by a man to his father who represented his lineage of faith. Are those around today? Priests of Melchizedek and fathers of faith?
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    The rapture? The comimg of Christ.

    In fairness, that's not what He said. He said "No one knows..." Present tense. Like "No one currently knows". “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only." Notice He said not man > the angels > the Son... only the Father...
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    The devil sinned from the beginning

    The “beginning” in Genesis 1 is when God began to reveal Himself in time and space and when He put everything in order for His Beloved. Because It follows that the devil was present in the garden with Adam and Eve, he would have fallen from this beginning. The family or house of God the Father...
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    Thoughts on Sam Shamoun

    I've seen his debates with muslims. I like him.
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    Acts 16:31

    No. The offer to “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ” was offered to the jailor and his household. This is the scripture in context. Notice how the word of the Lord was spoken to the jailor and his household and then he and his family believed: 31 So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ...
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    American Christianity

    The US is a consumer-driven economy and, therefore, a consumer-driven culture. "Having things" is often equated with success. This is why, in one of the president's first addresses to the nation after the World Trade Center attack, he encouraged people to "go shopping" It's the type of...
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    American Christianity

    Yes. After all, it's the "traditions of men" that prevent the word of God from affecting people.