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I thought the OP made it very clear man cannot be saved by his own power. If you thought he was saying something different maybe you are the one who needs to re-read his post. :)

And there are others who are neither Calvinists or Arminians but somewhere inbetween. :)

That was how I understood your OP which is why I posted what I did because I thought it needed further clarification in that salvation is impossible for man without the grace of God. God supplies what is needed for man to see the truth and in seeing, what man really prefers, light or dark, is...

..... apart from grace. So yes, people in this horrible position can believe in Christ because God supplies the power needed to suppress the working of the flesh so that their preference for the light or the dark is made manifest. John 3:19-21 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has...

God is speaking to the serpent, not Adam, when speaking of enmity and is effectively declaring war between the "forces of good and the forces of evil". God is telling the serpent that He will raise up a man (seed of the woman, who we now know is the Christ) to crush Satan's rule (crush his head)...

Even if we never sinned, we still would not be righteous by our own reckoning as our knowledge is limited. In order to know right from wrong we must rely upon the only One who is knowing all things and can declare to us what is right. This is why we are made righteous through faith because...

Are these the terms you were thinking of? https://biblical-christianity.com/gods-decretive-and-perceptive-will

The sin nature is in the body, not the soul. Romans 7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. It is how we can inherit sin because we get biological life from our parents but our human...

So you're all about serving yourself? Who pays for your Defence Force or Police Force? All your self justification does not excuse your responsibilities to your countrymen or your country. You get the government you vote for or fail to vote for.

Then I hope you're not utilising any of the infrastructure or services governments provide as they are not part of His Kingdom either. :) Matthew 22:21 “Caesar’s,” they replied. Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” Christians ought to be...

Do you know God's thoughts on such issues? Plus we need to be careful in the meaning of Acts 5:20 as Peter and crew weren't trying to jail the Sanhedrin or change national laws but rather were effectively saying "I must live my life as unto the Lord". I'm an Aussie so our political systems...

Look at the rest of what the scriptures say regarding prophets, as having dreams and visions are not the only thing that makes a prophet. Some here have had dreams and visions in which the Lord has spoken to us. We are not prophets, nor would dare call ourselves such.

That is because we are not judging whether you are a prophet on the basis of your experience, but on the word of God. You don't seem to understand that. :( Having prophetic dreams does not make one a prophet. We have shown you from the scriptures those who had prophetic dreams but were not...

Assume what you want, you have done so to date. You cannot tell the difference between prayer in a corporate worship situation and the intercessory prayer of an individual? Whether you realise it or not, (and you should realise if you worked in mental health), what you did was overtly...

Matthew 6:6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

I do not deny it. I have said repeatedly the apostles and the prophets laid the foundation for the Church. How could they do this if they did not exist in the early Church? Their role ended with the completion of scripture. God had said all He needed to say to us. The scriptures now form the...

Your experience is not what determines reality. The word of God is the only reality. Anything that doesn't line up with His word is false. If the word of God does not change your understanding of reality, no-one here can. Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed...

Don't you listen! Our argument is God no longer appoints prophets or apostles for that matter. Has nothing to do with what you may or may not say, dream or may not dream. There are no prophets today. You have not been called to be a prophet.

Can you expect anything less? Hezbollah started firing rockets into Israel before Israel even responded to the Gazan threat of October 7th. They have fired almost 10,000 missiles into Israel in the past year. I'm amazed at the patience Israel displays. You don't have to be a prophet to see the...

It isn't any prophecy he has made that is the problem, it is the assertion he claims that God has called him to be a prophet because he has had some prophetic dreams. Nebuchadnezzar had a prophetic dream, but no-one would say he is a prophet of God. It has been argued from scripture that God...