I definitely can't agree with anyone who says there is a difference.
Perhaps then that would mean removing parts of scripture, or believing as some claim that Paul was a fraud.
If one does that though, I think they also have to get rid of Jesus,
...and Peter,
...and John...
Wait. But...
2 Samuel 6:7
..And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God.
1 Samuel 6:19-20
And he struck some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked upon the ark of the Lord. He struck seventy men...
The wrath of God against sin is a biblical truth. It seems you are a universalist. Do you think your beliefs can stand in the light of all of Scripture?
Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who...
Yet the Bible says:
Ephesians 2:3
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Ephesians 2:2
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the...
Ephesians 5:6 (Whole Chapter)
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient.
Colossians3:6 (Whole Chapter)
Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. [ Some early manuscripts coming on those who are disobedient]
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Hi, just jumping in. I don't think the Bible teaches that all people are children of God, rather children of wrath, disobedience, and darkness, until we have accepted Christ, then we are adopted into His family and are children of light, of God:
Ephesians 5:8
For ye were sometimes darkness...
Hey, Kat, I think it can be interpreted that we return to the one who created us through Adam in the first place also. When we were born we inherited the sin-nature, the fallen nature of Adam, for I believe Adam was immortal when he was created, but that when he sinned he died spiritualy toward...
This verse gives me no doctrinal problems or dilemas.
God is the Father of our Spirits,
Hebrews 12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Adam is the Father of...