Paul
(Romans 11:13) . . .I am an apostle to the nations. . .
(Romans 15:15, 16) . . .undeserved kindness given to me from God for me to be a public servant of Christ Jesus to the nations. I am engaging in the holy work of the good news of God, so that these nations might be an acceptable...
Thank you for the response SigurdReginson,
Haha, do believe my life has been changed by and through faith; and it doesn't have anything to do with being happy. Because with faith (Hebrews 11:1) comes suffering also joy (Ephesians3:1-6; Romans 5:1-6)) as well; but through trials (1 Peter 1:7)...
Dear jar,
Yeshua doesn't rule at Har-Magedon (Rev 16:16), that is the valley of judgment (Joel 3:2) where the nations are judged. They are judged by way of the "great earthquake",.. "the cities of the nations fell",..."every island fled"..."the mountains were not found"..."and huge...
2ndpillar,
Paul was the greatest teacher of Christianity ever. Jesus was the greatest teacher, but It was against the Mosaic Law Covenant to teach anything but what was written in the Mosaic Law. Any Jew was under the Mosaic Law Covenant, as the entire nation was in a Covenant relation with...
I of course can agree we are to learn while we are here but since Christ makes up the infinity that separates us from God's standard I would not agree that I can circumvent that and learn my way into being fit for heaven. Lets say the range of human morality and knowledge is from 0 (the worst)...
Robin1 and other Forum readers :
Regarding the concept of “Debt or obligation to God that individuals come with upon being born”
Hi robin1; I'd like to search for some specific common ground regarding our agreement that individuals have some sort of obligation to God at birth...
jah59,
Like you, I find God's Word to be faithful and true.
In response to your opening question, there can be no doubt about what constitutes the kingdom of God, and the Gospel, so well documented are these themes.
In Ephesians 3: 1-12, Paul says, 'If ye have heard of the dispensation...
The Bible sets forth the fact that God is working out a two-fold plan and purpose for the salvation of those whom He sent His Son Jesus Christ unto the cross and to those whom He sent the prophets of old and His oracles in the Old Testament [The Law, Prophets, Writings].
Israel was that first...
The Bible is the Word of God. God is the author of it. God chose holy men of old to record the exact words which He wanted written down, and in the exact sense and sequence of His desire.
Today we live in "the dispensation of the grace of God" in which God is executing today for the Gentiles...
Yes the bible was written by men but as pointed above was passed through the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians3:1-8 says "For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles— 2 if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, 3 how...
It's fine as long as there is a dynamic equivalence in what we mean by "pagan" and what the NT meant by "ethnoi." "Ethnoi" is used to refer to Christians in Rom 16.4; Gal 2.12; and Eph 3.1.
ESV Romans 16:4 who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches...