Not even in human penal systems is punishment eternal. Much too draconian for a God of love.
God is loving but even the most fair judge has to be just if you do something wrong.
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Not even in human penal systems is punishment eternal. Much too draconian for a God of love.
God did not create Satan.God created Satan. God created Lucifer. Evil exists because of free will. You can't be perfect with free will.
God: “I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy.” (Ex. 33)
God’s promise for mercy was ultimately extended to whomever would live by faith, not necessarily those who required the law of Moses, nor necessarily those who descended from Abraham.
Man men O world community.Romans 9:15 doesn't mean that God chooses who will be saved. Analysis of Romans 9 and Calvinistic Arguments
so you’re sure about the thief on the cross, but not sure about Hitler. What does that say about your confidence in your theology of salvation?That's between him and God. `
Right! Which is why we are not “born into sin.” We take on sin.Because of the fall nature isn't how it's supposed to be. Genesis 3:18
I didn’t say it did. There is no need for God to choose; God has already ordained that humanity will be saved.doesn't mean that God chooses who will be saved
that doesn’t address the point. Even the strictest human judge does not punish for ever. What is just where love is the law, is that love will prevail — and all the attendant attributes: compassion, mercy (see Romans), forbearance, reconciliation.God is loving but even the most fair judge has to be just if you do something wrong.
that doesn’t address the point. Even the strictest human judge does not punish for ever. What is just where love is the law, is that love will prevail — and all the attendant attributes: compassion, mercy (see Romans), forbearance, reconciliation.
I didn’t say it did. There is no need for God to choose; God has already ordained that humanity will be saved.
Where did hundreds of millions of Christians, over the last 2,000 years, ever get the notion that the way to eternal life was narrow, and that few would enter by the narrow gate to be saved? That notion, of course, came directly from the lips of our beloved Lord Jesus himself:
“Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?” He said to them, “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.” –Luke 13:22-24
Right! Which is why we are not “born into sin.” We take on sin.
We cannot simply assume that children are “innocent” and are therefore exempt from the penalties of sin. The Bible teaches clearly that infants are in a state of sin and need to be regenerated. They, like all humanity, can be saved only through Christ.
Ps. 51:5 — “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; and in sindid my mother conceive me.”
John 3:6 — “That which is born of the flesh is flesh.”
Rom. 5:14 — “Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the likeness of Adam's transgression.”
In Matthew 19:14, Jesus warned against forbidding children to come to Him. This account testifies that children, just as adults, need to come to Christ.
so you’re sure about the thief on the cross, but not sure about Hitler. What does that say about your confidence in your theology of salvation?
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
That is just a terribly dishonest defensive verse. It is actually evidence against the Bible.
Human memories own a human claim once human life never died.Two claims have been advanced without evidence:
"I think whatever condition he was in was not death
I think he returned from a state that was medically similar to death"
Isn't the burden on the one making a claim to provide evidence to support the claims?
I did not make either of those claims. But yes, a person needs to be able to support those claims somehow if a person made them.Two claims have been advanced without evidence:
"I think whatever condition he was in was not death
I think he returned from a state that was medically similar to death"
Isn't the burden on the one making a claim to provide evidence to support the claims?
The swoon theory doesn't have eyewitness evidence. The Crucifixion of Jesus and Islamic denial | carm.org
Neither do the crucifixion or resurrection.
I don't think anyone is supporting the "swoon theory here so why even bring it up?I believe the swoon theory doesn't have any valid evidence.
Except that it is very unlikely that John wrote the book of John. That is only Christian tradition, it is not based upon facts or evidence. John was the last gospel written. It is the least likely to have any eyewitness testimony in it at all.I believe John who wrote the book of John was both at the Crucifixion and went to the empty tomb and saw the risen Jesus.