The verse says absolutely nothing at all against people in the OT being born again.
The verse says absolutely nothing at all against people in the OT being born again.
2Kings2v11As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. 12Elisha...
Abraham's bosom has been quoted to me since the 70s and as far as I am concerned its just nonsense to make a doctrine out of it.
Abraham's bosom was just a metaphor for going to the same place that...
I am not sure why you posted this scripture as your explanation negates its value. Jesus being the firstborn simply refers to his status or pre-eminence.
This scripture is also true for the...
Its exactly the same even after Jesus died and was raised. OT and NT, all who live outside of God are under the curse of sin.
You cannot simply dismiss John1v12. As many as received him, to them...
The theology of being born again was a common concept at the time which is obviously why Jesus nailed Nicodemus on that point. All through the Gospels we see Jesus making use of what was already...
Not an exact answer, but this demonstrates conditionality of prophecies. If it happens in scripture, it can still apply today.
1Kings11v29About that time Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, and...
Maybe this should be started elsewhere, but-
None of the above implies anything against OT people being born again by the spirit of God.
The following scripture although given in the New...
Many years ago, we had a christian friend living with us for a while as he recovered from a painful divorce. We were there to give him stability while he tried to get his life back in order.
During...
If King David was not born again, then he didn't belong to God.
I don't want to derail the thread any further, but every saint from Adam onwards was born again just as we are. The idea that being...
Good job they didn't tear all the words of King David out of the bible after the Bathsheba incident isn't it.
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My wife and I left the institutional system about many years ago after the Lord called us out.
Since then we have met in homes with like minded people seeking the Lord. That was until the Lord told...
Once about 10 years ago when the fellowship was in deep worship, I looked up and clearly saw a figure sitting amongst the musicians on a chair right behind the keyboard player. He was dressed in a...
Maybe this is the Jesus that the Indiana woman has married. They should be good for one another, although all that blood is sure to mess up her nice white wedding dress.
Oh Noooo, not again....."Kardashians all over the media!"
Not heard that expression before.
Is it a bit like "when the xxxx hits the fan"?
I shall have to look for the right place to use it.
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I have many different tongues which I use in worship prayer or for interpretation. Over the years I have noticed many individual words amongst the tongues that I can recognise from other sources....
OK, delete and editing is a great facility.
But what I hate, yes hate,
I HATE with vengeance
is when I have spent ages constructing a most erudite long post, and the forum decides completely of...
It might be easier of we dumped the word "tithing", and just said "tenthing", for that is what the word actually means. In that context, @wheeze was therefore not tithing or tenthing because 10%...
If you want to understand the disaster that Obamacare will degenerate into, just look at the the British NHS, the National Health Service. Everyone here in the UK worships the NHS and constantly...
Been booted off several forums before. (Mods take note!Lol)
On one, I was just arguing for freewill and personal responsibility, that's all. Then I made the mistake of pointing out that, as was...
True Colonel, true, but lets put Drake in the context of the right time period. The 1500s, not 2000s
Most black slaves were captured and sold by their fellow Africans.
African and middle...
Francis Drake to most people was just a pirate. In reality he was a faithful man of God fighting for spiritual freedom in a bloodthirsty Catholic world.
Drake did more than just sink Spanish ships...
Deluded people might explain it away like that, but the facts stand against them.
One of the most prolific agricultural products of that area was the grape. Jesus used vineyards grapes and wine...
Speaking as a Gentile believer to a Jewish believer, you might want to reconsider the perception of "salvation" from a specifically Jewish perspective rather than a christian one.
I believe that...