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Does the nonbeliever need to hear, they are destined for hell? Will that sound like "Love" to the nonbeliever? Are you saying: "Love comes by learning about Jesus", since that would make those who learn deserving of something?

Love grows with use as our faith grows, but I am talking about initial obtaining of Love.

How does the nonbeliever first obtain Agape or Godly type Love? Godly type Love is not instinctive (robotic, some knee jerk reaction). Godly type Love is not forced on a person like a shotgun wedding with God holding the shotgun. Godly type Love is way beyond human ability to learn, develop...

I agree we really need to understand “trust, faith and truth”, but I do not agree with, we “Love” first which leads to faith and thrust. We must “Love” to obey or do anything worthy, but that does not mean it has to come first. I use the familiar prodigal son story a lot, but it is also what I...

We agree: “nowhere does it say Adam did not believe God”. Your explanation has: “the serpent accidentally pushed her into the tree, and nothing happened. Then she believed the serpent.” Which is totally made up. This “addition” seems to be there to help justify Eve eating the fruit. I fully...

I am not saying Adam did not sin, because Adam did sin. It sounds to me that Adam's wonderful love for Eve was greater than his love for God at that time. Adam was not trying to get Eve in trouble but was trying to get himself out of trouble somehow, Adam knew they both had sinned. Where are...

You say: "Therefore, not believing God was Adam's first mistake (sin).", but I do not find that in scripture and in fact find "Adam was not deceived". Adam knew what he was doing, but he was "with" Eve where "with" means something other than just close proximity. Adam and Eve had become "one"...

All people have a God given faith to worship something, a person has to direct that faith toward God believing God could forgive them. Repentance (turning) can be done by anyone just look at the prodigal son's turning (for selfish reason [undeserved help from his father]). The "turning" does...

There are always many "lessons" you can get from a parable, look at the ones Jesus did explain to us.

It is a parable, so what does a Jew starving to death wanting to eat with pig he is feeding represent in the spiritual meaning, to those first century Jews, Jesus is addressing? This is not just some handout to someone down on their luck, but a deserved disciplining (punishment) on someone...

He was going to starve to death in the worst place a Jew could imagine (representing a hell on earth).

The prodigal son story has salvation in it for the young son, but it also leaves the Pharisees (the older son) with the question: will you share a table with the Gentiles? Was the young son needing to be saved from the pigsty?

In the Prodigal son story you have the young son "repenting" changing his direction as a result of him individually coming to his senses anf turning to the father. He did nothing worthy, deserving, holy, righteous or honorable, but out of a selfish desire (sinful) for some kind of life, he...

I asked: "Do you feel an individual can do stuff which does not bring glory to God?" and you said: "Yes" But are you not saying "No" here?

Again, you are putting up some strawman argument, since our thoughts are not "controlling" God, but God's Love is controlling God's behavior.

If man can do stuff which does not bring Glory to God than man is making this God provided free will choice to bring or not bring glory to God.

I have asked that question also. Getting people to vote for you includes getting people to vote against your opponent, which means putting them down, so can a Christian put others down?

If God can only do the very best thing for the individual, then the free will thoughts and actions of the individual will determine what God does for that individual. The individual is pulling his own strings up to the point the individual will never accept God's help.

Do you feel an individual can do stuff which does not bring glory to God? An if so, could Job have done something which did not bring God glory?

you asked us not to set up some straw man argument. I did not say humans could not control their own thoughts with the help of the Holy Spirit and Godly type Love. Again, "things we do", does not have to include things we think. God can stop people from thinking stuff, but sin is not the...