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  1. FutureAndAHope

    How flexible is God's planning

    You preach as though God can not change His mind. You quoted: Num 23:19 "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? But that is 100% not stating God cannot change His mind...
  2. FutureAndAHope

    How flexible is God's planning

    Call the truth, a big scary word like "Anthropomorphisms", but it does not change the truth that God "saw" and God regretted. Ditch your doctrines for the truth.
  3. FutureAndAHope

    How flexible is God's planning

    I believe the Bible. So, no He is not, in the sense that you present it. He is just powerful enough to put constraints or limits on man's free will.
  4. FutureAndAHope

    How flexible is God's planning

    Really? Then why did God "see" the sinfulness of man, and then regret making man, if He already knew? We need to believe the bible, not our preconceived, or taught, view of God.
  5. FutureAndAHope

    How flexible is God's planning

    We must believe the bible's definition of God's knowledge (Him allowing free will), not just assign Him a human term.
  6. FutureAndAHope

    How flexible is God's planning

    Sorry, but those scriptures point to the fact that God has a measure of control, and has knowledge of the heart of man; they do not endow God with a perfect foreknowledge. The scriptures I provided counter what you are saying. God clearly regretted making man. God, as God, has the right to...
  7. FutureAndAHope

    I cannot bring myself to trust

    No person is designed to go to hell. God desires salvation for every person He has created. If you read the early church, you will see that for the first 400 years they taught that man has "free will", and we work in synergy with God to inherit salvation. It was only Augustine who introduced the...
  8. FutureAndAHope

    How flexible is God's planning

    Although I believe God has a plan for His creation, I believe it flexes with man's choices. The fact is God does not "cause" any man to sin. Sin, specifically fornication can lead to childbirth, and whole generations of change. So God's plan must flex, with the choices of people. Do we see...
  9. FutureAndAHope

    Can an evil spirit acknowledge that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh?

    This is true. 1Co 14:29 Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others judge.
  10. FutureAndAHope

    Ughh not again...

    Praying
  11. FutureAndAHope

    Can an evil spirit acknowledge that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh?

    In my opinion demons will say what ever they think will gain them the greatest advantage. If they come to you with a message, that is not of God, they may well say "Jesus is the son of God", why, they want you to believe a lie. It is very hard to discern voices, and spiritual messages. Although...
  12. FutureAndAHope

    Gal 2:16 and Rom 2:13 : Works of the Law Justifies or not?

    Not only Paul, but Jesus stressed that the "doers of the law will be declared righteous". Mat 5:17-20 "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle...
  13. FutureAndAHope

    Does man have a freewill ?

    John 8:34 does not mean a person can not escape their sins, for we see "If the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed." Joh 8:34-36 Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son...
  14. FutureAndAHope

    Does man have a freewill ?

    You mention that man has a will, meaning man could make choices to sin, etc. We know that God does not cause man to sin: James 1:13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. So it is not God's sovereign will...
  15. FutureAndAHope

    Healing Spiritual Gift?

    It sounds like what is happening is the Spirit is leaving the sick person, and attacking the person who is praying. As I don't have this kind of experience myself I can not comment. It would not be that the person has a problem, it may be they have misunderstood how the Spirit realm operates...
  16. FutureAndAHope

    All God wanted from the Apostles were saved, or did He want more?

    The way to look at this is that the Bible was written by people who had contact with Jesus, this is why the Bible is so important. If anything external writing goes against the Bible, then we can safely know it is not true. The problem with the idea of Sola Scriptura however, is it can be an...
  17. FutureAndAHope

    God is with me, but I just don't care

    In what ways, do you feel God is ignoring you?
  18. FutureAndAHope

    All God wanted from the Apostles were saved, or did He want more?

    For the first 400 years of church history the church taught "free will", not predestination. Justin Martyr especially brought up the topic of predestination, and foreknowledge. But lest some suppose, from what has been said by us, that we say that whatever happens, happens by a fatal...
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    All God wanted from the Apostles were saved, or did He want more?

    What you will find, especially if you talk to people from nations where the gospel is restricted today, is that God uses whatever method he can to save. Often through dreams and visions. In Iran for example, people speak of having Jesus physically turn up in their rooms. Apparently, this has...
  20. FutureAndAHope

    Help with John 12:32

    They were still seeing the Miracles of Acts, and being martyred for their faith. But preaching that man has free will. Predestination was not taught by any until 400 years after the church was born by Augustine. Who do you think really introduced heresy, tainting the nature of God? Here is the...
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