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by fedexguy
Fri Aug 05, 2005 9:16 pm
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Free will / Adam and Eve
Replies: 23
Views: 7555

great thought lines guys, I think we are heading in the right direction here. if I may drop a note here I would like to inject another line of reasoning on "original" sin. evil was possible because God gave creatures free moral choice(man and angels as far as scripture reveals are the only...
by fedexguy
Sat Jul 16, 2005 11:43 am
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: A Former Christian wants to believe
Replies: 6
Views: 2745

fedhykin, I would like to submit for your obviously intelligent consideration that you purchase a book to read. It is by Norman Geissler and Frank Turek title "I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist". It will walk you from the very foundations of truth and the other questions that you ...
by fedexguy
Sat Jul 16, 2005 11:30 am
Forum: Philosophical Discussions
Topic: Is the Bible political?
Replies: 4
Views: 2513

you have many improper assumptions not the least of which is that God is not sovereign because He has given creatures(those He created) choice to follow or not. God is omniscient and as a result He was able to create the best of ALL possible worlds being able to take into account any and all variabl...
by fedexguy
Sat Jul 16, 2005 11:12 am
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: what is our purpose?
Replies: 14
Views: 4897

our purpose is to bring Glory to God. If we accept the Gospel we will bring glory by being changed through His good work for us who are unable to work good. If we reject the Gospel then we bring glory to God by exhibiting the perfect justice of a Holy God. I guess the main question is how will you d...
by fedexguy
Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:35 am
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: the same Holy Spirit?
Replies: 7
Views: 2363

Kateliz, I am fully convinced that Bible study with the illumination of the Holy Spirit and other forms of service are ways to maturity in Christ, but I do not agree with you that it is complicated. I have lived 42 years in the dark of the mind of man living a very complicated life of non-dependence...
by fedexguy
Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:18 am
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: the same Holy Spirit?
Replies: 7
Views: 2363

you see there is my quandry, I believe more closely to the teachings of Mr. Graham, so quite naturally I think he is more closely following the Holy Spirit as I am. However, just because I agree with some points as Mr. Graham, I find that the Pope or other "men" also have some elements of ...
by fedexguy
Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:21 am
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: the same Holy Spirit?
Replies: 7
Views: 2363

the same Holy Spirit?

Riddle me please, how do 2 men read the same Bible and being illuminated by the same Holy Spirit come up with diametrically opposed views? the most easily spotted of these is election versus free will. one group say 5 point Calvinism is true while another equally Godfearing group of Arminians say th...
by fedexguy
Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:19 am
Forum: Creation Talk
Topic: dinosaurs and man coexisted?
Replies: 153
Views: 43774

I don't think that there is a question of man coexisting with the dino's(for the record we still do if we live today with the celacanth, many large lizards and sharks and crocodiles) I only wonder if we have a young earth or an old earth since the fossil records do not seem to have any common animal...
by fedexguy
Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:58 am
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Church = Spiritual Israel?
Replies: 30
Views: 10811

Deborah, I think you hit the nail square on the head and drove it on home. Israel was the instrument through which God revealed Himself to the entire world. And at any time during the Old Covenant a Non-Blood carrying Gentile could become a member of His people and if they followed the requirements ...
by fedexguy
Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:24 am
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Church = Spiritual Israel?
Replies: 30
Views: 10811

dear people, if we were to take off all of our filters of a preconceived idea of what is Isreal(i.e. dispensational, covenantal, etc.) and simply read the New Testament account of the work of Jesus Christ to reconcile man to relationship with God I think it is much simpler. It appears that Israel(th...
by fedexguy
Thu Jun 23, 2005 8:54 pm
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Jews
Replies: 114
Views: 32504

sorry to see that someone would swallow the law theory for the Jew. I do not know if you noticed while you studied your Bible, but the "church" was a Jewish entity entirely until Peter was shown the vision of the sheet in Acts as recorded by Luke. Gentiles were the mystery as they were inc...
by fedexguy
Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:51 pm
Forum: Philosophical Discussions
Topic: what is the Biblical evidence for Satan being an angel?
Replies: 13
Views: 5176

thanks, to all who responded I am still not sure whether Satan was ever an angel(as you can probably deduce I am tending to the no side) but I do know for certain that he is a created spirit that was able to enter the dwelling of God (e.g. Job) since we know that the triune God created all of this f...
by fedexguy
Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:05 am
Forum: Philosophical Discussions
Topic: what is the Biblical evidence for Satan being an angel?
Replies: 13
Views: 5176

on the subject of the name Lucifer, it is translated morning star in the NIV as is a probable rendering due to the fact that Morning Star IS a title given to kings in the near east. I did not invent the thought that this was a title given to Jesus since he is King of kings and Lord of lords it was a...
by fedexguy
Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:26 am
Forum: Philosophical Discussions
Topic: what is the Biblical evidence for Satan being an angel?
Replies: 13
Views: 5176

P.S.S. I am not trying to blame the Devil for my failures as related to God I have taken full credit for all of those things. I did not need any help from him to sin myself right the feet of my Lord Jesus Christ. And I am sure not going to complain about Adam's sin being put over to me either, since...
by fedexguy
Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:20 am
Forum: Philosophical Discussions
Topic: what is the Biblical evidence for Satan being an angel?
Replies: 13
Views: 5176

Calgary, not disrepectful in any way at all, but you should be very careful when you read the KJV in a wooden literal sense. The things in Ezekiel are not wooden literalism in any nature. If you really want to use this as a proof text how about this one from the KJV about what God created? Isaiah 45...