Evidence for God from Science

B.W. God CANNOT change His Mind, and none of the verses you showed above support this. Even an Arminian would have to agree to this if he wants to promote his “foreknowledge” stuff. Afterall, if God “foreknew” He would change His mind, He never really changed it. B.W.:God can change His mind???? ...

B.W. And you still haven't answered my questions. God said that He would will raise up evil against David out of his own house, and take his wives and give them to his neighbor, and that He will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. (2 Samuel 12:11-12). Did God do that? Was Absalom p...

B.W. Your last two posts have nothing of substance whatsoever. They are as inconsistent as every stand you have made so far. (ie. God can change His Mind, and God's Counsel will stand forever). Which is it? God cannot change His mind. That, my friend, is a doctrine of man unsupported by Scripture, ...

… you are twisting the biblical meaning of foreknowledge. There is absolutely nothing in the Bible about God predestinating a “foreknowledge of choice, faith, works” etc. This is a pipe dream of Arminians, who want God to bow down before their idol of free will and his goddess Contingency. Besides...

You are simply repeating the arguments over and over that God's "predestination" is contingent on His "foreknowledge". That, by definition, is not predestination. And you still haven't answered my questions. What did God "foreknow" that caused Him to predestine? 4267 —...

B.W. Not only is "extreme predeterminism" biblical (See Isaiah 46:9-11; Daniel 4:35; Acts 15:18; Eph. 1:11), it is what makes God God. Without it, we live in a world governed by undesigned chance or blind fate. God's sovereignty is denied, and God is not God. Maybe you can answer the foll...

We can argue endlessly is faith simple, or is it complex, or even simply complex, and get nowhere fast. What you have faith in shapes what you do and how you live. Simple faith makes more sense as described in Mathew 18:1-6. Jesus clarified the type and kind of faith that saves and this was what was...

Hey, hey! I wasn't justifying crimes! I was merely asserting that if all little children are 'blessed', it's a strange blessing that allows for such horrible things to happen to children. What I was saying is: don't automatically extend Jesus's blessing to all little children when He blessed only a...

As far as God's Word goes, God makes to pretense whatsoever of "free-will". In fact, it is denied at every turn. (John 1:13; Romans 9:16). I'll concede that we can't by any act of our own will save ourselves, but what about after we are saved? Do we have free will to walk in the Spirit or...

This is the question that's gnawing at me, why the illusion of free will then? Why make me look like I have a choice when in fact I do not? Why make me feel like I'm in control of my choices then yank them from right under me? Don't you think that's a little deceitful? This confuses me too. If the ...

No, he blessed those particular little ones. :wink: If you are going to defend that Jesus blesses every single little child, are you going to deny child abuse? Or do you hold that all children receive spiritual blessings, which evaporate when they reach maturity? Interesting point but how does chil...

Points to Consider-Again: "God has mercy on whom he wills..." Romans 9:18 The moment a person is born; God shows mercy because that is his will. How that person responds to it is up to that person. This where many people err, they do not comprehend God's mercy as new every morning. They f...

But far be it from me to say anything definite on what happens to infants after death... Puritan lad is right that Scripture doesn't say anything about it, so maybe we shouldn't worry about it too much either. God's ways are mysterious. Maybe they will be allowed, maybe not. Maybe it's none of our ...

One More Time, Step Back, Take a Look: Here is a paraphrase rendering of Jeremiah 1:5 with the meanings of key Hebrew words added in. This illustrates how deep and vast God's foreknowing is: Jeremiah 1:5, “Before I formed, predestined, you in the womb I knew, already was intimately acquainted with ...

Note : this thread assumes Total Depravity. That issue can be discussed in other threads. In his essay on Unconditional Election , JP Holding champions Prevenient Grace. 'Prevenient' means 'coming before'. This doctrine claims that men are dead in sins and therefore unable to come to God without Go...