Free will
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LOOK UPON ME whom they have PIERCED – JESUS in Zech. 12:10
They shall look upon me whom they have PIERCED! (Zech. 12:10) The prophet Zechariah is talking about a day in the future (from his perspective) where “he that is feeble among…
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Proverbs 21:1 The king’s heart is turned wherever God wants?
Proverbs 21:1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will It’s never a good idea to use a…
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Declaring the end from the beginning – Isaiah 46:9-10 – does not mean God predestines sin
Isaiah 46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning,…
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“I will have mercy on who I will have mercy”, but not unconditionally – Rom. 9:15
Rom. 9:15 FOR HE SAITH TO MOSES, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion This is…
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Are you stiff-necked and resist the Holy Ghost against the will of God? – Acts 7:51
Acts 7:51 Ye STIFFNECKED and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always RESIST THE HOLY GHOST: as your fathers did, so do ye. sklérotrachélos (Greek): stiff-necked, stubborn, obstinate (Strong’s 4644) oreph (Hebrew): back of…
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The pharisees REJECTED the counsel of God, and God’s will can be thwarted (Luke 7:30)
God doesn’t want anyone to perish, but people DO perish God certainly doesn’t want anyone to perish, but things don’t always turn out the way God wants. God COULD of…
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95 Open Theism verses
Originally posted on reality is not optional: This is worth reproducing in whole. From ApologeticJedi from TheologyOnline: 1. God worked in six day-divided time spans, but rested on the seventh…
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The Apostle JUDAS was probably once SAVED
Judas Iscariot was one of Jesus’ disciples and a chosen APOSTLE. In order to be qualified for a position like this there are certain conditions that apply and that Judas apparently…
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Did AUGUSTINE corrupt the church with gnostic doctrine? (Yes)
This is a well researched must-see film for all who are curious about the views prior to Augustine of Hippo who lived between 350-430 AD. We often hear about the…
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Born not of blood but OF GOD, and not unconditionally (John 1:13)
John. 1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but OF GOD This emphasizes God’s role in our spiritual rebirth…
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Interesting calvinistic contradictions and paradoxes
CALVINISM and its contradictions and paradoxes If you engage yourself in discussions with calvinists you must be prepared for that they will contradict themselves and express themselves with lots of…
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The unbiblical TULIP (five points of calvinism) stands or falls together
Calvinist theology is usually identified with the five points of Calvinism – TULIP, and this concept derived around the year 1619 due to the happenings in the famous Synod of…
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Are some of us CHOSEN to salvation from the beginning? (2 Thess. 2:13)
2 Thess. 2:13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation THROUGH sanctification…
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“I form the light and create darkness, I make peace, and create EVIL”? (Isaiah 45:7)
Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create EVIL: I the Lord do all these things (KJV) Isaiah 45:7 I form the light and create darkness, I make…
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It’s a choice to be CHILDREN OF WRATH – Ephesians 2
Children of wrath and God’s election in Ephesians 2 There are some who believe that God randomly selects people to be saved and ignore the rest, and they try to…
