Philip. 3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

Paul flatly denies that he has attained being "PERFECT" in spite of the fact that Jesus said "Be ye therefore perfect EVEN AS your father in heaven IS perfect" (Mt. 5:46).

1. So has Christ commanded what even an apostle cannot "attain"?

2. Is the Apostle disobedient to Christ's command?

3. Was Christ...

God is sovereign when He opens the heart of man (His Sovereign choice) and gives him a choice to respond to him because that is the way God wants it done in His sovereignty. That is God's will and plan therefore this is not a Sovereignty issue.

You may disagree that this is the will of God but such a debate does not involve the sovereignty of God. We both see It seems to suggest that is only a pejorative and a way to beat others down. To engage this difference in this way is sophomoric,...

Which of the 9 gifts of the Holy Ghost, listed in 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, do you believe are still in effect today? All, some, none? If you wish to comment, please provide scriptures of why or why not.

I have had another example the past couple of days of someone saying they “know” a certain event— extraordinary, or perhaps less so— comes by the influence of a newly deceased loved one. My sister-in-law’s grandmother died early Wednesday morning in a nursing home, having been there for about 2 years with Alzheimer’s disease. My sister-in-law says she ‘inherited’ her grandmother’s love of outdoors and gardening, so when she looked outside this morning and saw just one white iris blooming in...

I've seen people mentioned things along the lines of the subject line here, and had it mentioned to me multiple times.

I've always brushed it off and gone about my life. I have 3 Bibles I look at on a consistent basis: KJV, NKJV, and NASB. But I guess I don't get why one is THE one, and the others are a "perversion"...if you will.

I do realize that some translations aren't word for word, but thought translations, but leaving those out...someone tell me why the KJV is the only one?

It seems that different seminaries disagree on what books are graduate level and what are not. Books like the following I would place at the graduate level.

The Gospel According to Jesus
ReckLess Faith
Charasmatic Chaos
The Serpent of Paradise
Has God Spoken?
Desiring God
A Ready Defense

So what is your view on this? Some books in my library I would not consider academic, but some are used in seminaries regardless of my view. The book "Share Jesus Without Fear" is my best example.

IF seeing them for today, gifts of the HS, what verse and what function do they perform in the Body?

The Bible teaches us that Elijah went to Heaven in a whirlwind.

But aren't we taught that before the Cross those who believed in Jehovah went to Paradise? Were Moses and Elijah exceptions?

Thoughts?

That tell through a story facts to us in literary form?

There is no question that the Christian Liberal/Humanist will have a hotter hell than the Mormon because they are in the church and pretending to be the real deal. This does not make Mormonism safe, but it wont be hotter for them than the liberal. People like Brian McLaren which I believe may be a true and real liberal more powerful and more satanic than someone like Joel Osteen whom is a self-help and prosperity gospel advocate whom no question is a false teacher, but maybe on the same...