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    Featured Bible says God hardened Pharaoh’s heart ? ! ? — this is not in keeping with free will.

    Salvation is not based on what works and what doesn’t work for a person. Salvation comes when a person repents of their sins and comes to Jesus by faith for forgiveness. When that happens a relationship is formed between the sinner and the Savior. Anything else is not salvation per the Bible...
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    Featured Bible says God hardened Pharaoh’s heart ? ! ? — this is not in keeping with free will.

    Truth of scripture is what I stand on. And sometimes the truth hurts those who reject it.
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    Biblical Position on Mental Illness

    The Bible does not say this man had any type of mental illness. The Bible says this man was demon possessed. There is a distinction in the Bible regarding demon possession and mental illness: Matthew 4:24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were...
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    Featured Bible says God hardened Pharaoh’s heart ? ! ? — this is not in keeping with free will.

    Whose ethics are you using? The atheists? The agnostics? The religionists? God always does what's right regardless of the ethics man develops. If people don't understand or they disagree with actions God takes, the issue is with us and not God.
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    Featured Bible says God hardened Pharaoh’s heart ? ! ? — this is not in keeping with free will.

    If a person was a Christian at 13, 14, and 15, that person is still a Christian. The Bible teaches that believers are sealed until the day of redemption. Jesus said no one could remove one of His sheep from His hand. Therefore, if a person rejects salvation by faith in Christ now, that person...
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    Featured Bible says God hardened Pharaoh’s heart ? ! ? — this is not in keeping with free will.

    God does hold that standard. The problem is, we as people are not righteous. We can do good things, but that does not make us good. Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: Since we are all sinful creatures, we all deserve punishment (Rom.6:23). However, God made a way...
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    Featured Bible says God hardened Pharaoh’s heart ? ! ? — this is not in keeping with free will.

    I have the SwordSearcher program downloaded on my computer. It contains numerous commentaries of which Adam Clarke is one.
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    Featured Bible says God hardened Pharaoh’s heart ? ! ? — this is not in keeping with free will.

    All good atheists and agnostics know God gives people exactly what they want. And, all sins are equal in offense to God. You should know better than anyone why God would harden Pharaoh’s heart rather than softening it.
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    Featured Good Part — Jesus still loves his disciples even though he predicts Peter will deny him three times.

    Little theories are useless unless until they are put into actions.
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    Judas is blamed even though “Satan entered into him” in John, chapter 13

    Satan is not omnipotent. He cannot make anyone do anything they don’t already want to do. Judas was a thief who cared more for money than he did Jesus. So yes, Judas bears the responsibility of betraying Christ.
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    Featured Good Part — Jesus still loves his disciples even though he predicts Peter will deny him three times.

    So you basically do nothing to keep anyone out of Hell. The agape love of Christ, when received, keeps people out of eternal Hell and helps bring them through the hell we face on earth. My job as a believer is to tell everyone about the love of Jesus. I am actively involved on a daily basis in...
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    Featured Good Part — Jesus still loves his disciples even though he predicts Peter will deny him three times.

    Thinking about those horrible situations does not resolve them. So what do you do to prevent sexual abuse? What have you done about the war in Gaza and Ukraine?
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    “Codex Sinaiticus” from 300s is complete copy of both Old & New Testaments?

    Brave Clean Reverent These are the three you omitted
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    Featured Theory — the Greek “mystery religion” version of Christianity was already widespread at the time of Paul’s travels.

    It was a lot of traveling. But there was a huge motivation behind it. Jesus had commissioned Paul and all believers to spread the Gospel. Jesus has given us a great commission to tell all people how to avoid eternal separation from God.
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    Featured Are babies saved? Can they be saved?

    We refer to that as the age of accountability. This age varies depending on the individual child. Some children mature faster than others. Usually somewhere between the age of 6-10 is when most kids begin to understand the concept of sin.
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    Featured Are babies saved? Can they be saved?

    I don’t believe infants need to be saved since they would not be guilty of sin.
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    Featured Theory — the Greek “mystery religion” version of Christianity was already widespread at the time of Paul’s travels.

    The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and the Acts of the Apostles detail the beginning of the Christian faith. The Bible provides more details than maps do.