Theology

Adam was created on the sixth day along with Eve. After the sixth day God look upon the earth and said that, what he had created was good. Adam and Eve were created good. They were not recreated. Creation stopped on the end of the sixth day. So what changed? The only thing scripture teaches us that changed was the introduction of Satan in the Garden. This was the predestined act that God had already knew was going to happen. The book of life was written before the foundations of the earth. So God ...

"A Strong Word of Warning...Part II"

As we have seen, James opens the fifth chapter, which is really a continuation of the last paragraph of the fourth chapter, with a condemnation of those who abuse and lust after riches. He is talking to a culture that viewed the rich as largely favored by God, and the ones who were closest to Him. But, as James cries out, they are saving up a treasure which will rot and consume them. It is a warning to those who abuse the things of this world, ...

What follows now is a fairly complete review of Paul's points in I Cor. 15--along with some additional related observations and so on.

And so, here is the first portion of the text:

I Cor. 15
1Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand,
2by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

OK. ...

'A Stron Word Of Warning'

The pivot from the end of chapter four to the start of chapter five is very important to catch. It is masked by the misleading chapter and verse markings that were never in the original manuscripts. In the original, 4:13-5:6 is all one paragraph and is a description of one main thought. But, in many translations this is broken up into several thoughts, and so the unity of James on this issue is lost:
'Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow ...

Within as little as 7 years after he writes A Spiritual Man (1928), Watchman Nee (1903-1972) has backed off his view of the role of obedience and will power in the spiritual life of the believer.

At least by the mid-1930's, Nee 'spiritualizes' our role in the sanctification process to the point where all we are to do is surrender, believe on His promises, pray, praise Him, read the Word, consecrate (or place into His hands) our bodies, and walk by the Spirit -- which ...