JD wrote:
Peter,
You wrote
God explicitly states,over and over again, that there is now NO DIFFERENCE between Jew and Gentile. They are one body
God wrote
1Co 10:32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:

Now I know you either have zero understanding or are deliberately obtuse. That text speaks of the church (Jews and Gentiles) Jews (those who hate Christ and persecute the church) and Gentiles (non-Jewish unbelievers). You answered none of the many texts I gave you. It is as was said earlier - you like to parade as someone who knows much but you are seriously steeped in ignorance. You know nothing of reformed theology. Your statements announce you have not read any of the reformers.
As for he who calls himselft the Cure - I think of you as The Curse, as you seem to be cursed with perpetual dribble. I had hoped to find reasonaby intelligent debate on this site. All I find are blind zealots who talk and act like they were converted yesterday and now think they have a firm grasp on the truth. I have better things to do with my time than reason with children. So - Adios - happy arguing.

JD wrote:
Hog J. Wash!
There is a doctrine of the Holy Spirit in the Scriptures and to isolate one verse that refutes the whole body of doctrine in the Scriptures is a mishandling of the Word of God. If the OT saints were permenantly indwelt by the Spirit of God, then there would have been no reason for Christ to have died since reconciling with God could have been accomplished by simply believing.

Now I know your theology is of the make-it-up-as-you-go-along kind.
You have just shown you are totally devoid of any Old Testament understanding. The Old Testament saints were saved by grace, through faith in the blood of the Lamb slain from before the foundation of the world as applied to them by the Spirit of God. Regeneration, sanctification and justification are not possible without the operation of the Spirit of God.
When Nicodemus questioned Jesus about the rebirth, Jesus did NOT say, "This is a New Testament concept, let me explain it to you!" He said, "Are you THE teacher of Israel and do not know these things?" Why don't you read your Bible, along with some basic helpful guidelines to help you understand, because it is becoming increasingly obvious that you havebn't got the first clue what you are talking about.

Lisa - your dreams seem to me to be more fantasy than Biblical truth. In heaven we will worship the Triune God. You see the picture of it in Rev 4. There are four elements of worship portrayed there, two of them preparatory. You prepare for worship by having a vision of the holiness of God and submitting everything to His absolute rule. Then you worship by casting your crowns before Him and vocally acknowledging His worthiness of all glory and praise. That is the Biblical picture. Your picture, although pretty, is little more than teenage fantasy. Sorry.

The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; and they will turn their ears away from the truth and be turned aside to fables (2Tim 3,4). Fables are beautiful stories like the one about the two brothers with names like Sound Doctrine and Discernment. They are beautiful man-made stories, designed to sound impressive but have no Biblical content or truth in them. The days of people preferring fables to truth are here now. The truth hurts! Fables are friendly and sweet and soothing. But God's word tells us to be discerning AND to have pure doctrine. Anything which departs from pure doctrine is heresy - even if it is wrapped up in a beautiful fable. Please don't place discernment and doctrine into opposition, for they are two sides of the same coin and can only exist side by side.

Now I know why you Arminian Dispensationalists are such scared little fear mongerers. You really do believe that Satan is ruling and that half-mighty God is powerless to do anything about it right now. Wow - I am so sorry for you. The God of my Bible does whatever He pleases and no one (not even that monkey-on-a-leash Satan) can ask Him, "What are You doing?" The God of my Bible "has sat His King on His holy hill in Zion." The Jesus of my Bible has all power and auhority and this is why He could give the great commission. The best your god can do is try to get those who were clever enough to "make a decision for Jesus" out of this world and into safety before it all goes totally out of his control. What a miserable form of Christianity you have been taught!