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  1. Lon

    On the omniscience of God

    Yes, when He created. If by 'time' you mean 'doing something' I'd acquiesce that aspect of time, God wasn't sitting unmoving in a void. For us, however, our grasp of time is very much tied to our physical perceptions. Even in heaven from Revelation, there is a throne, people around Jesus...
  2. Lon

    On the omniscience of God

    Interestingly, I gave the same argument. Time is a property only of a physical universe. God is relational, as per ozos concern, to time thus involved with it, but it is essential that we see God as not constrained in any way, by containers. Time measured physical change and duration.
  3. Lon

    Why are parents stupid?

    There is a difference then. Good to keep in mind in these conversations.
  4. Lon

    Our Moral God

    This is a bit like "Mathematics." You might say God is 'Mathematical' but it isn't the same for God as for us. All of our grasp and thoughts are 'discovered' and learned. "Logic" is a 'making sense of' and so in a real sense, most of the time, 'simple logic' is 'human logic,' by its very...
  5. Lon

    Our Moral God

    My answer: Read the full context. The prophets of Israel were making up lies. Micaiah reported their thinking as well as what was behind it, clearly, if there were lies, they were expelled at this point and made plain else Micaiah would have 'thwarted God' at that point. Because of that...
  6. Lon

    Why are parents stupid?

    Struck me: Didn't you attend school in England? (such likely affects perhaps a stark difference in conversation here)
  7. Lon

    Err On The Side Of LOVE.

    It's good. Unless we have very specific intent through discipline and correction, when we 'err' it should be on the side of Grace. We aren't God so have to leave a good much in His incorruptible hands especially when an err may be the result.
  8. Lon

    Our Moral God

    Definition may help: log•ic lŏj′ĭk► n. The study of the principles of reasoning, especially of the structure of propositions as distinguished from their content and of method and validity in deductive reasoning. n. A system of reasoning. 1) Logic is NOT an absolute but the process of...
  9. Lon

    Our Moral God

    It means, literally, Christ can do HIS work without your or my mental gymnastics or prowess. HE will and does make and mold us in His image else there is no need to address incorrect theology. Yep. I truly believe God answers prayer. God appeals to the whole sense of who we are and the...
  10. Lon

    Are you Going to Heaven?

    Well, cart before horse if I were, so no. Rather, akin to Ephesians 2:10 and 2 Corinthians 5:17. I'm not as much 'saying' as genuinely asking. Do I have scriptural thoughts and directives in mind? Yes, but I'm genuinely interested in what you see as true here regarding sanctification. As...
  11. Lon

    For What Purpose Did God Create the Planets That We Call "Mars," "Venus," "Saturn," "Jupiter," etc.?

    Not sure what you are asking. Are you familiar with celestial and terrestrial terms? It may be the key that unlocks your understanding. I may be incorrect, but it seems you are confusing the two as one. Both are different and not the same.
  12. Lon

    Are you Going to Heaven?

    1 John 2:6? Then perhaps 2 Peter 1:5-9 Or even Paul's directive to follow him as he Follows Christ. "More like Christ" is awkward, but it seems the sentiment is to grow/excel in the fruit of the Spirit. Perhaps this was answered further in thread, but I didn't catch your response...
  13. Lon

    JudgeRightly's PotD March 10, 2020

    Thank you. I pray it blesses. -Lon
  14. Lon

    Another tally of anti-trinitarian threads

    I'm not sure if you can grasp this, but what you just said is a rationalization. An 'if/then' that isn't demonstrably true. It isn't a horrible assumptions but it IS an assumption. RATHER we need to read all of scripture and not pit one scripture against another. Clearly, John 20:28...
  15. Lon

    Another tally of anti-trinitarian threads

    :sigh: John 20:28 Thomas said to Jesus, "You are the Lord of me, and God of me." 1 John 5:7,8 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water...
  16. Lon

    What is Jesus saying here?

    You can't. It is exactly as I stated. There is no scholar on the face of the earth than can disagree that John 8:58 simply reads "before Abraham was, I am." Nobody can dispute that. You simply cannot disagree on any grounds. There aren't any. The verse reads exactly as I said. It isn't...
  17. Lon

    What is Jesus saying here?

    I'd thought you didn't believe in the pre-exististence of the Lord Jesus Christ 🤔 At any rate, I'm not sure Trinitarians would disagree on a few of your observations. They might argue against it, when discussing the structure of verse 58, 59. If you are saying that they picked up stones...
  18. Lon

    What is Jesus saying here?

    🤔 Not on grammatical grounds you don't.... There is no 'reason' to think so other than Christadelphian/Unitarian/Arian your whole life. That's a 'theological' construct pressed 'into' (not taken out of) the context. There were modifiers previously, not in the last.
  19. Lon

    What is Jesus saying here?

    :nono: Simply two identical words, importantly, truncated in John 8:58. "I am" IS the meaning of John 8:58. Simply read it, grammatically, for the emphasis and LET it dictate your theology, as I let it do mine. We are on opposite sides theologically, the same side, grammatically. The...
  20. Lon

    The Yahweh Name

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