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@HvacRoar24011 Did Paul worship the flesh? Why did he go to the Jew first when h

@HvacRoar24011 Did Paul worship the flesh? Why did he go to the Jew first when he preached the gospel?

@HvacRoar24011 He doesn't consider his flesh as accounting for anything, nor wil

@HvacRoar24011 He doesn't consider his flesh as accounting for anything, nor will it save him. Again, you keep conflating salvation with God's purposes for Israel in the flesh which Paul clearly state

Ro 9:3-4 general

@HvacRoar24011 Paul the apostle says "First to the Jew and THEN to the Gentile"

@HvacRoar24011 Paul the apostle says "First to the Jew and THEN to the Gentile" ⎯ do you follow this?

@HvacRoar24011 You are calling me a liar and condemning me to hell for a non-ess

@HvacRoar24011 You are calling me a liar and condemning me to hell for a non-essential interpretation of scripture. Is that the fruit of a Christian? Please tell me.

@HvacRoar24011 Paul calls the Israelites his "kinsmen ACCORDING TO THE FLESH" “I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit, that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart. For I coul...

@HvacRoar24011 Paul calls the Israelites his "kinsmen ACCORDING TO THE FLESH" “I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit, that I have great

@HvacRoar24011 Read it again..."they are beloved on account of the fathers" and

@HvacRoar24011 Read it again..."they are beloved on account of the fathers" and "for the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable" -- Tell me, when was the gift and calling of God on the jews revoked

@HvacRoar24011 However, in the last days all Israel will be saved. Paul says that they are being blinded in part until the fulness of the Gentiles has been brought in which hasn't happened yet. And THEN all Israel will be saved, not "then the church ...

@HvacRoar24011 However, in the last days all Israel will be saved. Paul says that they are being blinded in part until the fulness of the Gentiles has been brought in which hasn't happened yet. And TH

@HvacRoar24011 The return from Babylon was a partial fulfillment. The exile to Babylon isn't considered as a scattering to the nations and the language in Ezekiel clearly has things that have not occurred as all Israel is not believing yet. If the c...

@HvacRoar24011 The return from Babylon was a partial fulfillment. The exile to Babylon isn't considered as a scattering to the nations and the language in Ezekiel clearly has things that have not occu

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@HvacRoar24011 There was always a mixed multitude including in the church where

@HvacRoar24011 There was always a mixed multitude including in the church where the wheat and tares are to be allowed to grow together until the harvest (Mt 13:29-30). When God divorced Israel becaus

Mt 13:29-30 question

2Ki 24:10-16 Eze 1:1 general

@HvacRoar24011 No, that is incorrect. Ezekiel was taken to Babylon in the first deportation (around 597 BC, when Jehoiachin was exiled, cf. 2Ki 24:10-16). His prophetic ministry began in the fifth year of that exile (Eze 1:1–2), about 593 BC. He co...

@HvacRoar24011 No, that is incorrect. Ezekiel was taken to Babylon in the first deportation (around 597 BC, when Jehoiachin was exiled, cf. 2Ki 24:10-16). His prophetic ministry began in the fifth y

@HvacRoar24011 If "The kingdom of God shall be taken away from [the Jews] and gi

@HvacRoar24011 If "The kingdom of God shall be taken away from [the Jews] and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits" which nation is this? Is the church a non-Jewish nation?

@HvacRoar24011 I said that no one is arguing about God rejecting believers. The whole point in Paul's discourse is about the physical descendants of Jacob and whether God rejected them. Do you think Revelation is complete? Who are the 12 tribes of Is...

@HvacRoar24011 I said that no one is arguing about God rejecting believers. The whole point in Paul's discourse is about the physical descendants of Jacob and whether God rejected them. Do you think R

@HvacRoar24011 In Ro 11:1-2, when Paul says “God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew”, he is explicitly referring to ethnic Israel, the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Paul identifies himself as proof: “For I too am an Is...

@HvacRoar24011 In Ro 11:1-2, when Paul says “God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew”, he is explicitly referring to ethnic Israel, the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Pau

Ro 11:1-2 general

@HvacRoar24011 Please explain to me⎯why would Paul have to argue that God has no

@HvacRoar24011 Please explain to me⎯why would Paul have to argue that God has not rejected Christians? Who are "His people"?

@HvacRoar24011 That there was no promise made to a people according to the flesh is provably false. You are ignoring many scriptures. “The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, all of us who are alive here today.” (Dt 5:3) ...

@HvacRoar24011 That there was no promise made to a people according to the flesh is provably false. You are ignoring many scriptures. “The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with u

Dt 5:3 debate

@HvacRoar24011 Of course I agree with the scriptures you keep bringing up. The p

@HvacRoar24011 Of course I agree with the scriptures you keep bringing up. The problem is what you are ignoring, not what we agree on. Do you think that a people called Israel exists today? Are you I

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals That's right, salvation is not based on your ethnic origin, not based on being a physical descendent of Abraham, but based on belief in Christ. You keep repeating the things we agree on and ignoring the script...

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals That's right, salvation is not based on your ethnic origin, not based on being a physical descendent of Abraham, but based on belief in Christ. You keep repeat

@HvacRoar24011 Right. And how did the Jewish leadership see Jesus? Who kept trying to put Paul to death? Yet Paul still continued to pray for their salvation and to preach the gospel to them first. Stop focusing on being persecuted. Jesus said that ...

@HvacRoar24011 Right. And how did the Jewish leadership see Jesus? Who kept trying to put Paul to death? Yet Paul still continued to pray for their salvation and to preach the gospel to them first. S

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals Why does Paul then after the cross consistently preach to the Jews first and then the Gentiles? Do you share the gospel with the Jew first? “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for s...

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals Why does Paul then after the cross consistently preach to the Jews first and then the Gentiles? Do you share the gospel with the Jew first? “For I am not asham

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals Yes, salvation is by faith and that has

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals Yes, salvation is by faith and that has nothing to do with your ethnicity. Yet, God obviously and clearly chose a people group according to the flesh for His o

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals If "all Israel" will be saved and Israel

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals If "all Israel" will be saved and Israel is the church, then is the church not yet saved? 🤔

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals Flesh and spirit represent walking accor

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals Flesh and spirit represent walking according to our lusts or according to God's ways. I also quoted from Paul where he speaks of the soul.

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals Yes, ultimately the saved are only those who are those who obey God. But God still chose a people and continued His promises made for the sake of their ancestors even though they were disobedient. You need to...

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals Yes, ultimately the saved are only those who are those who obey God. But God still chose a people and continued His promises made for the sake of their ancesto

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-02

@og_BYU @Pastor_Gabe The following passage refers to the incarnation, when God prepared a body for Jesus and not before this: “I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have fathered You.’” (Ps 2:7) And: ...

@og_BYU @Pastor_Gabe The following passage refers to the incarnation, when God prepared a body for Jesus and not before this: “I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ‘You are My

Ps 2:7 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-01

@Pastor_Gabe No, unfortunately we don’t. The Jesus of the Bible is the uncreated

@Pastor_Gabe No, unfortunately we don’t. The Jesus of the Bible is the uncreated creator and sustainer of everything in the universe. He wasn’t birthed as a spirit child of the union of Father and an

@Pri_sonMike @_JonChilds @Tony_717 @rcsprouljr To @_JonChilds - my intention is not to bash you. It is to highlight where LDS teaching differs from the Bible. I can be convinced I am wrong LDS teaching but if you want to change my views about Christ...

@Pri_sonMike @_JonChilds @Tony_717 @rcsprouljr To @_JonChilds - my intention is not to bash you. It is to highlight where LDS teaching differs from the Bible. I can be convinced I am wrong LDS teachi

Mormons teach that Jesus was lucky. Lucky to be the first spirit child of God t

Mormons teach that Jesus was lucky. Lucky to be the first spirit child of God the Father and a heavenly mother (who is never mentioned in scripture). He needed this so he could obtain firstborn righ

@_JonChilds @Tony_717 @Pri_sonMike @rcsprouljr So the LDS church has stopped tea

@_JonChilds @Tony_717 @Pri_sonMike @rcsprouljr So the LDS church has stopped teaching these things? Please explain.

@ropnogi @khix32 @BasedMikeLee That would make Mary no longer a virgin, right? S

@ropnogi @khix32 @BasedMikeLee That would make Mary no longer a virgin, right? So when she gave birth to Jesus, she wasn’t a virgin making scripture false.

@dallasreese @rcsprouljr I have spent 100s of hours speaking with mormons, have visited their services and seen their temple. I know what they believe and teach and agree that their views are fundamentally opposed to Christian doctrine in critical wa...

@dallasreese @rcsprouljr I have spent 100s of hours speaking with mormons, have visited their services and seen their temple. I know what they believe and teach and agree that their views are fundamen

@dallasreese @rcsprouljr Perhaps Mike got tired of his views being challenged.

@dallasreese @rcsprouljr Perhaps Mike got tired of his views being challenged. But what’s that got to do with you and me? And how was my question showing any inability to perform proper exegesis?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-29

@BasedMikeLee What does “Only Begotten Son of God” mean? Isn’t Jesus the spirit

@BasedMikeLee What does “Only Begotten Son of God” mean? Isn’t Jesus the spirit brother of Lucifer according to LDS teaching?

RT @ryanschatz: @hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast Paul keeps both truths: t

RT @ryanschatz: @hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast Paul keeps both truths: the church = one body of Jew & Gentile in Christ (Eph 2:14–1…

Eph 2:14 general

@hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast Israel is distinct from the church, yet both are connected in God’s plan. Paul calls Israel “beloved for the sake of the fathers” even while acknowledging unbelief (Ro 11:28). He warns Gentile believers not t...

@hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast Israel is distinct from the church, yet both are connected in God’s plan. Paul calls Israel “beloved for the sake of the fathers” even while acknowledging unbe

Ro 11:28 general

Eph 2:14 Gal 3:28 Ro 11:17 debate

@hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast So again, believers in Christ are one body, Jew and Gentile alike (Eph 2:14–16; Gal 3:28). There is no second way of salvation—only through Christ. The church is not outside God’s promises but grafted into the...

@hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast So again, believers in Christ are one body, Jew and Gentile alike (Eph 2:14–16; Gal 3:28). There is no second way of salvation—only through Christ. The church

Eph 2:14 Ro 11:25 general

@hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast Paul keeps both truths: the church = one body of Jew & Gentile in Christ (Eph 2:14–16), yet Israel remains distinct in God’s plan (Ro 11:25–29). That’s not ‘another gospel’. The gospel is Christ crucified &a...

@hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast Paul keeps both truths: the church = one body of Jew & Gentile in Christ (Eph 2:14–16), yet Israel remains distinct in God’s plan (Ro 11:25–29). That’s not ‘

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-26

@shrikepilled @rightresponsem Did Jesus kill His enemies? What example did He se

@shrikepilled @rightresponsem Did Jesus kill His enemies? What example did He set for us? How about the rest of the apostles—what example did they set for us? Aside from how a Christian is to respond

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-25

@psycicfrie77826 @rightresponsem Peter wasn’t a governing authority arresting an

@psycicfrie77826 @rightresponsem Peter wasn’t a governing authority arresting an evildoer to mete out sentencing. And neither are you I presume.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-25

@ItsAaronRich @Joel7Richardson Christian use of trumpet imagery (eg 1Th 4:16) is consistent with prophetic typology, not that the church is “overlaid” onto Jewish ritual. The church is a new entity, not a continuation of Israel under a different name...

@ItsAaronRich @Joel7Richardson Christian use of trumpet imagery (eg 1Th 4:16) is consistent with prophetic typology, not that the church is “overlaid” onto Jewish ritual. The church is a new entity, n

1Th 4:16 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-24

@The_Pilgrim67 @darwintojesus When referring to Christian, there is only the ind

@The_Pilgrim67 @darwintojesus When referring to Christian, there is only the individual believer and the group of individual believers forming a church. Are you saying that the colony was intended to

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-24

@bontrager_11304 @DefiantBaptist When you are not the people group chosen to bring the scriptures through and the messiah through it can seem like your tribe is not loved. Except that the plan was always to bless all nations through Abraham and his ...

@bontrager_11304 @DefiantBaptist When you are not the people group chosen to bring the scriptures through and the messiah through it can seem like your tribe is not loved. Except that the plan was al

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-22

Charlie Kirk was quite an interesting complementarian. He agreed with Erica tha

Charlie Kirk was quite an interesting complementarian. He agreed with Erica that she wouldn’t get remarried if he lost his life. And with the agreement of her board, she is now a “woman without a he

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-19

@residentreformr @sola_chad So the church existed at the time of King David? Be

@residentreformr @sola_chad So the church existed at the time of King David? Because back then—even as now—not all who were descended from Israel belong to Israel.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-19

@sola_chad Wait…ALL of the church WILL BE saved?? The church isn’t saved, but wi

@sola_chad Wait…ALL of the church WILL BE saved?? The church isn’t saved, but will be?

@jdenehar @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz There is a progression from thought entering

@jdenehar @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz There is a progression from thought entering one's mind, then speaking it and then the final act would be to command it. These are 3 separate things which all didn't

@jdenehar @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz The translators added in "to command them" but the Hebrew doesn't say this. The Hebrew is simply saying it didn't enter into His mind that they should do such a thing meaning He didn't decree it or plan it or comman...

@jdenehar @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz The translators added in "to command them" but the Hebrew doesn't say this. The Hebrew is simply saying it didn't enter into His mind that they should do such a thin

@ShawnWGillogly @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz But the Biblical situation is that God

@ShawnWGillogly @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz But the Biblical situation is that God has delegated authority to humans and then will judge them later based on how they did. He decreed man to have authority

@ronhenzel @CherylSchatz How can God ordain things that hadn’t even entered His

@ronhenzel @CherylSchatz How can God ordain things that hadn’t even entered His mind? https://t.co/dz3pKQ7T7j

@ronhenzel @CherylSchatz To allow and permit is not to ordain. So it’s not that

@ronhenzel @CherylSchatz To allow and permit is not to ordain. So it’s not that God allows sin that people are concerned with but the idea that He would ordain sin.

@DefiantBaptist The only measure is scripture itself, not the post apostolic his

@DefiantBaptist The only measure is scripture itself, not the post apostolic history.