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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-06

@IsaiahofNZ @MikeWingerii Believing that you are faithfully following scripture is not rebellion! When you make every disagreement a matter of rebellion, you just get a fractured church with denominational explosion. We have to stick to the primary ...

@IsaiahofNZ @MikeWingerii Believing that you are faithfully following scripture is not rebellion! When you make every disagreement a matter of rebellion, you just get a fractured church with denomina

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-03

@manu_kmj @smashbaals Jesus cares about the unity of His church in truth. Unity

@manu_kmj @smashbaals Jesus cares about the unity of His church in truth. Unity requires some tolerance of things that are not critical to the faith. What Smash is doing is being unnecessarily divisiv

@IsaiahofNZ @MikeWingerii Believing that you are faithfully following scripture is not rebellion! When you make every disagreement a matter of rebellion, you just get a fractured church with denominational explosion. We have to stick to the primary ...

@manu_kmj @smashbaals Jesus cares about the unity of His church in truth. Unity

@da_sojourner I read it very carefully and definitely conclude that women and me

@ThePastorBurris Unlimited atonement, reconciliation limited to those whose fait

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 If the faith of Hymenaeus and Alexander was “shipwrecked” does this mean they are still considered saved? If so, why doesn’t Paul just bench them in the church? Why does he kick them out if...

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 So are you saying there is no such thing as falling away from the faith? Or are you just saying that anyone who falls away or sins unrepentantly was never truly a believer? If the latter, w...

@Filipao12504352 @paulogia0 What do you mean that you can’t choose what you beli

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo Hm, well the example you gave of a God-hater was Paul’s testimony and he never said he was a God hater. I also wasn’t a God hater. I’m not saying God haters cannot be saved, but I’m simply asking for a Bi...

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo Why are you speaking for me? What is it that I don’t know? Paul doesn’t claim to be a God hater but someone who was zealous as he thought this was a heretical sect growing in the Jewish faith. https://t.co/...

@ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo Thanks for responding Manny. Paul w

@AletheiaHS @subq @ManassehRJones @immrbloo Thank you. That is what I believe accurately reflects the message of scripture. Just like the Trinity the word doesn’t appear but accurately describes the message of scripture. Can you give me an example o...

@BeanofChrist Where does scripture say God gave them faith? It just calls them G

@BeanofChrist No, God revealed Himself and convicted me of sin but scripture doesn’t say He gives me faith to believe and passes over the rest who also hear the word and are convicted by the Holy Spirit. God doesn’t save people before they are saved...

@RockyMitchell6 I don’t think that’s how the Bible frames it. He doesn’t predestine some individuals to believe. Rather, He predestines that all who believe will be conformed to the likeness of Jesus. God initiates by revealing Himself and convictin...

@ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo God’s faith in Jesus’ shed blood?? W

@AletheiaHS @subq @ManassehRJones @immrbloo Faith doesn’t save, God saves. Paul

@ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo I’m denying the faith? Faith didn’t buy you—Jesus did. His death bought all humans, especially believers (1Ti 4:10). Taking personal responsibility for my faith is not worshipping the creature! You are jus...

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo One I would agree with would be: Eph 2:8 “For by grace are you saved through [your the] faith; and that [salvation is] not of yourselves: it is the grace of God.” The bracketed words are not in the Greek ...

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo The Bible assumes that we are the originators of our own belief or unbelief, though God does get involved to blind or harden someone in their unbelief because of their persistence. Salvation is grace given...

@Glory2God777 @ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo On what basis do you make the claim that I'm just giving lip service &amp; living in unbelief? I am simply saying that your claim doesn't match up with scripture. That Christ's faith is give...

Faith unites believers—not because it’s the same faith handed out—but because ou

Let’s clear up confusion about whose faith is inferred in 1Pe 1:7. Does it mean 'our faith in Christ' or 'the faith of Christ'? @AletheiaHS says it’s Christ’s faith given to believers (see his video in the quote tweet). However, context and Greek ...

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo The Bible does not explicitly state that humans have faith in things because they are made in God’s image. However, several passages imply that being created in God’s image which means that humans possess u...

@ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo The scripture says "your faith" not

@ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo Well, yes, that's Calvinism. You are

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo The Bible. The requirement is repent

@covapologetics Again, I can read and I appreciate the additional context. Are you suggesting a single male pastor is ok then? Or are they and the congregation supporting them being unfaithful to the Bible? Or are you thinking it’s not a deal break...

@covapologetics Why are you saying I think being a ‘husband’ is irrelevant? I sa

This means if the pastor’s wife dies, he has to step down. He is no longer quali

As stated previously, if ἄνδρα can apply to any person in certain contexts, then

@voyavolver1 @MikeWingerii Heresy has to do with serious deviation from foundati

@LostinAusten27 That’s a very literal rendering of the Greek. Yet the intent is

Paul’s focus in 1Ti 3:2 is on character, developed by anyone regardless of immut

If 1Ti 3:2 were about gender, it would also disqualify single men, widowers, and

Paul’s main concern is the moral character of leaders. The phrase addresses mono

@th3muse Catholic used to mean “universal” (as opposed to Roman Catholic). That

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Paul commends Philemon for his love and and faith, emphasizing qualities of generosity and compassion rather than authority (Phm 1:4-7). He then appeals to Philemon "for love's sake" to receive Onesimus back. He *expli...

@BigRedBetz @CharisHoll84971 @Peacemaker811 @harmonizedgrace The Bible teaches us to believe and act on future promises which have yet to be fulfilled based on the past fulfilled promises and God’s proven character. Faith is an internal thing (and t...

@IiiPaulus @ScottRoberts That's not quite how it works. Faith is an admission of

@pitchford316 @ScottRoberts That is certainly one group of people. Others appear to be submitted to him, serving as missionaries and living like the most committed Christians but then something changes and they leave the faith. The text suggests tha...

@pitchford316 @ScottRoberts RE: "for He cannot deny Himself" in 2Ti 2:13⎯this does not mean God overlooks unfaithfulness or that unrepentant sinners automatically share in His promises. That is inconsistent with many scriptures. Rather, this indicate...

@StevenMKestner @ScottRoberts Notice in the following passage the "if...then" constructions. If we deny Him means if we no longer have faith. Does He then preserve us? Scripture says that He will deny us. For the last one, our faithlessness will not ...

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Sigh. Did they believe the message because of the message or just because Cornelius did? They were already God-fearers…does that matter? Why didn’t Lot’s sons-in-law believe? Why did so many follow...

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Say what? Did you say “*they

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife There is no such thing as vicarious salvation! Salvation is only by individual faith. Are you a Calvinist by chance? Perhaps you believe this meant God predestined his household, but then that woul...

@Matthew56193629 @mtnhousewife Yes, you are correct that monogamy and producing

@MaineMinistry @MikeWingerii I run a Bible study at my work and a Roman Catholic attends. He is a wonderful believer and a strong Christian brother. While I haven’t attended his church, I have strong concerns with many things I see in the RC church. ...

@Daniel2Pilgrim @RebelReformers @MikeWingerii It’s a different role, yes, which is why the character requirements are clear. Preventing someone because of an immutable characteristic is not in the text. There is no “must not be a female.” Faithful if...

In the case of complementarian (C) and egalitarian (E) differences, it can be ha

The early church model reminds us that unity in truth is *critical.* Sometimes

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@Glory2God777 @ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo On what basis do you make the claim that I'm just giving lip service & living in unbelief? I am simply saying that your claim doesn't match up with scripture. That Christ's faith is give...

The early church model reminds us that unity in truth is critical. Sometimes