Church Fathers & Becoming gods:What is your thought on what a Mormon told me, saying that even the Church Fathers said that we can become as gods like the Mormons believe, "as God is man can become, as man is God once was"? (THIS CALL IS CARRIED ON PAST THE BREAK EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE STEVE ENDED IT IN THE FIRST HALF.)
3rd & 4th Generation or Not the Father's or Son's Sins, but their own:There seems to be a contradiction because in Ezekiel 18 that each person is responsible for their own sin, not the father or the son, but in the 10 commandments it says that sins of the fathers would be passed down 3 or 4 generations. How do you harmonize these? [Ezekiel 18, Exodus 20]
Choosing to put the Blood on the Door:The 10th plague & the Passover are good examples of salvation, being covered by the Blood, but it's also a good example of freewill, isn't it? God does the saving, but they were choosing to put the blood on the door. Isn't it a good example of defending against Calvinism?
Not Willing that any should perish:Not willing that anyone perish, God is 'being patient waiting for us' to evangelize the world, what does Steve say about that in contrast to how John MacArthur would answer it? [2 Peter 3:9]
Not Willing that any should Perish:Calvinists say God is not willing that any Christian should perish, not anyone who's ever lived. What does Steve say about that? [2 Peter 3:9]
Stewardship:If everything of ours is God's including our money, what if we want to buy a new car, or something else extravagant that we don't really need?
Babylon & the Tribes of Dan, Judah & Benjamin:When you read about the 144,000 in Revelation 7, & all the tribes are mentioned except for the Tribe of Dan, but when the 10 tribes of Israel were taken by Assyria & Judah & Benjamin by Babylon, & the 2 tribes from Babylon returned, but what about the other 10?
The Book of Revelation Prophecy:If Revelation was written just before 70 AD, only a few years before the roman ambush of 70 AD, how could that be enough time to get the prophecy out to 7 churches or Jerusalem?
Marriage & Divorce:What if a wife is divorced for just causes? Is the person still marrying her committing adultery because she was already married even though it was for right causes?
Church Discipline:If a brother sins, do this & this & this, who do you take this to or how does this happen in a non-institutional church? [Matthew 18:15:20]
21 days to get an Answer:Why did it take an angel 21 days to get to where Daniel was, him having to deal w/ a blockage of the king of persia? Why couldn't God had just blown him out of the way?
Destruction of the Flesh:Putting one out of the church & giving them over to satan, that his spirit might be saved, doesn't this sort've defend once saved, always saved? [1 Corinthians 5]
Marriage & Divorce Situation:Not rightly divorced previously, has remarried & thinks he's in a pickle now. He explains his situation. Wants Steve's input.
Partial Preterist verse Dispensationalism:Those who believe in a pre-trib rapture, the Dispensationalists, seem to be a little more complacent that partial preterists. Do you find that to be true?
Forgiveness but then giving up on them:Jesus said to forgive 490 times a day, but God seemed to give up on people & quit forgiving them, turning them over to a reprobate mind, according to Romans 1? [Romans 1]
Pastor having Authority:Pastor seems to have no humility & thinks he has more authority & has a better understanding than others. What do you think? [Matthew 20:25-26, Hebrews 13:17]
Mary, the Mother of Jesus:Was Mary completely without sin both before & after Jesus was born? Does the bible say whether she ascended to heaven or not?
Investigative Judgment:When debating Doug Batchelor, ask about the false doctrine of the investigative judgment, because if they were so wrong about that, how can they not be wrong about everything else, including keeping the Sabbath?
The Heart:It says in Jeremiah that "the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?", so do Christians have a deceitful & wicked heart, & what's the difference between the heart & the flesh, if there is a difference?
Pagan Holidays:God was getting really upset w/ a king for doing this idolatry stuff yet claiming to be following God, so how is that different than us celebrating pagan days such as Christmas & Easter?
Beatitudes-Sermon of the Mount:The Beatitudes that are mentioned in both Matthew & Luke, is that all one sermon, recorded differently, or is it 2 separate sermons? [Matthew 5-7, Luke 6:20-49]
Women's Authority:Women authority, in church AND secular venues? What would Paul have thought of Women leaders in the secular realm? [1 Timothy 2:11-12]
Pharaoh's False Predictions:Pharaoh said that Moses would never see his face again, & that if he did, Moses was going to die. But they did see each other again. Were they just being macho?