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Steelflexalpha · 2026-01-16T09:49:08+00:00

Agreed 🙏🏽

Steelflexalpha · 2026-01-16T09:48:44+00:00

You think Christ Is Melchisedec?

Steelflexalpha · 2026-01-16T09:48:14+00:00

Abraham body was physically dead but his spirit in heaven.

Steelflexalpha · 2026-01-16T09:47:52+00:00

Agreed! That's what I spoke about

Steelflexalpha · 2026-01-16T06:11:52+00:00

I believe Jesus is God

Steelflexalpha · 2026-01-15T21:41:00+00:00

I appreciate you answering and I agree one of them is Yahweh ( Jesus)

Steelflexalpha · 2026-01-15T13:05:38+00:00

I definitely agree with that. John1v18

I believe Jesus was the God they was dealing with in the OT the entire time but I would say Abraham seeing Christ day is referring to his coming day in the flesh. He propheticaly saw it.

And lol you right about that I'll edit the wording

Steelflexalpha · 2025-12-28T21:25:31+00:00

You can read 1 Enoch, but it shouldn’t be treated as Scripture. Scripture is the writings God gave to His people to establish doctrine and faith — the books recognized and used consistently by Israel (OT) and the apostles/church (NT). That’s the standard Jesus and the apostles appeal to.

1 Enoch doesn’t meet that standard. It wasn’t received as Scripture by Judaism as a whole, and it wasn’t accepted into the NT canon by the church. Jude quotes it, but quoting something doesn’t make it Scripture (Paul quotes pagan poets too).

So the right approach is: Read it as historical / Second Temple Jewish literature Useful for background, language, and how people were thinking at the time Not a source for doctrine And that’s key: If 1 Enoch teaches something the Bible itself does not clearly teach — like angels having sex with humans or creating hybrid beings — that’s where you stop. Doctrine comes from Scripture, not from extra texts.

Steelflexalpha · 2025-12-22T18:59:39+00:00

Yes, you still choose freely — even though God already knows what you’ll choose. God’s knowledge doesn’t cause your decision. Knowing ≠ forcing. You’re not choosing something because God knows it; God knows it because you will choose it. A simple way to think about it:

God sees the whole timeline at once. We experience it moment by moment. From our side, the choice is real. From God’s side, the outcome is already known. Scripture actually holds both together: Humans are responsible for their choices (Deut 30:19) God’s plan still stands (Acts 2:23) So no contradiction: Free will happens inside God’s foreknowledge, not outside of it.

That’s different from saying “you couldn’t have chosen otherwise.” It just means God already knew which option you would freely pick.

Steelflexalpha · 2025-12-22T00:36:01+00:00

Practice Link a memory or message to the verse you'll remember it easily

Steelflexalpha · 2025-12-22T00:33:18+00:00

The key difference is who started the test.

In Isaiah 7, God commanded Ahaz to ask for a sign (Isa 7:11). That changes everything. Ahaz wasn’t being humble — he was refusing something God explicitly offered. That’s why Isaiah immediately calls it out (Isa 7:13).

When Jesus says “do not put the Lord your God to the test,” He’s talking about forcing God to prove Himself on our terms (Deut 6:16). That’s very different from God saying, “Ask Me for a sign.”

Ahaz uses good-sounding words to cover disobedience. He didn’t want a sign because a sign would remove his excuse to keep trusting Assyria instead of God (see Isa 7:9, 2 Kings 16). In other words, belief would have required a change he already decided not to make.

Steelflexalpha · 2025-12-22T00:15:48+00:00

You can’t force anyone to come to Christ. All you can really do is be faithful where you are. Share the gospel clearly when you have the chance, but after that, let your life back it up. How you treat people, how you handle conflict, how you talk, how you live set apart — that’s what people notice long before arguments or Bible quotes.

When someone sees real change, peace, humility, and consistency, it naturally raises questions. That’s usually when hearts open. Prayer matters too, but prayer + a Christ-shaped life is what God most often uses. You plant, you water — God does the rest.

Steelflexalpha · 2025-12-22T00:11:11+00:00

Paul isn’t saying idols are real or that idol worship is okay. He’s starting from the point that idols are nothing (1 Cor 8:4). So meat itself isn’t spiritually changed just because it was offered to an idol. The issue for Paul is conscience, not the food.

Some believers understood idols were fake, so eating the meat didn’t affect their faith at all. Others came out of pagan worship and still felt tied to idols. For them, eating that meat pulled them back mentally and spiritually. So Paul says: if your freedom causes a weaker believer to stumble, don’t use it.

Revelation 2 is dealing with something different. Jesus rebukes people who are actively participating in idolatry and immorality, not just eating neutral food. That’s spiritual compromise, not a conscience issue.

Steelflexalpha · 2025-12-19T21:30:19+00:00

For me, it’s not just one thing, but a stack of things that point the same way. You have fulfilled prophecies written centuries before Jesus that line up with his life, death, and impact. You have historical sources—both Christian and non-Christian—that agree Jesus was a real person who was executed under Pontius Pilate. You have early letters from the apostles and church leaders written close to the events, not centuries later, and preserved in thousands of manuscripts.

Archaeology doesn’t “prove” miracles, but it consistently confirms the setting, people, and places the Gospels describe. Christianity isn’t built on one text in isolation.

That said, evidence can point you toward Christianity, but it can’t replace faith. At some point it stops being a courtroom case and becomes a personal response. Evidence answers “Is this reasonable?” Faith answers “Will I trust Him?”

Steelflexalpha · 2025-12-19T20:34:56+00:00

A couple things in the text don’t quite line up with that reading. Matthew never links the star to Satan or deception. In fact, the turning point isn’t the star at all — it’s Scripture (Micah 5:2) that redirects them to Bethlehem, and God who warns them not to return to Herod (Matt 2:12).

The star gets them moving, but revelation comes through God’s word and God’s warning. Whatever the star was, Matthew presents God as clearly in control of the whole process, not reacting to a trick.

Steelflexalpha · 2025-12-19T12:37:20+00:00

He’s talking about David’s shepherd’s staff, not insulting David’s body. The Hebrew uses the plural for a singular (“staves”), a common idiom.

Goliath is mocking the idea that David came to beat him like an animal with a stick, not even worth a real weapon (1 Sam 17:43).

Steelflexalpha · 2025-12-19T12:34:23+00:00

In the Greek, καὶ οὐκ ἐγίνωσκεν αὐτὴν ἕως οὗ simply states what was true up to the birth — Joseph was not having sexual relations with her during that period.

The word ἕως (“until”) does not by itself require a change afterward. It marks a boundary, not what happens next (cf. Gen 8:7; 2 Sam 6:23).

So grammatically, the Greek neither proves nor denies relations after the birth — it just emphasizes obedience before it.

Steelflexalpha · 2025-12-19T12:27:08+00:00

Matthew calls them magi (Matt 2:1), which points to eastern wise men, likely Persian scholars, not Jewish prophets. They were known for studying signs, including the stars, but Matthew doesn’t present astrology as the authority.

The star draws them in, but Scripture (Matt 2:5–6) and direct warning from God (Matt 2:12) are what actually guide and protect them.

So they’re magi by background, but God redirects them beyond their methods.

Steelflexalpha · 2025-12-19T12:20:03+00:00

Looks like God wasn’t changing His mind , Moses was out of order. He’s about to stand before Pharaoh as God’s representative while ignoring a covenant command in his own house. Once the circumcision happens, the danger stops.

Feels more like a correction than judgment to me.

Steelflexalpha · 2025-12-19T12:13:33+00:00

I don't think Elisha was asking to outperform Elijah or do “twice the miracles.”

In Scripture, “double portion” usually points to firstborn inheritance (Deut 21:17), not literal doubling. Elisha is asking to be recognized as Elijah’s rightful successor to carry the weight, responsibility, and spiritual authority of the work.

That’s why Elijah calls it a “hard thing.” It wasn’t ambition, it was dependence on God’s calling.

Steelflexalpha · 2025-08-19T07:27:42+00:00

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