TOL member elohiym thinks....
- Christians cannot sin
1John 3:9
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and
he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Whoever sins is a servant of sin (John 8:34) and is of the devil (1John 3:8)
Jesus said that Satan was a murderer and a liar from the beginning, not that he became one after "falling."
Joh 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer
from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Check the Greek. Beginning means "from his origin."
- babes in-Christ are not IN-Christ
Paul used the term "babes in Christ" pejoratively.
1Co 3:1 And I, brethren,
could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto
carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
Paul called those "babes in Christ" carnal, which means unconverted. If one is unconverted, one is unsaved, and it really doesn't matter what you want to call yourself (Mat 7:22-23).
That is a lie. I do believe that Satan tempted Jesus, but Jesus was not tempted to do what Satan wanted. I already explained this to you, but you just want to disparage me because it is your nature to do so. You have no freewill to resist doing it.
The Hebrew word translated to "Lucifer" is
heylel, which means "praise" or "praised. "Therefore, the verse could read: "How art thou fallen from heaven, praised son of the morning!" The verse does not refer to Satan, but to the king of Babylon (Isa 14:4).
- Ezekiel 28:12-19 doesn't elude to Satan
Ezekiel 28:12-19 is about the king of Tyre (Ezekiel 28:12).
Jesus said that Satan was a murderer from the beginning (John 8:44), and God creates evil according to the scripture...
Isa 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace,
and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
- Freewill is an illusion
You cannot stop sinning, can you?
No.
Your nature is showing, and you are totally exposed. I explained this all to you before, but rather than debate me on a debate forum you choose to disparage me. Why? Because your pet theology is threatened by what I am saying. Therefore, you abandon a literal hermeneutic and heap on everything you think of to try and get rid of me.
I'm laughing at you, Knight. You have only proven that you are enslaved to sin and weak.