Can a preacher direct non-believers to pray a prayer or follow his prayer of repentance and this lead to their salvation?
Regarding foreknowledge, I find it inconceivable and impossible to explain how, according to the traditional doctrine of God's foreknowledge, God can know from the beginning who will be saved and who will not be saved while at the same time both of the latter have a free will in choosing their destiny. I'm open to hearing someone else explain this but after 25 years of trying to come to a Biblical and logical answer, I find none. Perhaps you can help?
In Matthew 2:23 it says "And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene."
Would you please explain the significance of Christ's words to his mother in John 2:1-5.
How does the practice of "Urim and Thummin" in the Old Testament differ from forbidden practices of divination?
