If Jesus is the Light of the World, and he lighteth EVERY man that comes into the World, then everyone has the knowledge of God in him from birth. Many reject what is going on in them, but some accept it, and it eventually leads them to salvation. But if this verse is true, then ALL are drawn, but not all accept.
But notice the word "lighteth". The Greek root is "Phos", which means light, and also "the power of understanding esp. moral and spiritual truth" And the Greek word for lighteth is "Photizo", which means "to give light, to shine to enlighten, light up, illumine to bring to light, render evident to cause something to exist and thus come to light and become clear to all to enlighten, spiritually, imbue with saving knowledge to instruct, to inform, teach to give understanding to"

It is clear your beliefs border Dualism, and Fatalism, and have found it's genisis in Catholisism.

That's right Ben. And let's be accurate: this was BEFORE the law, and technically, Abraham was a GENTILE!

And note also, Abraham's tithe was given to the Authority figure that God ordained. And the only intitution that is run by God's authority (unless you belong to a deacon run/board run church), is the local Church.

34.Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law.

So, this being the case, I was wondering if you participated in such things, since you brought up that you knew you were saved because you were filled with the Holy Spirit evidenced by speaking in tongues.

If you are speaking in tongues in Church, then it can't be of God, because he said not to. So if it isn't of God, who is it of?????

"Prepositions: words that begin phrases that show where things are (location), time, or belonging. They are commonly 3 words long and end with a noun. Remember that the subject or the verb of a sentence can never be in a prepositional phrase."
grammer.uoregon.edu/phrases/prepositionslP.html

"The advantage of being able to recognize prepositional phrases in sentences is that neither the subject nor the verb will ever be a part of the prepositional phrase. "

donna young.org/english/pos/prepositions

And one more:
"Be sure to eliminate prepositional phrases before looking for the subject."
tvcc.cc.or.us/academics/../subject_verb_agreement.cfm

I do remember the first time I heard your pastor preach, and was horrified ( I live in rural southwest missouri, where Chris is from too, believe it or not, and preachers hear don't say things like Bro. P) to hear his description of a lady who would come to his house when he was a kid. He was preaching about not having compassion when he described how gross she was.

Yes, Chris and family have been in Australia for 1 year now, and are doing well.

By the way, I am Chris' brother, and I will mention I talked to you when I email him again.

this is so cool!