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I posted on this forum a request for information on Romans 8:1 Rom 8:1 8 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. NKJV It seems that in some versions of the Bible the part that is underlined...

People do not seem to see that religion is the way of Cain. Knowing that God required a sacrifice of blood Cain refused to give it. He said in his heart that God would have to accept the works of his hands. Cain became jealous of Able and his pride drove him to kill his brother. It is the...

Were the people of God in the OT saved by grace, IN THE SAME WAY WE ARE TODAY, under Paul's gospel of God's grace? IMHO my answer is NO. They were under God's mercy, not under the gospel of God's grace." Read Psalm 136. The word "mercy" is used 26 times in 26 verses! This is the Biblical...

When you read Mathew 23: 1-35 we see what Jesus said of the religious Pharisees of the time. Fast forward to today and we can see that what Jesus said is true in religions today. Matt 23:1-16 Woe to the Scribes and Pharisees (Mark 12:38-40; Luke 20:45-47) 1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes...

Why is it important to know when the church for this age of grace started? If we think that the church for this age started with Peter on the day of Pentecost then we must consider that Peter was still a Jew, speaking to Jews, going to the Jewish Temple to worship and that he still wanted to...

Written by: Robert Pate- posted by H. Richard This article is probably the most important thing that I have ever learned as a Christian. When I learned the "In Christ" doctrine it made an astounding difference in the way that I viewed the Bible. After I had embraced this doctrine the Bible...

Luke 13:6-9 6 He also spoke this parable: "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, 'Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does...

James 2:20-21 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? (NKJ) Okay, then how do you explain this? He was accounted righteous before God several years earlier...

Written by: Robert Pate/ posted by H Richard This article is probably the most important thing that I have ever learned as a Christian. When I learned the "In Christ" doctrine it made an astounding difference in the way that I viewed the Bible. After I had embraced this doctrine the Bible...

There is no salvation without believing God. When Adam and Eve were in the garden, their sin was not believing God when He said not to eat of the tree. Satan told them that it was to their benefit to eat of the tree. Who did they believe, God or Satan? When the Jews got to the gateway city...

Some say that the only thing hidden was that the Gentiles would be included. But that was not hidden. Prophesy said they would be saved through the Jews. The people that say this do not understand that the thing hidden was that God would pay for the sins of the whole world through believing...

Faith - Trust - Confidence - Hope All of the above words mean the same thing in that each one of them can be used to define the other. Salvation: Faith - Trust - Confidence - Hope in what Jesus did on the cross to pay for our sins. ******* And along comes James and his famous words; "Faith...

In a discussion with someone on a forum the following reply was made to a post that contained a statement about “a personal relationship with God.” “”I have to disagree. These 'external things', (speaking of rituals) help us focus on something far more important than a 'personal relationship'...

What is obvious to me is that those that teach a child of God MUST have works to show their faith have hung the statement of James that “faith without works is dead” around the necks of those “IN CHRIST” who believe in Jesus‘ work on the cross. To these we are just required to keep the law of...

It is a common error for religious preachers/teachers to assume that the Pauline Gospel of Grace should be blended in with what Jesus and the 11 preached to the Jews who were under the Law of Moses. I feel this is a deadly error that will send many to Hell. Gal 1:8 NKJV 8 But even if we, or...

Will those that reply please define the Gospel as they see it? According to Paul's definition this is THE GOSPEL. Rom 1:16-17 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17 For in...

Is it the 12 who were told to not go in the way of the Gentiles and who never repealed the Law of Moses? Or is it Paul who was sent by Jesus to the Gentiles with the Gospel of grace that excluded the Law?

Hos 6:6 6 For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. NKJV To be merciful. Mic 6:8 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God? NKJV To do...

First of all the word spirit does not define a physical tangible substance. It is like air. The words belief, faith, trust and confidence are like the word spirit. They have no physical tangible substance and are like air. Used alone they mean nothing. They must be used with a qualifier...

Church: In the early centuries of Christianity, “church” meant the community of all Christians. But in 1054, a split occurred between Christians in Western Europe and those in Eastern Europe and western Asia. The communities in Eastern Europe and western Asia became known as the Eastern Orthodox...