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Christ died on the cross for every man, (Heb 2:9) yet every man will not be saved for every man will not believe/have faith. Yet Christ saves those who have faith thereby making faith necessary to being saved, therefore it is in that sense the Bible teaches faith/believing saves (Rom 5:1; Eph...

No one can be a sinner apart from sinning (transgressing God's law) and no one was born a sinner for no one was born transgressing God's law. If people are born sinners, then what transgression did they commit at conception, in the womb that would make them be born a sinner? Again, sin is...

Lev 17:10 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: Take away the blood, flesh is dead James 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Take away works, faith is dead As life is not just flesh only, salvation is not just faith only.

Acts 2:40 save yourselves 2 Cor 7:1 let us cleanse ourselves 1 Pet 1:22 having purified your souls 1 Tim 4:16 thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. James 4:8 cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Phil 2:12 work out your own salvation Man...

"GOD’S Acceptance Is Not About You Or What You Must Do." "But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him." Acts 10:35 "....whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God...." 1 Jn 3:10 "It Has Always Been About What JESUS Has done For You =...

A mistake many make is they try and equate all works as being alike. Yet all works are not alike: God's works, Satan's works, works of righteousness, works of unrighteousness, obedience to God's will, works of merit, works required by the OT law, good works, works of evil, etc. So there are...

Nothing complicated at all about the Bible's teaching that salvation is impossible apart from obedience to God's will. The complications occur by those who try and replace obedience with belief onlyism. Trying to force belief only into the Bible is like trying to force a square peg into a...

Obedience is DOING what God says to do (Matt 7:21; Lk 6:46) , disobedience/unrighteousness is NOT DOING what God says to do (1 Jn 1:6---the truth is something that is DONE and not something just thought about). That means believing is obedience, (Jn 3:36), believing is DOING God's will...

Peter and Paul did not contradict each other, they both inspired by the one, same Holy Spirit Who does not contradict Himself. Paul himself was commanded to be water baptized per the great commission (Acts 22:16)just as were the Jews in Acts 2:38 and Gentiles in Acts 10:47-48. Paul preached...

It is a fact that the gospel of the NT was not yet in effect in the examples given in the OP, see Hebrews 9:15-17. Rom 1:17 the gospel is the power of God unto salvation and it was not yet in effect in the cases cited in the OP. Salvation today is impossible apart from the gospel (death...

No, I am referring to the fact God cannot be just and righteous in condemning men for being innately born sinners. I am not familiar where Jews believed in the idea of original sin for the law of Moses did not teach it. From Ezekiel 18:20 it teaches the soul that sinneth it shall die, the son...

Many verses speak to the fact that men are sinners and are wicked but no verse says man is unconditionally, innately born that way. Men are sinners and wicked for men choose to sin. God cannot justly, rightly condemn men for how men are innately born no more than one who was born blind be...

When Jesus was "on earth" the OT law was still in effect and Christ had been given the authority to forgive sins of those whom He thought was deserving. Therefore it is impossible for anyone today to be saved as those cited in the OP. Christ left earth some 2000 years ago leaving His NT gospel...

The gospel requires more than one simply believe, it requires repentance (Lk 13:3) confession (Mt 10:32-33) and baptism (Mk 15:16). Therefore the examples cited in the OP are NOT examples of NT gospel salvation for the NT gospel was not yet in effect (Heb 9:15-17). For examples of NT salvation...

Not sure of what you are saying here but in the case of the rich young ruler (Lk 18) Jesus knew his heart and that he would allow his riches to stand between himself and following Christ. Yet in the very next chapter Lk 19 Jesus meets another rich individual Zacchaeus but he was not told to...

Salvation is impossible apart from obedience. Per Matt 6, there is nothing wrong with giving alms openly or praying openly for Jesus said to 'let your light so shine before men' hence Jesus was not requiring absolute secrecy. What Jesus was condemning was the false motives in doing these...

Obedience is nothing to boast about Lk 17:7-10.

Does God save people capriciously, with no basis? No. Is there no rhyme or reason as to why God saves one person and not another? No. God, Who cannot lie, has promised to save those who obey, Heb 5:9; 2 Thess 1:8; etc. Yet this does not fit with man made teachings as faith onlyism, hence...

But you have not cleared up all the problems. contradictions your beliefs create.

As i pointed out earlier, from Matt 9:6 when Christ was "ON EARTH" during His personal earthly ministry He had been given the power to forgive sins of those who He tho't were deserving as the thief and the woman. Therefore no one today can be saved as they for Christ is not on earth today...