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Romans 7: For without the law sin was dead. For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. Earlier in Romans 4:15 Paul says for where no law is, there is no transgression. And John said sin is transgression of the law 1 John 3:4. For anyone to be...

I have found it to be those who push the OSAS agenda to make the claim "never really saved" to try and cover the holes in that doctrine.

Same for me for Titus.

God's vengeance in flaming fire, 2 Thessalonians 1:8

All people are born without sin (Romans 4:15; 1 John 3:4; Romans 7:8-9) and for those that die in this innocent state will be saved.

Phil 2:12 "So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling" --Salvation is a free gift that cannot be earned therefore Paul said "work out" not "work for". Though salvation is a...

Because a Christian can become fruitless is no proof he was never really a Christian, never really had faith. Because one quits smoking, does his quitting prove he never did really smoke? The quitting logically proves he once smoked but now no longer does. If one were never really fruitful...

James chapter 2 warns "brethren" (Christians) about becoming lost for having a faith alone, that is, having a faith that is void of doing good works... James 2:14 ASV What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him? NLT What good is it...

God justifies the obedient, not the disobedient....Romans 6:17-18 they obeyed from the heart then freed from sin-justified.

Works (not works of merit nor works required by the OT law), but obedient works in doing God's will have always been necessary in order to be saved. As for those already saved, obedience to God's will in doing good works (Titus 3:14; Ephesians 2:10) is necessary to keep the promise of eternal...

The Bible contains history and science but that does not make it a history book or a science book. But my point is if it contains errors on history, science or errors on anything it is worthless. If the Bible is not telling me the truth about some things, then I cannot depend on it telling me...

There is a saying that says something to the effect that bad things happen when good men do nothing. In giving lessons to His disciples about the judgment, Jesus speaks of those being lost are so for they failed to do good. The man with one talent buried it, did nothing, failed to do good with...

If the Bible were full of inaccuracies and myths then it is worthless as the paper it is printed on and i would waste no time with any of it.

If religion is nothing but contradictions, then it is meaningless. It would not be based upon any standard of truth. Contradictions result from lying. Why would I therefore want to have a faith based in contradicting lies? What is your belief based upon? From what you post above, it cannot...

The other side of the coin...if all these denominational groups and various world religions can all have major, mutual exclusive contradictions over beliefs in Deity and doctrines and yet some how all are correct...that would drive me to atheism.

Man-made theology.

But Calvinism has never been in the Bible, hence the NIV attempts to force Calvinistic ideas into it by liberally translating verses rather than giving a word-for-word.

The idea of being born totally depraved is read into Romans 3. Paul spends Romans 1 proving Gentiles are sinners and then Romans 2 that Jews are sinners. NOWHERE in these 2 chapters does Paul say men are sinners for how they are innately born with sin/sin nature/totally depraved. If such were...

Part of the problem would be the NIV and its attempt to force Calvinistic ideas into the Bible and the way the NIV translates "flesh" (sarx) into "sinful nature'. The authors of the NIV took the liberty to make 'sarx' mean whatever they wanted to (3rd paragraph below): "Equally horrendous is...

Does John 6:37 Teach Calvinist “Predestination”? By Wayne Jackson “Please explain John 6:37.Who are those ‘given’ to Christ?Does this mean that they were selected by God before the foundation of the world, and are ‘elected’ — irrespective of their personal obedience?” The passage under...