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Romans 9 is not a discourse on the Calvinistic idea of salvation but is addressing Jews. The Jews were God;s chosen people, God used the Jews to accomplish His purposes, God even used the Jews disobedience in rejecting Christ to being about the death of Christ on the cross. But we know from...

free will is the ability to choose between 2 or more options, choose between serving sin unto death or obedience unto righteousness, (Romans 6:16) choose between serving God or mammon, (Matthew 6:24), choose to believe or not (Exodus 4:1-9), choose to do the will of God or not (John 7:17)...

Yes, man cannot be saved by his OWN righteousness for man's own righteousness is not perfect, flawless sinless. But Christ righteous faith is perfect, flawless sinless so salvation can only be found in Christ by man identifying himself with Christ's perfect righteous faith. Hence I cannot be...

Romans 10:3 "For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God." There is a difference between doing one's OWN righteousness that does not justify and doing GOD'S righteousness that...

1 John 5:3 God's commandments are not grievous. If God's commands were impossible to obey, that would make God's commands grievous and God unjust. Therefore to be perfect is possible. Man cannot in and of himself be perfect, man can never do enough good to be perfect but man can be perfect...

Eph 2:9 Paul was speaking of works of merit. The OT law required one to keep all of it perfectly in order to be justified by that law (Gal 3:10). If one could do so, then one would have no sin therefore not be in need of grace thereby his reward would be of debt and not of grace (Romans 4:4)...

"Worketh righteousness" means doing/obeying God's commands. Psalms 119:172 ".....for all thy commandments are righteousness." When one "worketh righteousness" means one is working/obeying God's commands. When those in Acts 10:47-48 obeyed God's commands to be water baptized, they were...

Eph 2:9, the OT law required on to keep all of it perfectly, flawlessly to be justified and if one could do that then he could glory in his own effort in keeping the law sinlessly. Yet the Jew could not keep it perfectly, therefore the law could not justify men in the sight of God (Galatians...

Hebrews 9:16-17 "For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth." The simple fact of these verses is as long as Christ was alive, His NT was not...

I was making the point repentance is not asking God for forgiveness but repentance is not just a change in mind, but requires a obedient turning THEN God forgives.

It does not say all are born sinners. Paul spends Romans chapters 1 and 2 proving all, both Gentile and Jew, are sinners and not the first time does he even remotely suggest they are sinners by birth. But instead shows various transgressions both Gentile and Jews committed that made them...

The one baptism is Christ's baptism of the great commission which was commanded, to be taught, that saves, that was administered by humans (disciples), it was how disciples were made and lasts till the end of time. None of these things are ever said about any kind of "spirit" baptism. Note...

Christ's baptism replaced John baptism in Acts 2:38. Christ's baptism is the one baptism of the great commission that disciples have been sent forth to baptize with, NOT John's baptism. In Acts 19 there were those in Ephesus who had been baptized with John's baptism which had already expired...

--The publican lived under the OT law therefore is not an example of NT gospel salvation. --the phrase 'calling upon the name of the Lord' means DOING what the Lord says to do (Luke 6:46). In Acts 2:21, Peter in his sermon quoted Joel "And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on...

--Nowhere does the NT gospel teach salvation by saying a sinner's prayer, that idea is an invention of man. --God does not forgive until a person FIRST repents so repentance is not asking God for forgivenss but repentance is making changes that God requires BEFORE God forgives. If one were...

If you believe what the Bible teaches and agree with the Bible on how the Bible defines sin, then you cannot believe in original sin. The Bible says: --if there were no law then there would be no transgression Romans 4:15. --sin is transgression of the law 1 John 3:4. --only accountable people...

Romans 6:3-5 Paul connected baptizo (meaning a literal immersion) where one is buried in a watery grave the raised up from that watery grave to walk in newness of life. Without that literal immersion there is no walking in newness of life for the man of sin has not dies, not been buried nor...

Paul clearly made obeying the gospel a requirement to not be in flaming fire, 2 Thessalonians 1:8. Hence there is no salvation apart from obedience. I showed the relationship between the death, burial and resurrection of Christ to the death burial and resurrection that takes place in water...

And "not sinning" REQUIRES obedience since sin is disobedience/transgression of the law. Therefore, one must obey in order to not be serving "sin unto death". Thereby making obedience and grace BOTH necessary to being saved. Man has only one of 2 eternal destinies, one will either be saved or...

2 Thessalonians 1:8 "In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:" --the logical implication of this verse is one must obey if one does not want to be in flaming fire. --before one can obey the gospel one must know what the...