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God does not save sinners who refuse to obey His will..."I will not justify the wicked" (Exodus 23:7). Your belief in faith only has you trapped in an illogical position you repeat the same false accusation that I am advocating salvation by works of merit. I have shown from the Bible and gave...

Then explain how Noah could have built the ark by just "thinking" about building it apart from actually DOING the work of putting the ark together.

Obviously the TYPE of work under consideration is works of merit. If Abraham could have kept God's law flawlessly, perfectly sinless then his reward would not be of grace but of debt, God would owe it to him for his flawless law keeping. It is Paul's point here in Rom 4 to show the Jews that...

AGAIN, the phrase "works of righteousness we have done" refers to man trying to merit salvation by doing his OWN works rather than be saved by doing GOD'S righteousness as in submitting to water baptism as God has commanded. Note how these works of merit are CONTRASTED from 'washing of...

1 Corinthians 12:13 is the one baptism of Eph 4:4-5 which is the human administered water baptism of the great commission as the eunuch Acts 8, the Gentiles Acts 10:47-48 and Jews Acts 2:38 were all baptized with. The result of being baptized with the baptism of 1 Cor 12:13 is being placed in...

Acts 2:38 is not baptism with the HS but water baptism of the great commission. In Acts 2 it was just the Apostles the Holy Spirit fell upon on, no one else. Hence water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ for remission of sins is the "like manner" (Acts 15:11) Jews (Acts 2:38) and Gentiles...

Yes. Nowhere ever does the Bible define obedience to God's will as "works based salvation" done to earn God's free gift. Paul did NOT say 'WORK FOR' your salvation but 'WORK OUT' your salvation. God's free gift to Noah was salvation from the flood (Hebrews 11:7) yet to receive the free gift...

This "general obedience" is something you made up out of thin air. Obedience is obedience and no one is saved/justified apart from obeying God and nowhere in Romans 4 or anywhere else in the Bible is obedience ever defined as a work done to merit salvation. Noah building the ark, Naaman...

Man cannot be justified by doing his OWN works (sinner's prayer) but man can be justified by doing GOD's works (belief, repentance, confession, baptism). Those Jews in Romans 10:3 were lost for they were doing their OWN righteousness instead of obeying GOD'S righteousness, they would not obey...

No. Thinking is not doing. Noah just thinking about building the ark would not get the ark built, getting it built as God commanded required DOING. Naaman just thinking about going and dipping would not have cleansed him, it required him DOING it to be cleansed by God. For one hungry and...

This means God saves the faithless, unbelieving, unrepentant, disobedient, rebellious man. Yet no verse teaches such but instead teaches the faithless (John 3:18) impenitent (Romans 2:4-5) disobedient (2 Thessalonians 1:8) will be lost NOT saved.

Romans 6:17-18 those Romans were justified by their having "obeyed from the heart" James 2:21-24 Abraham was justified by his obedience in offering Isaac. Nowhere ever does the Bible define obedience to God as a work of merit. Obedience to God will not be perfect leaving one in need of grace...

Yes, the blind man washing his eyes in the pool, Naaman dipping in the river 7 times, Noah building the ark, men repenting and being baptized and not in any instance is obedience earning God's free gift. If repenting and being baptized in order to receive the free gift of salvation is "works...

Justification By Works Romans 6:17-18 ------- obeyed from the heart >>>>>>>>> justifies/free from sin James 2:21,24--------- works (obedience to God) >>>>>>> justifies Both Paul and James agree obedience to God's will justifies, therefore neither would ever CONTRADICT himself by saying faith...

Mark 16:16 the unbeliever "shall be condemned". The unbeliever is one who has not been baptized, so here is not being baptized = condemned. Jesus NEVER said belief alone saves. The man made idea that belief alone saves CONTRADICTS Luke 13:3; Matthew 10:32-33; Mark 16:16. Cherry picking out...

Disobedience to God's law or command is sin/doing unrighteousness so you are claiming men are saved not by obeying God but by disobeying God???? Since you claim obeying God is a work of merit, then if we substitute "work of merit" for "obedience" in the following verses, then we have: Romans...

You're belief in Luther's faith only has got you 'thinking' bazaar things like Noah could just think about building the ark and the ark would just magically appear out of thin air. Paul was incorrect when he said "work out your own salvation" he should have said think out you own salvation...

I see NOTHING in Romans 4 that defines obedience to God's will as a work of merit. If such were the case then Noah's salvation from the flood was not of grace but owed to him by God for his work in building the ark. Naaman being cleansed of his disease was not of grace but something God owed...

John 3:16 believe or perish Luke 13:3 repent or perish Luke 13:3 refutes the belief only theology for all the belief only in the world can never save the impenitent person. Jesus said baptism saves Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; Romans 6:3-7; 1 Corinthians 1:13; Galatians 3:27; Colossians 2:11-14...

As I showed earlier the "no more of works" here does not include obedience to God's will for the obedience of men in the Bible did not earn God's free gift. Obedience and works of merit are two completely different things. Works by which a man merits justification, and commands which one must...