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  1. Ernest T. Bass

    Who shall separate us from the love of Christ (Romans 8:35)?

    She married Dud Wash, can't court her no more.
  2. Ernest T. Bass

    Who shall separate us from the love of Christ (Romans 8:35)?

    Jude 1:21 "Keep yourselves in the love of God,..." John 15:10 "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love;..."
  3. Ernest T. Bass

    99.9999% of all professing Christian's aren't saved

    Not only what you posted here, also in Romans 9:27 there were so many millions of Jews they were metaphorically compared to grains of sand of the sea yet only a small remnant would be saved (3,000 in Acts 2 at Pentecost). So even Biblical precedent indicates only a small minority of accountable...
  4. Ernest T. Bass

    "Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved”

    Acts of the Apostles 2:21, Romans 10:12-13 "calling on the name of the Lord" is directly tied to salvation. So whatever it means to call on the name of the lord is what saves. Matthew 7:21 "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven" therefore calling...
  5. Ernest T. Bass

    Grace-Haters are incapable of honestly admitting what the (P) in Calvinism really means.

    Phil 1:5-6 "For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:" Again, the basis for Paul's confidence is not perserverance of the Saints for that idea is...
  6. Ernest T. Bass

    Grace-Haters are incapable of honestly admitting what the (P) in Calvinism really means.

    The idea of perseverance of the Saints is NOT found in the immediate or remote context. What is in the context is that those Philippians had been faithful from the first day until now. The perfect tense of "confident" shows Paul's past dealings with those Philippians in having seen their...
  7. Ernest T. Bass

    Grace-Haters are incapable of honestly admitting what the (P) in Calvinism really means.

    Paul's confidence was not in perseverence of the Saints for that idea is not found in the context, but assumed into the text. Those Philippians remained faithful even while enduring persecution (Phil 1:27ff) and that faithfulness is Paul's basis for his confidence. Those in Galatia had 'fallen...
  8. Ernest T. Bass

    Grace-Haters are incapable of honestly admitting what the (P) in Calvinism really means.

    Sproul failed to quote verse 5 which goes with verse 6 completing the thought. Verse 5 gives the basis to Paul's confidence that basis being they had remained faithful in the gospel from the first day until now. The verb confident being in the perfect tense shows Paul's past dealing with them...
  9. Ernest T. Bass

    2 Thessalonians 1:8

    Robertson's bias was clearly on display. Again, he had no problem at all understanding 'eis' means 'for' in Matthew 26:28. By changing "eis" to "because" in Mt 26:28 creates an impossibility (Hebrews 9:22). Yet when that same exact phrase (for remission 0f sin) in both the Greek and English...
  10. Ernest T. Bass

    2 Thessalonians 1:8

    Miracles ceased around the end of the first century, 1 Cor 13; Eph 4. The purpose of miracles was to being about the perfect (complete) word of God, confirmation that word which all happened by the end of the 1st century. Therefore miracles served their purpose and ceased. There will be no...
  11. Ernest T. Bass

    2 Thessalonians 1:8

    John 3:7 "Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again." The "ye" refers to Nicodemus, all Jews, scribes and Pharisees, though they were fleshly descendants from Abraham they still must experience this new birth to be saved/in the kingdom. None are exempt from this requirement...
  12. Ernest T. Bass

    Is BAPTISM MANDATORY for SALVATION...

    THere is every possibility that the thief had been baptized by John, was a disciple but later fell away into a life of crime until meeting up with Christ on His cross. From the discourse that took place between Christ and the thief in Luke 23:40-43: --the thief believed in God, knew God existed...
  13. Ernest T. Bass

    Is BAPTISM MANDATORY for SALVATION...

    Faith means doing what God has said, those that enter the kingdom are the ones that DOETH the will of the Father, (Matthew 7:21) those that belong to Christ are the ones that do what Christ says to do (Luke 6:46)
  14. Ernest T. Bass

    Is BAPTISM MANDATORY for SALVATION...

    THe thief has never been anything but a poor, failed attempt to get around the necessity of water baptism. That's why he keeps being brought up. When straws is all one has to grasp then straws one will grasp.
  15. Ernest T. Bass

    Is BAPTISM MANDATORY for SALVATION...

    Baptism, as repentance and confession, are all necessary to salvation. Denying the necessity of water baptism is denying, rejecting the gospel, Acts of the Apostles 2:41......those that rejected baptism were the ones that rejected the gospel message.
  16. Ernest T. Bass

    Salvation Through Baptism ???

    The futility lies in the attempt to remove the necessity of water baptism from the NT. A lot of work going on in trying to come up with creative, but failed ways to rewrite the Bible. Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; 1 Peter 3:21, even after attacked, still teach the clearly, plainly the necessity of...
  17. Ernest T. Bass

    Salvation Through Baptism ???

    Yes, man's part is faith therefore man has a role in his own salvation. Christ's part was dying on the cross shedding his blood whereby man has a pathway to salvation. It is man's responsibility to take that pathway by faith. NT faith includes repentance confession baptism and being faithful...
  18. Ernest T. Bass

    OSAS beginning ?

    Repentance is something that must be ongoing for the Christian will not be perfectly sinless throughout his life. Therefore walking in the light (includes repenting) is ongoing whereby the cleansing away of sins by the blood of Christ will be ongoing. Revelation 2, the church at Ephesus had...
  19. Ernest T. Bass

    OSAS beginning ?

    Your personal attack here against me simply shows your inability to prove the OSAS heresy. Will you honestly admit OSAS is a lie?
  20. Ernest T. Bass

    2 Thessalonians 1:8

    John 3:3-5 only the new birth, a spiritual birth. puts one in the kingdom and not fleshly birth. Those Jews in Acts 2 had to be born again by being baptised (Acts 2:38) in order to be in the kingdom/church. Their physical birth did nothing for them, could not save them. The Jews wrongly...