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FF Bruce is absolutely correct about proper interpretation. One cannot in a 'willy-nilly' fashion make words figurative or literal just to conform the Bible to fit one's personal theology. Acts of the Apostles 10:47-48 "Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have...

Matthew 16:18 Jesus said the gates of hell would not prevail against His church (singular word) therefore His church has always existed from Pentecost Acts 2 through today and will exist in eternity. Unfortunately many -most of those first century congregations ended up in apostasy but not...

It's not my opinion, but it is Bible fact "Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up." Matthew...

--Salvation is NOT by works of merit nor by works of the OT law that required perfection. The Bible does teach salvation is by faithful obedience to God's will (Hebrews 5:9). There is no example of God saving the rebellious, disobedient person who refuses to obey His will. Both OT and NT have...

F.F. Bruce: “baptism in the New Testament is always baptism in water unless the context shows it to be something else; that is to say, the word is always to be understood literally unless the context indicates a figurative meaning” (Questions Answered, p. 106). Proper interpretation therefore...

Is Any Denomination Saved? Where did the idea denominationalism come from...God? or man? God says there is "one faith". The NT is one body of information that teaches one system of faith. Christ calls it truth meaning it does not ever contradict itself. Denominationalism says there are...

Again, no one knows when the thief will come. Yet one can and should be prepared for the thief so whenever he does come the prepared will be ready and waiting for him therefore not be alarmed, afraid, surprised at his coming. Those not prepared for his coming will have "destruction cometh upon...

Christ's NT is law (Galatians 6:2) and one is saved by obeying Christ's NT law. (Hebrews 5:9). Not keeping Christ's NT law has one serving "sin unto death" rather than "obedience unto righteousness" Romans 6:16. Romans 3:24 "Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the...

--the gospel is something that is taught/preached Mark 16:15; 1 corinthians 9:14 --From 2 Thessalonians 1:8; 1 peter 4:17; Romans 10:16 the gospel is something that one must be obeyed else one will be lost. --the gospel Paul preached was the death burial resurrection of Christ 1 corinthians...

But one does not know when the thief in the night comes, the thief does not pre-announce his coming...Matthew 24:42-44 "Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have...

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2 Pet. 3:16 "as also in all his (Paul's) epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures." 1) Peter equates what Paul wrote to 'scriptures'...

"I believe God’s commands are only to those whom He knows are going to desire to obey them." Above was the first sentence of your post. I took it to mean God's commands do not apply to all men equally. My position is that God's commands apply to all men even if men will not obey them, even if...

The NT is the LAW of Christ (Galatians 6:2) which Paul said he was under that law (1 Corinthians 9:21). And Christ's NT laws are to be taught to all men (Matthew 28:19-20) and those that do not "obey the gospel of Christ" will be lost per 2 Thess 1:8. If there were no law then there would be...

Matthew 28:19-20; Acts of the Apostles 17:30 God's commands are to all nation, all men making all men accountable to obeying those commands and culpable for not obeying God's commands. Belief itself has been commanded to all men, those that obey that command can be saved and condemnation to...

Salvation is not an unconditional guarantee therefore many verses have the verb "believe" in the present tense denoting that salvation is a process that must be ongoing, sustained. Per Ephesians 2:10; Titus 3:8; Titus 2:14 Christians are to "maintain good works" keep producing fruit else will...

Hi, I agree with what you say but I would go even further and say that faith is a form of obedience, so faith and obedience are not totally different things nor mutually exclusive things. Romans 5:1----------------faith>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>justifies Romans 6:17-18---------obey from...

This means the "not of works" of verse 9 cannot eliminate the "good works" of verse 10. And good works (bringing forth fruit) is a form of obedience that is necessary to salvation (Matthew 7:19; John 15:2). Therefore "not of works" cannot eliminate obedience that is necessary in becoming saved...

No one knows when Christ will return and all predictions have been shown to be false: Unfulfilled Christian religious predictions - Wikipedia Excerpt from above link. Russell of Jehovah's Witnesses thought "1874 was considered the end of 6,000 years of human history and the beginning of...

Again, Deuteronomy 5 shows the OT law was only given to the Jews to keep, no one else. While Jews lived under the law of Moses Gentiles were under what many call the Patriarchal law that did not require Sabbath day keeping. Gentiles that became proselytes to Judaism were required to keep the...