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Also, if all of our sins past, present and future have UNCONDIONALLY been transferred/imputed to Christ and in turn Christ's righteousness is UNCONDITONALLY transferred to the sinner, that means these UNconditions would bring about Universalism. To get around this problem Calvin came up with...

1 Peter 3:12 "For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil." Isa 1:15 "And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your...

No spin at all, the door was clearly not open for the unwise virgins, no deathbed conversion. Again, the word legalism is not even in the Bible for it is a made up term to hurl at those who oppose Luther's faith only heresy. If obeying the will of God makes one a legalist then Christ must have...

If 'water' does not refer to literal water but is symbolic for something else, then for consistencies sake "Spirit" must not refer to the literal "Spirit" but must be symbolic for something else also. The Bible is its own best commentary: Jn...

One is obedient to God by choosing to obey God. Man choosing to obey or disobey therefore man is not born with a sin nature that forces man into doing nothing but sin. Such an idea would give man an excuse for his sin when man is without excuse Romans 1:20.

I think the idea here is that according to penal substitution all of one's sins, the guilt and penalty of sin has been unconditionally transferred to Christ therefore you will never be held guilty or accountable for ANY sins, past, present or future that you commit so you are therefore "once...

1) how could Christ die on the cross as a substitute for me when I have never been appointed to go to a cross and die myself? I know of no place in the Bible Jesus said He was taking my place on a cross. 2) if all the guilt and penalty of sin has been 'imputed' into Christ, then why is it that...

Hi, Paul put "obeying from the heart" BEFORE 'freed from sin (justified)" in Romans 6:18-19. As Paul points out in verses 16 if one is not serving 'obedience unto righteousness" then he is serving 'sin unto death'. No one can be justified while continuing to serve sin unto death. There is...

The word legalist is not found in the Bible. Those who obeyed God are called righteous. People who throw the word legalism around generally define the word anyway they choose. A little history on the word legalist: (my emp) "Legalism seems to be like a poem – no one can seem to define it...

But you have not shown me where the NT gospel teaches deathbed salvation. God does not hear sinners calling out from a deathbed John 9:31. The NT teaches one must believe (john 8:24) repent of sins (Luke 13:3) confess (Matthew 10:32-33) and be baptized (Mark 16:16) to be saved. If one cannot...

YOU are creating exceptions when NO EXCEPTIONS exist. Those that do not believe will be lost, (John 3:16) no exceptions. Those who do not repent will be lost, (Luke 13:3) no exceptions. Those that will not confess Christ (Matthew 10:32-33) no exceptions. Those not baptized will be condemned...

Deathbed conversion is an invention of man to push the false 'faith only' teaching. Nowhere does the NT gospel teach deathbed conversion. Where was the deathbed salvation for those in Proverbs 1:22-33? Those who reject God up to the point of death will not find God, God will not hear them.

4) Lastly, In this context, Paul uses the necessity of water baptism to heal the division among the Christians at Corinth. Instead of all those Corinthians being "of Christ" they were divided, Paul says "Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of...

Yes. Acts of the Apostles 8 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the...

Romans 6:16 one is either serving sin unto death (bondage to sin) or serving obedience unto righteousness (freed from sin). John says sin is transgression of the law, 1 John 3:4. The only way one can stop serving sin unto death is by stop transgressing God's law and one stops transgressing by...

Starting in verse 1, Paul's point is even though Christians are saved by grace that does not give the Christian the right to sin. Christians are those who are dead to sin Romans 6:1-2 Romans 6:3-7 Paul points out here a Christian is one who has been baptized into the death of Christ where the...

Hi, The word baptism (baptizo - an immersion) is to be taken literally in Ephesians 4:5. Galatians 3:17 "For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ." 'Baptized' in this verse also refers to a literal immersion and it is through this literal immersion one put's...

You try and prove that baptism is not necessary by using the thief as an "EXCEPTION". If there can be one exception then why can't there be billions of exception to the necessity of water baptism? If billions can be saved UNbaptized then how can it be argued that baptism is really necessary...

Original sin nor the idea of original sin is not found at all in the first 5 chapters or Romans. Those that lived between Adam and Moses sinned sins unlike the sin Adam sinned and therefore held accountable (death) for their OWn sinning and not Adam's sin. You ADDED the idea to the text they...

Isa 53:4-6 4 - Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 - But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are...