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No one is saved by doctrine. IMHO Doctrine as a god - bow down before the one you serve... There is no salvation in doctrine. Only God can save. --- Agree or disagree? --- Doctrolatry (to coin a term) Follow-up to several topics: "My doctrinal opinion is...

Not everyone has had the opportunity to accept or reject. That's where your claims fall apart. IMHO [

Most respondents to this question want to conflate salvation with being part of the Body of Christ. I am trying to separate the two issues to examine them separately. While I agree in principle that a new believer becomes, or should become, a part of the Body of Christ, that might not be the...

That assumes that the "eternal" fate of every individual is sealed at physical death. I don't believe that to be the case. Several other issues apply as well. - What if you lived in the time before Christ arrived here? - What about the broad and narrow way? Destruction for the majority? -...

Good post, but further investigation reveals that Hebrews 6:2 (in reference to baptisms) is about Jewish cleansing ceremonies. Strong's Lexicon baptismos: Baptism, washing Original Word: βαπτισμός Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: baptismos Pronunciation: bap-tis-MOS Phonetic...

The definition of acknowledge indicates that it is not forced submission, but open agreement. Whole-heartedly, and without reservation... Note on "acknowledge" in Philippians 2:11 from Strong's Concordance S1843 eksomologéō (from 1537 /ek, "wholly out from," intensifying 3670 /homologéō, "say...

Agree. Read the definition below of "acknowledge" from Strong's. Everyone who has knees to bow and a tongue to speak, in heaven and on earth and under the earth (in the realm of the dead), will whole-heartedly, and without reservation, acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord. No one can say that...

Everyone who has knees to bow and a tongue to speak, in heaven and on earth and under the earth (in the realm of the dead), will whole-heartedly, and without reservation, acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord. No one can say that “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. If you declare with...

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"It Leaves a Gap That Demons Can Enter Through" - Andrew Huberman on the Lack of Male Role Models [

So, are you saying that a believer joins the Body of Christ when they learn to “walk in the Spirit”? What happens if they return to fleshly desires? Are they then out of the Body of Christ? We all tend to vacillate on this. Ideally, we want to be led by the Spirit, but... One of the things...

Which begs a few questions: - If one is NOT acting as a body part, are they really part of the body? - And if one is NOT a part of the acting body, can they still be considered to be part of the Body of Christ? [

That's good, thanks. It seems to me that a body has body parts. If we are acting as a body part, then we are part of the body. [

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In a previous topic I asked the question: Can a believer be a part of the Body of Christ without being water baptized? https://www.christianityboard.com/threads/can-a-believer-be-a-part-of-the-body-of-christ-without-being-water-baptized.67769/ Lack of response and seeming confusion caused by...

The fate of the wicked? Do you think you will escape? [

RLT63 said: Seven is the number of completeness Completeness indicates that all the components are present. [

That may be conjecture. Hard to prove, one way or the other. We all have a God-given human conscience. Which warns us when we are tempted to do wrong. Beyond that, what is God saying to us? Imagine a rice farmer in inland China in the 1800s. What was God saying to that person? Do you...