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Hi. But no Christian has perfect righteousness for Christians do sin (1 John 1:7-10) unlike Christ Who had no sin. I posted earlier that the sinner must be obedient by being baptized into Christ, (Gal 3:27) and then he will be in Christ having been clothed in Christ's perfect righteousness...

The law Paul is talking about that we are no longer under is the OT law of Moses. In Romans chapters one and two Paul shows that both groups, Jews and Gentiles, have sinned therefore are under sin. Those under sin are in need of justification. In Romans 3, Paul begins this chapter by telling...

I agree with this. The OT law of Moses regulated the religion of Judaism while the NT law of Christ regulates the religion of NT Christianity. As you noted, Christ took the OT law out of the way making in ineffective, inactive. Therefore keeping the OT law cannot save, which is Paul's point...

The Bible does not teach that the perfect righteousness of Christ is transferred into the sinner while the sinner sits idle. Yet the Bible does teach the sinner must obey (do God's righteousness) by submitting to God's command to be baptized, (Galatians 3:27). Once baptized into Christ he has...

Righteousness simply means 'right doing'. No one in the Bible who did God's righteousness was condemned by God in trying to earn salvation. "Right doing" therefore is not a work of merit (Eph 2:9] but a condition God has placed upon his free gift of salvation/entering the kingdom of heaven. 1...

Total depravity means they can only do evil...."we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all actual transgressions". Calvinists will argue with me that total doesn't really mean total.

There are disagreements on this forum over what total depravity means.

The "us" refers to the Apostles who were inspired to miraculously receive words from the Holy Spirit and wrote those words down where we can read and understand them, Ephesians 3:3-4. We then are instructed, taught by the Holy Spirit through the written word and not apart from that written...

So there is disagreements among Calvinists as to what total depravity even means?

The WCF says of total depravity: Chapter 6: II. By this sin they fell from their original righteousness and communion with God, and so became dead in sin, and wholly defiled in all the parts and faculties of soul and body. III. They being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was...

John 15:9 "As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love." Jude 1:21 "Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life." The two above verses, commanded to disciples/Christians, indicate that in some sense the...

If man is born with a totally depraved nature how then can he have free will? His depraved nature controls his choices, a totally depraved nature would prevent him from being able to choose to accept the 'wonderful offer of salvation'. Free will is simply having the ability to choose between...

Christ did take ALL of the OT out of the way...........'He taketh away the first so that He may establish the second' Hebrews 10:9. (Hebrews 7:12; Hebrews 8:6-7) The NT makes no distinction in foods as the OT law did. Nothing wrong at all for a Christian to eat pork or shellfish, etc. Acts...

Gal 2:16 and Gal 3:10 are talking about works of the OT law that do not save for that OT law required strict, perfect law keeping to be justified. Yet obedience to Christ NT law does save it requires a simple faithful obedience to be justified. God requires the Christian to do good works...

---I'm neither Catholic nor Protestant, I have strong disagreements with both. ---Paul was water baptized himself to wash away his sins Acts 22:16; he water baptized others 1 Cor 1:14-16 and taught the necessity of water baptism, Rom 6; 1 Cor 1; Gal 3; Col 2 etc. Paul never said salvation was...

If a Christian continues impenitently in sin then he is serving "sin unto death" and is lost, Romans 6:16. A Christian will never be perfectly sinless, so he must continue to repent of sins. Repenting of a sin does not mean it will be impossible for him to ever commit that sin again. Matthew...

Having thought about it I have come to at least 2 conclusions: 1) keeping the OT law will not save yet keeping Christ's NT law will save and Christ's NT law does not require burning incense. 2) God 'before ordained' that those who are Christians walk in good works, Ephesians 2:10. So for the...

Romans 6:16 "Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?" Paul says obedience UNTO righteousness and not obedience because one already is righteousness. Obedience to Christ's...

I think two 'musts' in Biblical interpretation that get ignored more often than not are: 1) the Bible is truth (John 17:17) and truth never contradicts itself so any interpretations that creates logical contradictions must be wrong. 2) any particular subject one verse speaks about, then ALL...

By the OT law being removed by Christ there was no longer a middle wall of partition between Jew and Gentile where both are now one in the church/kingdom, Ephesians 2:14-15. Luke 9:62 Jesus knew man would encounter various problems in life that would prevent one from being a disciple. Those...