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1 John 3:8 "He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil." I think a key word is the verb 'committeth' which being in the present tense denotes a sustained, ongoing...

I will go with that for again, the context clearly shows only the Apostles were promised baptism with the HS and Acts 2 it was just the Apostles the Holy Spirit fell upon. "One" literally means one....1 = 1. The NT mentions 5 or 6 baptism but by the time Paul penned Ephesians just one was in...

I see from Acts 2 that the church was indeed set up in Acts 2. The church was not started by Peter but was founded, built by Christ Who is the head of His church... Matthew 16:18-19 "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell...

The number of Apostles has nothing to do with the baptism of the Holy Spirit being promised by Christ to His Apostles in Acts 1 and only the Apostles in Acts 2 that the Holy Spirit came upon, not all that were in Jerusalem. Ephesians 4:4-5 "There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are...

Paul also said in Romans 6:16 "obedience unto righteousness". God has made obedience to His will a conditin that must be met in order to receive the free gift of grace. Therefore (1) works done to earn some thing (Ephesians 2:9) and (2) meeting the condition placed on a free gift that has...

In Acts 15, the Apostles came together to discuss if circumcision was necessary to be saved as some false teachers claimed it was. Those false teachers were trying to make the law of Moses the final arbiter as to salvation and not the NT gospel of Christ. Of course the Apostles determined that...

Jesus said to the man "If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me." These words eliminate the idea that the man can be perfect while NOT selling what he had and give to the poor. Jesus commanded the...

THe Bible says he that doeth righteousness is righteous. THose that do unrighteousness are unrighteous. Hence what one does determines what one is. No one is righteous before they do righteous nor is one unrighteous before they do any unrighteousness. Romans 9:11 You have yet to provide a...

It is God that saves, but who does He save and why? God saves those who obey Him, therefore it is the obedient act that saves This is why there are verses that teach "save yourself" (Acts 2:40; 1 Tim 4:16) and "cleanse thyself 1 Cor 7:1. Sine God saves those who obey then in that since those...

Hebrews 5:9 says nothing about a 'change of attitude' saving anyone, but obedience is what saves according to the verse. Verses as Eph 2:9 and Romans 4:5 teach works of merit do not save nor works of the OT law do not save. But NO VERSE anywhere eliminates obedience to God's will from...

I have never said man is not involved in his own salvation. I have posted that man does have a role in his own salvation. Therefore every man will not be saved for every man will not fulfill the required role in his own salvation. Only those that fulfill that role are freely justified.

THen answer Christ gave has not changed, it took obedience to God's will under the OT law to have eternal life as it does under the NT law. Living in disobedience to God never saved anyone OT or NT. And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

According to you, the answer Jesus gave the young man was the wrong answer.

"And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?" "..... if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." Having eternal life is conditional upon obedience to God's will. This true in both the OT and NT.

The new birth takes place when one obeys God by submitting to His command to be water baptized. Matthew 7:21------doeth the will of the Father>>>>>>>>>>>>>enter the kingdom John 3:3,5-----------born again>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>enter the kingdom Obedience is how men receive God's grace, EVERY...

What made you think I am a Universalist? Even though men are freely justified, only those that conditionally have faith will be justified Romans 5:1.

JW McGarvey of this passage wrote "Jesus here pictures the kingdom of heaven as a besieged city. The city is shut up, but the enemies which surround it storm its walls and try to force an entrance ... The gates of Christ's kingdom were not opened until the day of Pentecost (Acts 2); but men...

Luke 11:1 "...Lord, teach us to pray..." THis was an example prayer, a model prayer in how disciples should pray "after this manner" and not meant to be repeated word for word. At the time Jesus gave this model prayer, the kingdom (church) had not yet come but was "at hand" - near (Mark 1:15)...

Colossians 1:24 "Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church;" In Colossians 1:20 Paul shows that Christ's suffering and death is sufficient to reconcile all things...

Strong's - mal'-is-tah; neuter plural of the superlative of an apparently primary adverb μάλα mála (very); (adverbially) most (in the greatest degree) or particularly:—chiefly, most of all, (e-)specially. "Specially" carries the meaning of particularly. 1 Timothy 2:4 God desires all men be...