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I don't think Paul means he was presently living the life of a sinner, that would create some difficulties. For instance, it would make Paul a liar for in Romans 6:2 Paul said he was 'dead to sin'. One cannot be both dead to sin and alive to sin at the same time. Nor could he be the follower...

In context, those passages show that works of merit or works required by the OT law of Moses do not save. None of those passages eliminate the need for obedience to the will of God. In fact, Romans 6:17-18 Paul shows the necessity of obeying from the heart to be justified. We are saved through...

The Bible clearly teaches man has a role in his own salvation: Acts of the Apostles 2:40 - save yourselves 1 Timothy 4:16 - save thyself 2 Corinthians 7:1 - cleanse ourselves 1 Corinthians 6:11 - you had yourselves washed 1 Peter 1:22 - ye have purified your souls James 4:8 - cleanse your...

No impenitent person will be saved, Jesus Himself said to repent or perish, Luke 13:3 which makes salvation CONDITIONAL not UNconditional as OSAS wrongly claims. For those who are Christians, forgiveness and having sins cleansed is CONDITIONAL per 1 John 1:7-10: IF (conditional word) the...

If sinful mankind has any desire or hope to be saved then he better repent of his sins for he cannot be saved in his sin, he cannot carry a single sin into heaven with him. If one can be saved in their sins, then there was no need for Christ to die and shed His blood.

Matthew 7:21 they were trusting in their own works to save them. Had they been doing what God says to do, then they could have been saved...it takes DOING the will of God to enter the kingdom and not one doing his own works. Romans 10:3 those Jews were lost for they were doing their own works...

Yes, those that say we are not saved by works need to identify what type of works they are speaking about. I would agree with them that we are not saved by works of merit nor are we saved by flawless works required by the OT law of Moses. But we are saved by obedience to the will of God, Paul...

Hello, The OP posted (in blue) about Galatians 5:19-21: "Many will say that verses 19-21 condemns everyone that commits those sins. But if that is true then it contradicts verses 1-18 which clearly show that the believer is not under the law of works." I disagree with the OP for verses 19-21...

One must have the doctrine of Christ (2 John 1:9-10; 1 Timothy 6:3-5) or one is not of God. One must obey Christ's doctrine to be justified, (Romans 6:17-18), for following doctrines of men is vain, (Matthew 15:9) and a Christian can become lost if he allows himself to follow the wrong...

Hello, As pointed out in the OP, the language John uses is figurative and John writes of events that are to shortly come to pass. So I have no reason to believe that a spirit being as Satan can be bound by literal physical, metal chains, locks or contained in a literal abyss. The thousands...

Works of merit, flawless works required by the OT law of Moses cannot save. Yet obedience to God's will does save and Paul contrasts works from obedience in Romans chapter 4. Abraham and David were not justified by works required by the law of Moses but were justified by an obedient faith. I...

It is Calvinism that is always putting the cart before the horse; Romans 6:16 Paul said "obedience UNTO righteousness" and NOT obedience because one already is righteous. One is not obedient because they already are righteous before God but obedience leads one to being righteous before God...

This context of 1 Corinthians 1 proves the necessity of water baptism, see my post #9 above. There was division at the congregation in Corinth.....instead of them all being OF Christ some were OF Paul, some OF Apollos and some OF Cephas. To heal this division, Paul asks a rhetorical question...

Eph 2:8----------faith>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>saves 1 Pet 3:21------baptism>>>>>>>>>>>>>saves Since there is just one way to be saved, no alternatives, then a NT faith INCLUDES baptism. "Not of works" of Ephesians 2:9 refers to works of merit one might do to earn salvation by which he could boast. Yet...

No verse anywhere says salvation, either under the OT or NT law, is unconditional. Salvation throughout the Bible has always been conditional.

Nothing in Romans 8:28-30 says anything about individuals unconditionally being elected before the world began apart from loving God, apart from answering the gospel call. Nothing in the context says that those who love God (v28) were forced to love God against their will. Works of...

Yes, men do choose to become Christians, those in Acts 2 who chose to obey Peter's command per verse 38 are the one's who "loved (obeyed) God" and answered the gospel call therefore became part of the foreknown predestined group called Christian Romans 8:28-29. Acts of the Apostles 26:28-29...

--The context in Romans 8 does not say God 'savingly foreknew' certain individuals and unconditionally chose, before the world began, that only those certain individuals are to be saved . --You seem to agree with me that the phrase "for whom God foreknew" cannot include each and every person so...

You still did not prove God does not foreknow events. If God does not foreknow events then He cannot be omniscient. I gave you a verse that says God foreknows events, Isaiah 44:7-8 events that are going to take place. The crucifixion, the betrayal (Psalms 41:9) the dividing of Christ's...

1 John 1:7 the Christian must conditionally continue to walk in the light to have all sins cleansed away. The verse begins with a conditional "if" implying the Christian can choose to quit walking in the light resulting in his sins not being cleansed away. John 6:66-67 "From that time many of...