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I do not agree that God predetermines all that happens: --there is no biblical basis for such --it makes God culpable for all the wickedness that takes place --there are verses that speak to the fact God 'repented' which is senseless on the part of God if He has predetermined all that happens...

The Bible spells out "how much righteousness" is enough to be saved: belief John 8:24 repentance Luke 13:3 confession Matthew 10:32-33 baptism Mark 16:16 then one is accepted with God. I never said anything about one being saved thru "self-righteousness" but one is saved by doing "God's...

I do not accept the Baptist confession of faith or the WCF as God's inspired word for they contradict God's word. In #1 above it has: (a) God decreeing all things that come to pass, that means God would be culpable for all the evil that happens. But then it says: (b) "God neither the author...

Neither chapter put salvation before obedience, that idea contradicts many, many verses that put obedience BEFORE salvation. Again, Paul says "obedience UNTO righteousness" and NOT "obedience because one is already righteous".

1 John 3:10 those who continue to not do righteousness continue to not be of God. Therefore the only way one can be of God is by doing righteousness: --Peter says in Acts of the Apostles 10:35 those who "worketh righteousness" are accepted with God. --Paul wrote of "obedience unto...

If God made His free gift of grace UNconditional, then all men would Unconditionally be saved, Titus 2:11. But since God made His free gift of grace conditional, only those that meet the condition (obedience- Hebrews 5:9) receive the gift. So if one is to be saved, he will have to be obedient.

The answer to my question about Noah is that house was saved by grace but it took an obedient work by Noah to procure the gracious saving of his house, therefore his work in building the ark earned nothing. As far as my other question, no one can live an entire life in impenitent disobedience...

The answer to my question about a person who impenitently lives in disobedience, rebellion to God is "no" therefore salvation is not possible without obedience.

This opens up some questions..... --If salvation is an UNconditional gift from God, how then is it decided which people will or will not receive this gift? --Can those who impenitently live in disobedience, rebellion to God receive this free gift? --Did Noah earn the saving of his house by...

Romans 6:16 we each are serving either: sin unto death or obedience unto righteousness So it is important, necessary, essential that we serve obedience unto righteousness to keep us from serving sin unto death. (These are the only two options...we each are serving one or the other.)...

Yes, Israel was not justified by law keeping. The OT law, without the shed blood of Christ, required perfect flawless law keeping for one to be totally justified before God under that law. Of course none could keep it perfect. But God tried to get Israel to understand that He was not looking...

Thank you for your kind words and have a nice day.

Yes, when it comes to salvation man cannot do anything to save himself by himself. Man needs Christ to save him and Christ saves those that obey him, Hebrews 5:9. So even though man cannot save himself by himself, man is able to obey Christ and thereby have Christ save him.

Didn't Nineveh change their spots"? Jonah 3. Also, can you prove the text can be used universally about all men when the context is specifically speaking bout Israel? In the context of Rom 7:18 Paul is describing what it was like as an unbelieving Jew living under the OT law outside of...

No. But my question is what do you call being "spotted leopards, devoid of good and unable to do anything about it apart from the Savior"? Calvinists call it total depravity, but what do you call it since you said you do not believe in total depravity?

I am still curious. If, as you say, man cannot change his spots, man has no good in him, man has total inability what do you call this? Calvinists call it total depravity, but what do you call it?

People that mind the flesh can change and not only can they choose to obey, they can perform obedience. There are examples in the NT of Gentiles that formerly lived in the flesh but upon hearing the gospel, changed, went from minding the flesh to minding things of the Spirit. The context about...

In the context of Jn 3:16 'world' refers to each and every person, none lacking. Just like each and every person, none lacking that was bitten by a poisonous serpent could go and look up at the bronze serpent to be healed, likewise each and every person, none lacking that has been bitten by the...

I see nothing in 1 Cor 1:27-31 that gives the Christian a license to sin making God's grace cheap.

Hi, Let me begin by saying that I do not believe in premillennialism, nor a rapture, nor a 1000 year reign or in multiple judgments. I do believe that on a specific day that only God knows (Matthew 24:36) God will send Christ back to earth and there will a general resurrection of both good...