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To all: Jesus believed that we can make the tree good and it’s fruit good (Which runs contrary to popular Christianity today): Matthew 12 says, “Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.” (Matthew...

In regards to the parable of the building, and it's materials in 1 Corinthians 3: Paul says before the parable, "you are God's building." So we are the materials that make up the building. The work is not referring to just any kind of general actions of a believer like good fruit (any kind of...

It does not really matter if you must resist sin if you believe you will always sin again. If you believe you are slave to sin, any resistance to sin is futile if you believe it is just going to happen again at another future point in time. The whole point in resisting sin is to overcome sin...

To all: Some say there is no Initial Salvation because salvation is eternal. Well, if salvation was eternal in the sense that God is eternal then that would mean we were saved from eternity’s past. That means we were never lost or needed to really be saved at any point in time because we were...

But if you teach your future sin is forgiven you, then it does not really matter if you obey. According to many in the Perpetual Belief Alone Salvationism camp, many will just lose rewards and so then one can sin and still be saved under God’s grace. So any talk of obeying the Lord is just a...

As you know I am non-denominational, and my authority is the Bible Alone + the Anointing to Understand It. I believe the Bible teaches two aspects of salvation. We are saved by… #1. God’s grace through faith (without works) in our Initial Salvation (Ephesians 2:8-9) (cf. Ephesians 2:1)...

The reading of the rest of the chapter does not change what Romans 8:1 says. In fact, Romans 8:13 demolishes your thinking here. Romans 8:13 gives the reader (The church in Rome) the decision to either live after the flesh (sin or to being justified by the 613 Laws of Moses alone) or in...

We have access to God’s grace through faith (Romans 5:2). Faith is described as both a belief alone in Hebrews 11:3, and faith is described as in doing what God tells you to do (Hebrews 11:7). Abraham was justified by works in James 2:21 when he offered Isaac upon the altar, but in Hebrews...

I suppose it does not matter if one believes in Universalism (if that is what you still believe). As for others: I suppose it does not matter for others if they did this seeing they believe in OSAS, or the Free Will Baptist sin and still be saved type belief. Today, we are living in the last...

You are just going off your feelings here? The Bible is above your own feelings or thoughts. Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”

This is false. Romans 8:1 says “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” So if you are not walking after the Spirit and you are walking after the flesh (sin or being under the Old Law), then you are under...

Not only are we freely justified by God’s grace (Romans 3:24), but the Bible also says we are justified by works and not by faith alone (James 2:24). This is because works of faith (1 Thessalonians 1:3) (2 Thessalonians 1:11) is a part of our faith. For Hebrews 11 describes faith as both a...

You fail to take into account that God wants you to overcome your sin in this life (See again 1 Peter 4:1-2, Galatians 5:24, Romans 13:14, and 2 Corinthians 7:1). Drunkards may stumble in a drug free program, but that does not mean in time they cannot eventually be alcohol free. You cannot...

Believers need to confess of their sins to be forgiven of them (1 John 1:9). Believers also need to forsake their sin in order to have mercy (Proverbs 28:13). It’s why the Ninevites did not receive God’s wrath. In Jonah 3, we learn God did not bring wrath upon them because they had forsaken...

Well, you are blessed that you have heard the truth. For your only told this because it’s in the Bible. The Bible teaches only past sins are forgiven us (not future sins). Believers need to confess and forsake sin to continue to obtain forgiveness (or salvation). Here are the verses in the...

To all: As for Sin and Still Be Saved Salvationists who still do not understand Philippians 3:6: Paul was blameless in touching the righteousness of the Law. Touching and embracing are two different concepts. Again, it does not mean he was blameless before God. Romans 7:14-24 shows Paul...

And you don’t think your camp has not falsely accused? I have been at these kinds of discussions for over 10 years, and I seen the venom spewed from your side of the camp. Granted, I am not keeping any record of any wrongs. But the point here is that a good tree cannot bring forth bad fruit...

You are quoting a philosopher? Really? Is that how you build the faith? Faith comes by hearing, and hearing the Word of God (Romans 10:17). You should shun secular and worldly wisdom and just read and believe your Bible alone and ask GOD for the Spirit to help you understand it. That’s all...

Notice that you did not even address any of the verses I have put forth to you. The verses I put forth should demolish your belief that you currently have. So my encouragement to you is to simply look at those verses again and read them closely and ask God to send you the Spirit for the...

One Christian on this forum told me the Bible is no different than reading a magazine, novel, etcetera. They are wrong. While the Bible should be read with the rules of grammar, and include basic reader questions, that is not how one understands the Bible ultimately. In 1 John 2:27, we need...