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Good morning, brother. May God bless you, as well. I hope all is going well for you in the Lord. Anyways, to get down to the matter at hand: Yes, sometimes we can only guess as to what another believes. Sometimes we get it right and other times we get it wrong. Thank you for taking the time...

There is no reason to doubt God’s Word in that we are to literally baptize in water in the name of Jesus. For example: We do learn that the apostles literally did speak the name of the Lord in casting out demons. For when Jewish exorcists tried to copy the apostles they failed. Acts of the...

While we do need to have faith in His blood for salvation (Romans 3:25), that is not the only requirement as a part of God’s plan of salvation. Even 1 John 1:7 says that if we walk in the light as He is in the light, the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1:7 “But if we...

They went to the temple because Jesus said for them to not leave Jerusalem. If the Lord Jesus wanted them to stay away from temples, He would have chosen a city or place that did not have one.

Brother: First, if Peter said the correct words then this actually demolishes your belief. Acts of the Apostles 2:38 says: “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy...

So what do you think Jesus meant when he said the following words? “Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.” (Matthew 13:11). Why did Jesus have to open the understanding on the Scriptures to the two men on the road to Emmaus if...

I have heard this argument before. It’s not sound because it is simply a disbelief of Romans 4:3, and Genesis 15:2-6. While it is true that Abraham clearly did do “works of faith” before Genesis 15 (Which I am not denying), the “works of faith” done prior to Genesis 15 and after were NOT the...

Yes, there is one baptism we need to be concerned with. That does not negate other types of baptisms described in the Bible. Hebrews 6:2 says there are baptisms (plural). Hebrews 6:2 “Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal...

The term “Faith Alone” is tied to Protestantism. So most Protestant churches hold to what I would personally would call… “Perpetual Belief Alone Salvationism” because they speak against James 2:17, and James 2:24. They see only a belief alone as being salvific throughout the whole of the...

I believe that when Paul spoke of the Law or works in a generic sense in a negative way, he was referring to the 613 Laws of Moses. For example: Paul says we are not under the Law (Romans 6:14). I take this to mean the many Laws of Moses. For Acts 15 says that the Gentiles do not have to keep...

I believe the Bible teaches that faith starts off as a belief alone, but it does not remain that way. Hebrews 11 gives us an example of a belief alone, and it also gives us many examples of how faith is doing something (that the LORD said for men of God to do), as well.

@Ernest T. Bass Granted, Romans 4:3 is not an example of Perpetual Belief Alone Salvationism (Which is falsely taught in popular Christianity today). Romans 4:3 is dealing with how to get saved initially by God’s grace through faith without works. Romans 4:3 is dealing with a particular...

Romans 4:3 says, “For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.” Read the example of believing God’s Word says in Romans 4:3. It was Abraham. Abraham came long before the Laws of Moses. The example given is in Genesis of the kind of...

Jesus said, “The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.” (John 6:63). Newspapers, magazines, and or novels are not words that are spirit and words that are life. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every Word of God. So the Word of God and secular writings are not in...

No offense, but this is grasping at straws. I have heard this argument before that the thief was possibly baptized before he was crucified. That’s a highly unlikely assumption upon Scripture to say that he may have been baptized prior to his crucifixion. Simply put: The Bible gives us no...

I see Acts 19:1-7 as referring to how Paul water baptized the disciples of John. I believe that when Paul was about to submerge them in the water, the Spirit first came upon them and they prophesied. They received the Spirit before being water baptized (Just like with Cornelius and his...

The Law aspect of the Law and the prophets was being fulfilled with both Christ changing the Law at the Sermon on the Mount and with His death upon the cross (beginning a New Covenant) thereby bringing in New Covenant commands entirely. But the prophets part of the law and the prophets has not...

Not so. It is written: John 8:43-45 Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no...

I do see that there is an aspect of obedience even in our believing when it comes to being saved by God’s grace through faith (without works). Note: Being saved by God’s grace is believing the gospel message in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, seeking forgiveness with the Lord Jesus (Romans 10:9, Romans...

I believe in Temporal Belief Alone Salvationism, and not Perpetual Belief Alone Salvationism. I believe in two aspects of salvation. #1. We are initially saved by God’s grace through faith without works (Ephesians 2:8-9) (cf. Ephesians 2:1) (Temporal Belief Alone Salvationism). #2. God has...