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The thief has always been a faulty argument for those that push the man made faith only teaching for: 1) the thief is not an example of NT salvation (Hebrews 9:16-17). At the time Christ promised the thief he would be in paradise, both were alive and under the OT law of Moses. The NT gospel...

Again, by the wording you used you are still appearing to attempt to make one a believer before he hears and follows Christ...which is not possible. Those already believers must do good works (Ephesians 2:10) keep Christ's works (Revelation 2:26) remain faithful unto death (Revelation 2:10)...

"By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh." It was Abel's obedient faith in offering the acceptable sacrifice that "by/through which" he was...

"It is finished" refers to Christ's work.... His earthly ministry was finished, He fulfilled the OT prophecies about Him, in carrying out the work the Father gave him to do including going to the cross. Man still has work to do..."And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal...

One is not a sheep of Christ until they first do what Christ says....My sheep hear my voice and they follow me (John 10:27). One therefore cannot be a sheep of Christ nor enter the kingdom without first doing what the Lord says to do. I do not know what you background is but it appears to be...

The issue I am dealing with was why Abel's offering was accepted and Cain's not. Abel's offer was accepted because it was 'by faith' whereas Cain's was not. It was Abel's faithful obedient offering BY WHICH he obtained witness he was righteous. Had Abel not done as God said, then he would not...

Christ's sheep are the ones that are doing the right kind of work in doing the will of the Father that gives entrance into the kingdom. Wolves are the ones doing the wrong type of work leaving them outside the kingdom. The issue is if one is doing the right type of work that saves (doing the...

Jesus, not me, said one must DOETH the will of the Father to enter the kingdom. The ones that do the will of the Father are the righteous, obedient that will be saved. Those that do NOT do the will of the Father are the unrighteous, disobedient ones who will be lost. For one to enter the...

Since faith comes by hearing the word of God, then Able had faith in God's word. God instructed them on the type of sacrifice they were to offer else how did Abel know what kind of sacrifice to make or that he was even to make a sacrifice at all? Abel "by faith" followed God's word and Cain...

Romans 10:17 "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Hebrews 11:4 "By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh." Since...

Hi, Seems you are making something simple complicated. Matthew 7:21 "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven." Mt 7:21 is similar to what Christ said in Luke 6:46 "And why call ye me...

The ones Christ never knew were the one NOT DOING what the Father has said. It therefore was their LACK of obedient works as to why Christ did not know them.

John 4:1 there was a sense in which Christ did baptize. By giving His authority to the disciples to baptize in His name is the same sense Christ is baptizing. And when I read a verse as 1 Cor 12:13 "For by one Spirit are we all baptized.." The Spirit baptizes the same way as Christ, not...

John 3 and and John 4 are two different contexts and because 'water' is used figuratively in one text does not mean it is used that way in all texts. in the more immediate context of Jn 3 we find literal water in verses John 3:22-23 and see what Christ meant by water in the context of Jn 3...

John's baptism was for the remission of sins and there had never been any Jewish ritual washing that would remit sins.

Mark 1:5 "And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins." John 3:23 "And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were...

It is proper exegesis words are to be taken literally, as baptizo, unless the context shows otherwise.

F.F. Bruce: “baptism in the New Testament is always baptism in water unless the context shows it to be something else; that is to say, the word is always to be understood literally unless the context indicates a figurative meaning” (Questions Answered, p. 106)" So we know to take the word...

Hell is a different topic and I stick with my point about both pronouns 'you' of Matt 3:11 being used in a generic fashion by John.

There is one baptism literally just as there is one God literally, one faith literally, one body literally. I do not agree nor can find Bible support for it. Jesus used the phrase "born AGAIN". So the word 'again' must imply I was born BEFORE in order for me to be born AGAIN. I was first...