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simply because i know that salvation is not by the will, desire or effort of man but by the mercy of God does not mean i am disobedient. amazingly common fallacy on Bible discussion forums. people seem to be afraid that if they confess salvation is free, it might be stolen! and that there is no...

please allow me to help you out, o great wise Bible Teacher: When you believed, you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13) does this read to you as tho belief is irrelevant, that it's all about making yourself sinless, having no need for mercy? does it say...

can you show me that command in scripture? or are you repeating human tradition?

can you? Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. (Philippians 3:12) yes i have read all of Philippians dozens of times. don't deflect.

if you imagine i have not read all of the Bible simply because i only drew your attention to a few pertinent passages rather than quoting verbatim the entirety of scripture then it seems you also have a problem comprehending basic logic.

nor apparently to you, since you stumble in what you say, and in how you judge me - thereby also undercutting the vanity of your own righteousness: and only because i have been humble in confessing my own infinite imperfection as compared to Christ, and have upheld the primacy of belief as...

we do not receive the Spirit by works, neither are we perfected through works. this is by no means indicating we do none. it means i put no confidence in the flesh, but trust wholly in Christ the LORD. i do not have time to quote the entire NT to you -- i work.

no; that is not correct. the opposite of belief is unbelief. He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. (John 3:18) salvation is by faith

this freedom isn't accomplished by obedient works but by faith, through our being baptized with Him into His death & resurrection, such that we are no longer under law - having died - being made free to be betrothed to Him in grace. if you were sinless now, why would you falsely accuse me? i...

since you "are a Bible teacher" i trust you meant 1 John 3:9, not 1 John 5:9, or maybe 1 John 5:18 -- and that you are aware that the English language is not of sufficient sophistication to completely convey the Greek tense here, the present active, which specifically indicates not any one-time...

o she stated it plainly enough, saying believing in Christ doesn't matter at all, it's all about being sinlessly perfect. a person who doesn't even realize a statement like that is itself sin, does not understand what they read when they pick up their Bibles, IMO. anyone who knows and believes...

if it is by belief then why would you say Satan doesn't care if we believe? and the Bible does not say that we "must be like Him" to be saved - the Bible says no one is like Him. no one is good, but God alone -- Jesus said this. we are now the sons of God and it has not yet appeared what we...

And you think you can be born again without believing in Christ...???

For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3) PTL indeed!! AMEN

i thought it was 'scratching my head' ?? well it originally was. practically the same :)

1,000,000,000% disagree. you are in great error. the Word says, whoever believes has eternal life. not 'whoever never sins' - there is no one who does good and never sins. no one but God is good: Jesus Christ is good. do the math. Satan would rather have you lead a strict, legalistic life in...

Genesis 2:7 does not say that flesh + spirit = soul. only your private interpretation, which is in direct conflict with the rest of scripture, says that - which private interpretation you were taught and dutifully repeat by means of an heretical cult. Jesus Christ, God enfleshed, says the...

If people cease to exist then they are not resurrected. Instead a new copy of a person is created and fooled into believing it is the original person who no longer exists. The very term 'resurrection' implies continuation of existence.

If souls cease to exist when the physical body dies then souls are destroyed by the separation of the spirit from the flesh. Therefore anyone who can kill a physical body is destroying a soul. That is a direct contradiction of what Christ says.

then men kill souls by killing fleshly bodies, which is not what Jesus says. Jesus says exactly the opposite. should i believe Him? read it again: fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul