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You didn't answer my question. James 2:21 says Abraham was "justified by works" - namely, his obedience to God in offering his son Isaac as a sacrifice. Abraham's works "justified" him before whom - men or God?

James 2:21 says Abraham was justified by his works - ie, his obedience in offering His son Isaac as a sacrifice. Are you saying this means Abraham was justified "before MEN" by his works of obedience, not justified before God?

In other words, you can't tell me where you can find the Church, and where, as Paul did, you can check that your doctrine is correct. Neither can you tell me where, as Paul did, you can have doctrinal disputes settled.

One can only pity those poor lost pre-Refo imbeciles - imagine having no Bible and having only the teachings of the apostles to rely on! Awful. No wonder those fools got it so wrong. The printing press and Sola Scriptural actually led to a new revelation - there is not ONE Holy Spirit, but...

Quit the Bible-babble and try to think logically instead. To overcome the temptation we must use "self effort", which is using our free will to say "No" to sin. Grace empowers us to overcome temptation more easily, but we still use our free will when we say “No”. Without using our free will...

Poor argument. God DID save Mary from sin - if Mary had not been immaculately conceived, she would have been born with the stain of original sin, just like the rest of us; and then later she would have sinned consciously, just as all other humans sin consciously. It was God who allowed her to...

The first 1500 years of Christianity were a complete waste of time - all the Christians of that era were so brainless that they got just about everything wrong - the best those losers could offer were utter morons like Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. Jesus should have waited until the sixteen...

What? Let YOU be the judge of how to interpret scripture? You’ve got to joking!

That’s actually correct - I don’t know that I’m saved yet, because I will be saved only after I die, judged by Christ and then (hopefully) granted eternal life. So after I am granted eternal life I will know I’m saved. You don’t know you are saved either, because you are not yet saved. You...

I see - so every time the word “hope” appears in the NT it actually means “wish” … or is it only when the word “hope” refers to salvation that it means “wish”? Either way … what nonsense. Please cite one professional Bible-linguistics scholar who agrees with your idiotic claim. This is what...

No, that is incorrect. The scriptures I quoted last time clearly states that the sacrifice of Jesus redeemed ALL mankind - believers and unbelievers alike. For example: “he is the expiation of our sins, and NOT FOR OURS ONLY but also for the sins of the WHOLE WORLD” (1John 2:2). If you don’t...

The law of Christ is explained in these verses: “This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you” (John 15:12). "And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us" (1John 3:23). So the "law of...

Romans 4:1 says “according to the flesh”, so Romans 4:2 is referring to works done without faith, which it says will only impress men, but not God. It is not saying works done with faith mean nothing to God - on the contrary, God not only demands goods works from the faithful, God rewards good...

You're hopeless. All one has to do is read the preceeding verses to Rev 3:4 to see that you are talking nonsense. Jesus is clearly referring to their "WORKS". It is their works done in faith that make them worthy of salvation. When Jesus says "I know your works", believe it or not, he is...

It is not physical blood that is drunk - it is the blood of Jesus in the physical form of wine. God can be present in any form of matter he so chooses. Do you doubt his power?

Hey, Wise Teacher of Lawlessness, ever heard of the "law of Christ"?

Please explain.

The Lord can chasten his children all he likes, it doesn't mean the child will repent of his evil. To chasten doesn't mean to turn someone into a robot that doesn't sin.

Only if the believer's free will allows it. A believer's free will can override any grace he receives. God allows the devil to tempt believers, in order that their hearts and faith be tested. That is why no one is eternally saved as soon as they first believe. Our lives on earth is a test...