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So it seems that confession of all my sins isn't necessary after all, just confession that I am in need of salvation from my sins? That's not the same thing at all. Of course, if I understand the gospel, I understand what I need salvation from. Again, it's faith in Christ that saves, not listing...

Believing in Christ by definition is repentance of our unbelief, and sorrow for our sin will follow. But it's the belief in Christ that saves, not simply sorrow for sin. Lots of people are sorry for their sin when they wake up after a bender the night before, but it's not Godly sorrow.

This is not about initially being saved. Paul is referring to salvation in the sense that all who are in Christ will have reached eternity, that the time of ultimate victory and judgment is fast approaching. It's a reference to the last days. He's talking to people that are already believers.

Wow, that's all you got out of that post? I could call on Jesus until I'm blue in the face, but if I don't sincerely believe in his sacrifice for me, all I would get is hoarse. Lots of people use his name when it's convenient, but don't know him.

Still, lots of people get to that point and part ways.

If you're not willing to marry, are you truly committed? You say premarital sex is ok, but where's the guarantee that you won't break up and it was actually just casual sex?

I really have no idea what you're trying to say. Equality can mean many things. Holy and unholy are equally human. They aren't equal spiritually. But with all your talk of species, and so on, I didn't suppose you were merely talking about spiritual things.

1What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has discovered? 2If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God. 3For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”…

That was not the question. The question is whether you confessed every sin when you accepted Christ. And I don't believe anyone lives sinless. In fact, for one to believe they are sinless is a sin of pride in itself.

So...that wasn't helpful. I have read the whole Bible more than once, and yes I see the Trinity and the other core doctrines. I've never found purgatory in there. I even asked my Catholic friend and she tried to say Luther removed some verse about praying for the dead? Is that what the Catholic...

So, are you sinless? And did you confess every sin you ever committed?

Of course, but we are talking here about what saves. The Holy spirit convicts, and we believe on Christ's atonement for salvation. That includes sorrow for sins. Simply being sorry but not accepting Christ doesn't save. What does? Belief in the resurrection. You know when I got saved, I was...

What do you think, " Not of works " means?

Mark 16:16, NIV: "Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved,but whoever does not believe will be condemned." Mark 16:16, ESV: "Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned." The last half of this verse states that lack of belief is all that...

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What does that mean? What is the sin you need to repent of? Unbelief. Repentance of every sin ever? That's impossible. I'm sure I could not remember every one, not even close. Now, yes, we are told to confess our sins. But over and over and over again, we are told that it is belief in Christ...

Oh good grief. You literally need context to read anything correctly.

Not biblical. Yes it's a new covenant, but Jesus has always been our only savior. No one was saved any other way. In the Old testament it was through believing in the promise that was revealed to them of the messiah. For those earlier it was through faith also. Read Hebrews 11... the whole...

Whoever doesn't believe will not be saved. Not whoever isn't baptized with water.

I'll give you a clue. From the same chapter: 22 Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. 23 Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?” He said to them, 24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because...