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Belief is just that, a believing that something is true. Faith is a trust, yet faith in itself is insufficient. I like this quote: "It is not faith that saves, but faith in Jesus Christ.... It is not, strictly speaking, even faith in Christ that saves, but Christ that saves through faith. The...

That is a false narrative, justaname. We are not born until we repent taking ourselves off the throne of our lives (denying our own godliness) and plead for salvation in Christ Jesus. Then we are born again. skypair By responding in faith we are repenting, we give witness that Jesus is Lord...

This seems to be Morman theology...am I correct? Those who are born into the family of Jesus Christ, the second Adam, respond in fath to the Judge. This our headship is changed and we are imputed His righteousness. Those who remain in the first Adam respond in disbelief and retain his sin...

Is it that we ourselves have the divine nature or that we have access to it? Do you believe we become the Holy Spirit?

I am uncertain how this applies to the concept of total depravity. Yet to be reconciled to God is only through faith in Christ. Let me add a bit of Scripture here concerning God's monergistic role in Salvation. I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found...

Well we disagree in regards to total depravity. I did comment previously on the Acts passage. Your explanation of the "sons of men" I do not agree with either, and I don't see the correlation. Perhaps you are stating the Sethic line was the only surviving line? Yet we do know the Nephilim...

You did not answer my question. Did you stop sinning?

Great post and great discussion after the post. Cheers NetChaplin and skypair! Good show of gentleness and meekness in argumentation.

So have you stopped sinning yet?

10 γνωστὸν ἔστω πᾶσιν ὑμῖν καὶ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ Ἰσραὴλ ὅτι ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Ναζωραίου ὃν ὑμεῖς ἐσταυρώσατε, ὃν ὁ θεὸς ἤγειρεν ἐκ νεκρῶν, ἐν τούτῳ οὗτος παρέστηκεν ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν ὑγιής4. 11 οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ λίθος, ὁ ἐξουθενηθεὶς ὑφʼ ὑμῶν τῶν οἰκοδόμων, ὁ γενόμενος εἰς κεφαλὴν γωνίας. 12...

skypair, The hole in the heart analogy does not convince me, I prefer scriptural references. Paul references Scripture in Romans, none seek after God, no not one. This is rather plain language. Yet I think we are in agreement from the rest of your post. By turning to God in faith in the...

Skypair, 30 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, 31 because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead." - Acts...

So if you were to explain this to someone who did not know the story of the Christ, how would you go about giving the story or account, let's say if you did not have a Bible available. As an example, in Japan only about 2% of the population know about Christ. So it is not uncommon for someone...

I did make a thread about this topic. Fell free to copy and paste it over there or rephrase it if you like. I will respond to it over there! Shalom!

So if you shared the gospel with an unbeliever what would it be?

I agree. No point in continuing the discussion as you are not interested in what the Scriptures say, only in defending your doctrine. Shalom.

Actually the first thing I have done here was correct your misunderstanding of the Greek. Then I posted commentary by scholars that exegete the Scripture. Notice here you are explaining how you "defend your doctrine". This is actually eisegesis and you are admitting you do this. You clearly...

I am uncertain where you are gathering your information and your inference in regards to the Greek. Yet you are wrong. First the Philippians passage: Taken from BDAG 3rd edition. This is the most trusted lexicon within academia concerning Biblical Greek. χαρίζομαι : to give freely as a...

My response was adequate, and easily understandable. I addressed your issue with explicit statements. Because you choose to subvert these explicit statements to justify your position is not something that is refutable. In other words I can show you the truth all day long, but it takes God to...

I understand you don't have an answer, but you don't have be condescending. The truth is you don't know Saturday is the seventh day anymore than Tuesday is the seventh day. God did not preserve a calendar keeping track of every seventh day from the time of creation.