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5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. 6 Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion, 7 desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about...

I am glad too! To speak a bit about Jesus; He always did what was pleasing to the Father. This is the example we are to strive towards. Sin is any measure of failure in this respect, be it things we do or things we don't do. Thank God for the Advocate we have in Christ! In Him we already...

In D.A. Carson's book, Exegetical Fallacies second edition he speaks briefly to this topic and to a certain fallacy. Failure to recognize distinctions The fallacy that argues that because x and y are alike in certain respects they are alike in all respects. The Bible does teach in Gal. 3:28...

22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in...

Barrd, Obviously sin existed before the Law as sin and death entered the world through Adam. God punished because of sin man with the flood of Noah. Therefore sin exists outside the Law or without it's prior establishing with humanity. Have you ever done a word study of sin? What is the...

Yes and this says a lot...

I would further to say she is the most blessed amongst women as she is the Theokokos. As far as her being immaculately conceived I am unsure, yet the evidence in Scripture is weak. It is possible God kept her from sin on the merits of Jesus. This would in no way place her on Jesus' level as...

Wormwood, Respectfully the majority of your post is speaking against limited atonement. Now I myself was never arguing that position. I do believe Piper holds to that doctrine, yet I do not see that doctrine forming his argument. The most convincing portion of his argument is the...

The Immaculate Conception, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, was the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the womb of her mother, Saint Anne, free from original sin by virtue of the foreseen merits of her son Jesus Christ. The Catholic Church teaches that Mary was conceived...

Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Or who tends a flock and does not [e]use the milk of the flock? 8 I am not speaking these things according to [f]human judgment, am I? Or does not the Law also say these things? 9 For...

The thrust of the argument for Mary's sinless perfection rests on this statement...From Luke 1. KJV Hail , thou that art highly favoured , Χαῖρε • • • κεχαριτωμένη NASB Greetings , favored one ! χαίρω χαριτόω NRSV Catholic Edition...

Wormwood, Blessings in Christ; may our God continue to grow and strengthen you in the love and knowledge of Him in this new year! I am opting against quoting fully your two responses. Through this post though I hope to give more light in accordance with what I interpret the scriptures to...

I do not see different gospels, rather progressive revelation. As practicing Jews it was natural to be zealous for the Law. Coming to Messiah only fulfills the faith of Judiaism. One can have faith in Christ's imputed righteousness and desire to serve God by keeping the Law to the best of...

God has mercy on whom He chooses. This can easily include babies.

As a result of Adam's sin death entered the world. Yet as Adam did not die immediately from his disobedience spiritual death was the immediate result. Yes sin was in the world before the law as we know from the flood people were judged for sin. People are born separated from God at birth...

When Paul says “all sinned,” he indeed means that every human being has personally sinned. Nevertheless, we should not read a Pelagian interpretation from this, for the ἐφʼ ᾧ phrase explains why all human beings have sinned. As a result of Adam’s sin death entered the world and engulfed all...

This is relevant to the topic... 13. Paul breaks off his construction and proceeds in a different direction. But what he says is connected with the preceding, and he links it up with for. He can say what he has just said, for there was sin even before the law was given: even before there was...

Oz, Some of these do serve a god, yet how are they guilty of not serving Jesus Christ or the God of Abraham (no distinction being made) if they are ignorant? You can not suppress something you are not privy of. I understand these are guilty of sin; here I have no issue.

I pray for God's mercy.

Merry Christmas everyone!