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Apart from the cross all becomes an idol. Look at the muslims and those in other religions who give all. They idolize their own 'obedience'. It is not about us giving all. It is about the cross doing all its work in us. It is about us resting in all Jesus did, and trusting that he will...

On that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf. For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. John 16:26-27

That is correct, but not entirely. I can point you to scripture (that I'm sure you know yourself) that admonishes us to hold fast what we have received. That implies more than faith because faith cannot do its full work apart from understanding, knowledge and wisdom. Just as there are those who...

I don't discard all. I see all in the cross.

You're looking to all instead of the cross.

I don't think you understand the cross.

And those who have believed into Christ have hit the mark, whether they live up to your expectations and vague rules of obedience, or not.

There is no such thing as a sliding scale of obedience. You either hit the mark or you don't. No one hits the mark all of the time, including you. According to your logic then, since you are not performing at 100% GOD does not know you and will discard you. That's preposterous. Abraham wasn't...

What you are implying is preposterous and the fruit of an idolatry of imagined obedience.

They have good AND bad fruit. The good fruit comes from Christ within them. GOD does not reward people for bad fruit, but neither does he discard people in Christ because they are not perfect.

You're excused We are not told to draw near to GOD through earthly men, but 'with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water' Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of...

This is not entirely accurate. All new covenant believers are encouraged to confidently enter the holy place and then the holiest place in order to approach the throne of grace. Therefore let us approach with confidence to the throne of grace, in order that we may receive mercy and find grace...

Eternal means beyond time. Immortal means unable to perish. Death is separation from life. Natural death is separation from natural life; eternal death is separation from eternal life. Those who perish are made alive at the second resurrection, and then separated from GOD forever. As a type...

The soul that sins dies. Men receive everything they have from GOD, yet they pervert it.

How would this conversation change if we used the word eternal in place of immortal? Immortality only pertains to the righteous, but there are just and unjust souls.

If I can see what you can't see, that doesn't mean it's not true. I told you what I believe. These are very deep mysteries. He that has ears, let him hear. If this a stumbling block to you, then fine, we won't proceed. Nevertheless, it is what I believe. Just because I can't explicitly show you...

I can't take you to Genesis to explicitly show you the truth of the 7 spirits, but there it is. So I don't think that is a definitive test for truth. This may be true. I am certainly interested in knowing the truth.

Apparently, souls do exist after and during death, are resting, are with GOD, do have consciousness of GOD and their past, and have a voice: And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and because of the...

But the soul must be immortal at some point because Jesus said that in our patient endurance we possess our souls. We 'possess' our souls as long as we live whether we have patience or not; so he must have been referring to eternity. So if the soul is not immortal of itself, it must become...

I'm not sure what you mean. Do we even agree that the soul is immortal before the resurrection of life? The spirit is certainly immortal IMO.