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Growth in grace is a very remarkable work—the work of the Father. “He that hath wrought us for this very thing is God” (2 Co 5:5). We are to “desire the sincere milk of the Word that we may grow thereby.” It is not merely seeing the meaning of the Word, or its exposing us to ourselves, as a man...

Hi J and thanks for your reply!

The phrase "was alive" intends the sense that Paul only thought he had eternal life and was secure, it doesn't mean he was actually in possession of eternal life. We can only know where we are when God reveals it to us, and He has always shown where we are wrong, otherwise there is no...

We'll just be in disagreement on this issue!

"Hi MO and thanks for your reply! My interpretation here is that "shaped in iniquity" intends the sense of that which was included (Adamic nature) was from the time I began to take shape. "In sin" intends "with sin." Just the possession of the old man does not incur guilt. This comes from our...

I believe God does not condemn anyone who is under a certain age, which is at His discretion! The young are born with the sinful nature and it will manifest the older they get. God never tempts one to evil, nor does man need temptation to be evil. Temptation just manifests what is present, like...

No amount of valor and service will give you the mind of the Lord. The ten thousand who followed Gideon did not know his mind; it was only the three hundred who did; it was not until the nine thousand and seven hundred had gone back that he said, “As I do so shall ye do” (Jud 7:17). The order of...

Everyone I know claims that apart from God we are wicked, and of course Scripture claims it. The natural man is one who is not born again and is dominated by the sinful nature, which includes those who have a false "profession."

Man on his own initiative and apart from God's influence cannot be good, for natural men are "defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled."

God gives the desire for faith and we receive it because of this desire in asking and receiving Christ; and in all who receive faith He causes (works) them to live by it. After sufficient Scriptural knowledge and understanding, works will manifest faith. It all starts for us through faith and...

The Christian uses ("lives by") faith at all times when accepting all of God's Word as truth. Faith shows itself in works but exits in being God-dependent and this is what we grew in.

True, which is learned to do more all the time, for "the just live by faith." Agreed here, it's like muscles, every saint has them, but those which are exercised the most are most evident. I believe the growth and strength of faith has much to do with how we understanding the Word, which is the...

"Above all, the gospel of Christ brings good news, rather than instruction about our behavior." Good article JAN - Though our works do not address attaining nor retaining of salvation, they reveal our perception and understanding of it! Blessings!

Hi Sword - Good reply and thanks! Once saved, redemption is never again an issue but faith always is, because the stronger the faith, the more effective the witness! Blessings!

It cannot be work then receive, for how can one work without having received that which is required to know and do the work? It can only be work after receiving, for works do not produce faith, but the inverse is true. The work involves, not our attaining nor retaining faith and salvation but...

The way I see it is that once we accept Christ, God ensures we will always desire His will more often than our own (Phil 2:13), and this will continue to increase!

Unconditionally love ya too SP. Notionally here means having only a vague and incomplete understanding, and "in word only" means claiming genuineness but in actuality untrue, e.g. "A man say" (Jam 2:18) he is saved but the absence of obedience to God confirms he isn't. I learned that my...

Gill: by "the grace of God," is not meant the grace of God in regeneration, and effectual calling, which can never be received in vain; for the grace of God never fails of producing a thorough work of conversion; nor is it ever lost, but is strictly connected with eternal, glory . . . Now this...

The phrase "receive" denotes perceived (received) and "in vain" denotes by hearing only, for truly accepting saving grace in never meaningless (vain).

Yes, the issue in 1 Co 15 is the surety of Christ's resurrection but the issue we are discussing concerns Paul opposing false professors who were trying to bring in false teachings concerning it.