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Hi and thanks for your reply! I believe you misunderstand the article. True, all doctrine is essential, some essential for receiving salvation, some not essential for receiving salvation, i.e. one does not have to believe in OSAS to receive salvation, but does have to believe that Christ is the...

Hi IF - All essential doctrine leads to faith in Christ's expiation for our sins. If it's not directly related to this it's nonessential, assuming it's Bible doctrine at all. Thanks for your reply! Blessings!

It has been well said that “there should be unity in all things essential, liberality in all things nonessential, and charity in all things!” The first is everyone believing the same doctrine concerning the receiving of faith (salvation). The second is respectfully allowing the variance of...

Oh, the joy that can dwell in the lives of the saints when our understanding of the work of God in us is clearly seen in His Word. The learning of the greatest lessons come the hardest and the latest, all due to instruction in patience, from which of the Lord’s provisions His Spirit uses to...

After being “born again,” the fact of remaining so is never an issue, thus the trials are not only to manifest unbelievers who falsely profess faith (sower’s parable), but also to increase the strength in the believer’s faith. Canaan being assured leaves us with the second most important...

Wanted to respond as sensitive as possible with the intention of that which might be for your good. Wish You His Best Bob

I understand your frustration and as long as you believe you are sincere in your reason for attempting to share what you believe is in the Word of God you must be patient in trusting Him to guide you. The primary evidence of His guidance is love to others, so if you find offense in anything...

Hi Thorwald - I can't understand your post after the above, so I'm just replying to it for now. I believe the wrath of God works righteousness, but never man's wrath (Jam 1:20). God's blessings to you!

Thank you for pointing out the significance of corresponding with respect. If it's not shown in neighborly love, it's "unprofitable" (1Cor 13:3). Thus, it must always be sharing "the truth in love" if we want to "grow up into Him in all things" (Eph 4:15). How we share is superior to what we...

Though we mostly disagree, I like the kind manner and respect you maintain in our correspondence, which can be difficult to find when sharing on multiple sites and tens of thousands of viewers. Blessings!

I have yet to see any notable Bible commentators who disagree on nearly all Scriptures, so what you may see from one will usually be the same from them all. From what I've learned to understand, "enlightened" here refers only to knowledge of the Gospel not acceptance, i.e. to know the truth but...

Thanks for the reply! Myself, I see how one would inevitably fall away or leave a false profession (which there has been many, i.e. "A man may say" - Jam 2:18), but never a genuine belief! Blessings!

Gill: "ye are fallen from grace"; that is, either from that grace which they professed to have; for there might be some in these churches, as in others, who were only nominal Christians, and formal professors; who had declared they saw themselves lost and undone sinners, destitute of a...

Hi SJ - Thanks for your input. We do differ in opinions concerning an "apostate." It's my understanding that an apostate is one who was never saved but attempted to appear so outwardly, in profession only. Blessings!

Hi Thorwald - Thanks for your reply. I suppose there needs to be a defining of "Christ WILL manifest Himself." The "manifestation" is not in a corporal or physical way but by our being "one" with Him through the Spirit of God (Rom 8:16) as He works in us, not the life of the Spirit but of the...

Hi Obed and thanks for your reply. The primary issue of the OP is to proclaim that salvation is complete when receiving Christ. The rest, which is evidence of this, comes as we "work out of our salvation" to manifest it all. Blessings!

What is the believer to be mostly assured of in the Faith?—“eternal salvation.” Nothing within the biblical doctrine of Soteriology can have even a scintilla of meaning if it rests apart from supporting the truth that “He who promised is faithful” (vs 23). “Promised” what? What in all existence...

The trials of the believer not only reveal the strength-level of faith but are simultaneously used to increase it! Regardless the cause of the hardness, God has decreed it to result in your favor (Rom 8:28)! - NC Mature Leadership It is worthy to note that no true leader of God’s people...

By “the righteousness of the law” is meant “the righteous requirement of the law” (Rom 8:4); and the righteous requirement of the law states that “the soul that sins, it shall die” (Eze 18:4, 20; originally Gen 2:17). To rightly obey the law would require an antecedent righteousness (Christ...