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What is in view as 'the church ' here ? The biblical church that is NT local and visible or the so called 'universal, invisible ' church.. which is not in scripture? Every believer or all redeemed.. isn't 'the church' yet. It is not assembled as one yet. What is assembled is the local NT...

Yeah, this is why I don't like it when believers decry the sinners prayer. I know the sinners prayer isn't just getting someone to repeat a line after you and then they are saved, but it is.. believing Jesus is God, lived a sinless life, that He died and rose again, and that by believing in...

Signs and wonders etc.. are very rare things. Contrary to popular belief they DON'T happen all the time! A miracle, by definition is a very rare thing. So we shouldn't EXPECT signs and wonders etc.. It's up to God, and not up to us for them to happen. When He does perform these, it's for...

It is hard to tell often who is converted and who isn't. The fruit of the Holy Spirit indwelling someone will be there at stages in a saved person's life. But sometimes you might catch them in a sinful time period or state.. because they still have a sin nature. So something that is changed in...

The KJV 1611 is a church of England (Episcopalian/anglican) influenced Bible. So.. where previous Bibles such as the Bishops Bible had congregation and assembly for 'ecclessia ' .. the kjv has 'church'. Assembly and congregation have a more defined and localized meaning than 'church'.. which...

The disciples did all the work of a New Testament local church. They had Jesus as the Head They had the Lords Supper. They had a treasurer. I think Judas had this role.. and though he was very likely unsaved.. the type of role as a treasurer is a mark of a church running. They performed...

That's straight out works for salvation fella. If its a free gift... you can't earn it in, man! And it's God who keeps it.. not yourself who keeps it. He owns it.. He keeps it!

Well.. the sacrifice of lambs bulls and goats in the OT.. is a picture of Jesus. These sacrifices also couldn't atone for sin as in eternal life. So therefore is not the atonement of Jesus effectual then also.. as people looking forward to the Messiah coming? Jesus wasn't offering a new...

Hold up! People were redeemed in the Old Testament. David believed in a redeemer, so did Job, Abraham believed before he offered his son Isaac up. He was converted before then. So the disciples... aside from Judas would have been saved. The system of service was different in the OT..not...

Paul calls the OT divine inspired scripture, and then His own writings to churches in the NT are put on the same level. All the while.. it's being written down within the lifetimes of many who he was writing about..especially the NT. It's telling when the Pharisees were claiming the body of...

Yes I got it wrong that devils believing is not compared with believers .. it is in scripture. It's just that the belief in Jesus the devils have is entirely different to believers.

Devils know Jesus exists .. and who He is. But they haven't called out to Jesus for salvation from hell. They have no personal connection with Him. It is a misnomer comparing believers with devils. Unless you are meaning people who never believe but it's just a cultural thing. Christian...

Why are you bringing up the devils believing? They don't believe in Him as a person who entrusting their salvation with Him would

Converted .. means they have truly believed Jesus is God..that He died and rose again and by believing in Him they have eternal life. Full stop. No water baptism, no works.

(Heb 13:3) Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. (Heb 13:4) Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. (Heb 13:5) Let your conversation be without...

The save-- is salvation from what? Hell? No. It's salvation from trials and tribulations during end times. Again.. this is not a verse about eternal salvation. It has nothing to do with salvation. It's about enduring trials. In the bible there are two kinds of salvation.. one is...

Of course there are false converts.. I was talking about genuine conversion. Millions and millions of converted people out of billions and billions.. isn't that much :)

Well.. Jesus Christ the same, yesterday, today and forever.. isn't about healing and miracles etc.. it's about his unerring nature and promises. Again.. the context is key. It's not a verse that stands alone. The context isn't about signs, miracles and wonders.

Not so rare... that's an unearned, unmerited, unfavoured gift from Jesus to those who entrust their salvation with Him. There are millions and millions of people who have received Jesus as their Saviour.. genuinely. John 3:16 and Romans 10

Healing .. biblical healing.. as in a miracle is very rare. Contrary to popular belief there aren't miracles happening all the time. Take deception, psychosomatic healing and recovery over a period of time out of the equation and real biblical miracle healings are very rare. It isn't a lack...