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Hi Rach, Just so! We were born to do righteousness. Is there anything that can fulfull us like righteousness does? No, of course not! At any given moment, the flesh nature wants to sin. But just the same, at any given moment, our new nature wants to do righteousness. We need to keep in...

Who among you is a Christian who wants to sin? Are you a child of God? Tell us which are the evil desires you are glad of forgiveness so that now you can fulfill them. It's OK, you have the anonimity of the internet. Which are those cherished, special sins that you look forward to indulging...

Hi Strat, Please do not overlook that I am one of "they" who present salvation by grace alone. What do you mean exactly when you say "modern Christianity"? Who among those posting here has stated any desire to freely sin with impunity? Because I believe that God has forgiven all my sins...

Romans 7:4-6 ESV (4) Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. (5) For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by...

Then by your own words, as you've admitted you still sin, you do not know God.

Hi dragonfly, Actually, "belief" in this verse is a genetive case noun. LITV has the correct translation. True belief in Jesus results in God re-creating us, which changes us, resulting our our good works. Love in Christ, Mark

Trying to keep the Law cannot make you righteous. Grace is the only answer given in Scripture to make you righteous, both in standing and in behavior. You do constantly misrepresent those who present God's grace as being lawless, failing to acknowledge that being personally ruled by Christ...

Hi dragonfly, Then your salvation is based on works - your ability to keep yourself from sinning. And in the eternal kingdom, you will have the pleasure of the boast, "I did it! I kept myself from sin!" Intention is not what saves us. Perfomance is not what saves us, not that we even can...

The only fable here is the notion that you can somehow earn your salvation through a sufficient number of good works. To anyone who thinks this is true, recommend the repeated reading of Galatians, Romans, and Colossians. Read every word. Listen to what it says. And let the truth of God's...

It is not the works that saves him. Salvation is justification/rebirth. Having been reborn, we go on to walk in those works. Already saved.

Hi Prentis, This first part is so obviously a red herring, there is no need to respond other than to point that out. We declare the Scriptures. You know, it's very revealing to read through these threads of debates of salvation by grace versus works based salvation, and to see who's posts are...

Hi Episkopos, Again I'd like to draw you towards a Scripture based discussion. Again I will point out . . . I'm going to make simple statements directly supported by Scripture. You speak of "inventing schemes". I'm going to point to the Word. Agreed. The soul that sins shall die. We, who...

To remain in Christ - abide - is to be born again. 2 Cor 5:17 (ESV) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. If you were to cease to be "in Christ", of necessity, you cease to be born again. If you cease to be born again any...

Matthew 24:45-46 (ESV) (45) "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? (46) Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.

OK, Episkopos, In this you have revealed yourself. If in your words our status as righteous or not righteous is dependant upon our works, they you are proclaiming a gospel of works, which is really no gospel at all. Tell me plainly . . . do you believe Christians reach a point in their...

Can of worms is right! What surprised me the most is the Supreme Court's decision to call this a tax, when it is a mandate to purchase. Does this mean that I'll be sending my premium to the IRS? Personally, I feel that this is an agregious overstepping of authority. What will the next "tax"...

As we disagree over matters, the Bible is our authority. Who says we leave it as a study of words only??? That's a distraction from what is happening here. Before you asked, is it a word study or power. You make it either/or. Now you are saying, it is in word and power. But the words tell...

The Gospel is expressed in God's Word. Words have meaning. Our ideas about what the Gospel is must be in harmony with what God's Word says. Why, Episkopos, do you disparage or otherwise downplay the study of God's Word? Love in Christ, Mark

Hi Episkopos, You state . . . "we die in Jesus so that we can be raised in newness of life in Jesus . . ." To clarify . . . Colossians 3:1-4 LITV (1) If, then, you were raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is sitting at the right of God; (2) mind the things above, not...

Hi Episkopos, I would dare say this passage is EXACTLY about trusting Jesus for your salvation, OR trusting your works for your salvation. Either you are justified - declared/rendered Not Guilty - by works of Law or by faith in Jesus. This is the teaching of this passage of Scripture. Based...