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I'm not wrong because the Bible says I'm not. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 1 John 2:2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also...

We are both right, bf. Christ died for the whole world, but only we who believe in Him will receive the actual reconciliation to God. All others He died for will burn in hell.

I never knew you believed in Universalism. Justification is being cleansed of sin through faith in Jesus. There are two types of sins, and Jesus as the Author of our faith takes away the worst type of sin from our nature. Therefore, as long as we are actually born again of the Holy Spirit (I...

It was all up to God, not us, to destroy the works of the devil and give salvation to mankind, IF they believed in His Son and the blood He shed for them. Those who do not believe in Jesus and what He did WILL receive the wrath of God. We are justified by faith. And from faith to faith. Meaning...

Not true. Willful sins committed against God's laws resulted in their death. The Jews had the Law already for about 1,500 years. Up until the time of Christ's death it was the blood of bulls and goats since Adam's sin that were used to appease the wrath of God. Christ's blood appeased God's...

We find the actual answer in chapter 6. Our sin nature was crucified with Him while we were still sinners, but our resurrection in Christ is freedom from sin by the power of His Holy Spirit.

I agree. That is why John the Baptist only preached repentance. The key to receiving Christ's powerful Spirit to not sin is repentance. Acts. 2:38; 1 John 1:9. How many times do we need to receive God's power? Only once. But some teach we are never free from sin as if Jesus didn't take away...

Jesus was the fulfillment of the Law vs. Spirit, and the Prophecies about the coming Messiah.

Wow, you have a lot to learn. Let's see if I can help. Galatians 5:17 has a publisher's error in it? The "s" in Spirit is small, meaning our own mind that has to learn the law, rather than the New Covenant when the law is written on our hearts as when born again of the Spirit when Jesus takes...

A fake Christian willfully sins against God. They can't help themselves. A person can test themselves by checking out Galatians 5:19-23. Jesus has taken away all desire to commit those sins and given them the strength of the Holy Spirit, making them born again of the Spirit. Otherwise, that...

Ignorant church fathers thought we could never be free from sin because our body was still alive, because they thought "the flesh" was our body of muscles and organs. But Paul refers to "the flesh" in a two different manners. Therefore, the context is important. The second meaning, Paul meant...

I have found that my experiences have confirmed His word, that is why I was confused by your statement. For instance, when I physically felt a "heaviness" lift out of my body when I was born again, that is the "circumcision without hands" of Col. 2, when Jesus removes the SIN from our old man or...

Like what? Can you give an example?

Yes, we have such a close relationship and I know what you mean about His laughter. When I had pets I would go outside to call my cat to come inside before I went to bed. I would call and call and call and no sign of her. Then God would laugh and say in a sing-song way, "I know where she is."...

I know what you mean. I'm always wanting more of Him and those "deep things of God." 1 Cor. 2:9-10. And He teaches me new things, which always makes me want more, never satisfied.

It was a real cult.

You're welcome. There were other Gnostic groups, but one thing they had in common, I believe (could be wrong), is that "sin" is only of the spirit, and sins of the flesh produced grace. Read 1 John 4:1-3 again if you forgot where John spoke about them.

Yes, read Revelation 2 and read about the church ages of Ephesus and Pergamos. They both mention the Nicolaitans. God hated their sin. But Ephesus was the church age of the first century so that is why both Paul and John dealt with their beliefs head on. Some scholars broke up the word...

We can do that by studying the doctrines of the apostles. 1 John 4:1-3 describes the doctrines of the Gnostics, and in particular, the Nicolaitans who taught exactly what Paul spoke against in Romans 6:1 "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 Certainly not...

That would be like astral projection which is from the occult. However, Satan cannot create, therefore when you find a "gift" in the occult, know that God has already created the real. I assume that is what your flying and becoming invisible is about. Tell us where you went and what God had you...