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So how did the gospel get to the USA? To the UK? To China? To India? Are you saying that all the godly men who travelled to such countries to spread the gospel were disobeying God? People like William Carey, Adoniram Judson, etc.

I wonder if MatthewG meant no more missionary trips to be made by Paul? Hopefully he wasn't saying there were no more missionary trips by anybody since Paul.

No, this is where you have misunderstood me (which is probably my fault, so I apologise). I do indeed believe that Paul went to all the places God wanted him to go with the gospel. We seem to agree, from what you have just written, that Paul didn't come to Britain (I say "come", because I am...

I think you are reading more into my post than was there. I did not say it was impossible for Paul to have travelled to the whole of the Roman Empire. I agree with these words from the OP: "Paul traveled through: Judea Syria Asia Minor Greece Macedonia Illyricum Rome And early church...

Not conflicting for me. To avoid any further misunderstanding, let me say again that I only disagree with the suggestion in the OP that when Paul said he had finished the task, he meant that he had taken the gospel to all the nations in the Roman world. The Roman world of his day included what...

I must stress that I certainly wasn't doubting what Paul says. Just not sure that I agree with the sentence in the OP about Paul having reached the boundaries of the Roman Empire. He didn't reach Gaul (now France) or Britain, for example, a nd both were in the Roman Empire by then.

I agree with a lot that you wrote, but I cannot agree with this sentence: "His mission was to take the Gospel to the nations of the Roman world, and he explicitly says he did." Paul didn't come to Britain, and that had become part of the Roman Empire in 43AD, so before the Epistle to the...

Thanks so much for explaining, and no need for you to apologise. That is much clearer. I do agree with what you said in your explanation. Thanks again.

I agree. If "staying saved" relied on our works, we would never have assurance, and Scripture tells Christians that they can have assurance. For example: (1Jn 5:13) These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life...

I would have thought either the Theology Forum or the Unorthodox Forum. The Creative Writing Forum is for people who write creatively to discuss their and others' work, I think.

Just wondering (not complaining), why did you post this on the "Creative Writing" forum?

Yes of course "again" indicates a previous birth. Every human being has been born once, when they emerged from the womb. But to have the new life Jesus came to bring, a sinner needs a second birth. That is the "born again" Jesus was speaking about to Nicodemus. It seemed to me that KUWN had...

True, but I don't see that to be saved, one needs to be born again twice. Jesus said to Nicodemus, "You must be born again", not "You must be born again twice."

I don't understand what you mean by "born again (the first time)." The word "again" means it must be a second birth. Are you saying that to be saved one has to be born again, and then born again for a second time?

Agreed. I would add, "Where is the verse that says that a born again believer can become "un-born?"

That is clearer. Thanks.

Thanks. I would say that Nathan was specifically told by God to go to David after the Bathsheba incident. And David's confession was to God, as he said in Psalm 51. It was Nathan that said to David, "You are the man." David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord." I don't believe...

I believe James there is referring to confessing to people we've sinned against, similar to what Jesus said about forgiving a repenting brother: Lu 17:3 Take heed to yourselves. And if your brother sins against you, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. Lu 17:4 And if he sins against...

But surely nobody here is saying that saved people shouldn't repent or do good deeds. Some of us, including me, believe that salvation is by God's grace alone, but that doesn't mean that repentance and good works aren't needed. Paul, writing to the Ephesians, said that we are saved by grace...

Sorry, I think I misunderstood you as saying that God's grace was a different thing under the Old Covenant than it is under the New. I apologise.