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The Apostle John gave instructions to Christians of all levels of maturity in the faith (and he even included himself in the mix this time ... please see the pronouns below, in bold), about what we, as believers, need to do to be forgiven of our ongoing sins. 1 John 1 (NASB 95') 9 If we confess...

Hello Arkange, that's certainly a HUGE part of our being saved and receiving eternal life from God, both the Incanation and the Cross, that is :Thumbsup: However, if His death and shed blood, which pays the required price for our redemption and the forgiveness of our sins .. e.g. Romans 5:8-10...

Hello NotTheRock, prior to the Lord Jesus' birth an angel from God told Joseph the following about His purpose in coming here, Matthew 1 21 “She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” I believe that our salvation from sin...

Hello ProverbsInPink, why do you say that/what do you mean, specifically :IDK: Thanks :clmSmlx I think John 1 certainly gives us insight into "Who" is the "Word" of God (who and what He truly is). However, I don't believe that John 1 is attempting to say that Jesus in the Word of God in the...

Hello Sheri, I noticed that you are a new member so I thought that I should say, welcome to CB.com :ntmetu Also, thank you for posting the passage from James that is so vtial to understand whenever the topic of sola fide is being discussed :thumbsupx1 God bless you!! --Papa Smurf p.s. - you...

No ... e.g. Matthew 7:21-23. --Papa Smurf p.s. - Holiness (or better, our personal pursuit of holiness) in this life will ~not~ get us into the Kingdom. However, those of us who have been quickened/born again, redeemed and saved by God will certainly pursue holiness (~because~ they we been...

Hello again Ned, noted! It was a bit long, admittedly, but it was what I believe that I needed to say to be understood. That said, here is the part of my last post that I was most interested in hearing back from you about. I don't see the connection (that you apparently do) between the two...

Hello again Nedsk, while I have certainly heard many say that the works that we end up doing as Christians are the fruit of/result from God changing us and saving us, I don't ever remember hearing/reading a discussion or study or sermon about not having a choice in the matter (in regard to...

Hello again GodsGrace, maybe I'm not as much of a problem as I assumed that I was (concerning my lack of knowledge about Ai, that is). I find all of this not only odd, but quite frankly, a bit disturbing, as well. I'm pretty sure that this cannot possibly be true, but it almost feels like Ai is...

Thanks @ProverbsInPink, I need to spend a little time learning more about Ai searches, as I'm certain that I'm part of the problem because I haven't. Still, it seems to me that results from the old-school type of internet searches resulted in conclusions that were far more similar to one another...

Hello again @ProverbsInPink, I'm not saying that I do not trust your Ai's findings, but I thought that I'd go and have a look for myself, just to make sure. So, I did a search on my Edge browser and guess what popped up as the top entry in my search, that's right, you guessed it, Google Ai ;)...

Hello GodsGrace, yes, the Council of Nicea was valid IMHO, my point was that decisions concerning the makeup and establishment of the Biblical Canon were not discussed there, that's all. As I said in my last post,

Hello ProverbsInPink, I'm fairly certain that it was several regional councils that defined the 73 Book Canon of the Catholic Church, the first being in Rome (382 AD), then in the cities of Hippo, Carthage, & Florance (who all affirmed the same 73 Books set down by the Council of Rome, I think)...

Hello Arkange, can the Bible make mistakes? Well, only if its Author can! That said, we hold the original manuscripts (or autographs) to be the wholly infallible and inerrant word of God Himself. I recommend watching the following movie/documentary about this topic. The cast is made up of...

Hello Arkangel, the two leaders of these two faiths (in this case I'm referring to the Lord Jesus Christ and the 14th Dalai Lama) both say "no" to your first question (1. The Dalai Lama reluctantly admitted this to a pesky reporter at an ecumenical conference in Switzerland a few years back...

Hello Arkangel, I agree, other religions (all of them, I believe) are all about being good enough, personally (doing enough good deeds, having enough good karma or, as you put it, earning enough "moral money" to become acceptable to God .. I like that description, "moral money" :Thumbsup:)...

While that's true (that Christians choose to do good works/deeds done in righteousness .. Titus 3:5), no one is saying that we are somehow forced to do them either, are they? (it seems to me that you are unnecessarily conflating things above that need not be). Before we were saved, we sinned...

Well, I don't believe that it's too great of a length, because it comes directly from the Holy Writ. For instance (though I know this passage has already been mentioned above), Ephesians 2 (NASB 95') 8 By grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is...

Hello Nedsk, that would be true if all who have faith were also saved, but they aren't. James speaks of two different kinds of faith, 1) a lively faith that, along with salvation, results in all of the other things that accompany salvation (Hebrews 6:9 cf Ephesians 2:10), and 2) a dead faith...