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Pretty close to Arianism: Arians have been called the “archetypal” Christian heretics; accusations of Arianism have been made in almost every century since the fourth. Taking its name from an Egyptian priest, Arius, this heresy holds that Jesus, while the son of God, is neither eternal nor as...

"I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the LORD, who does all these things. “Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit; let the earth cause them both to...

That's right. God is not going to save those who reject Christ, or resort to keeping the Law as the means of merit from God for salvation.

True. We live in a fallen world, where there is sickness and death. Although the guilt and punishment of sin has been removed from us, the presence of sin remains and will be part of us until we get to glory. Because sickness originated from the blight of sin and death that came upon the...

If a person is genuinely converted to Christ, then he receives the righteousness of Christ. If that is so, how is that person unrighteous in his living, when he is actually righteous in Christ? Isn't that contradictory? Either a person is righteous in Christ or unrighteous. He can't be both...

When Jesus suffered on the Cross for three hours before He died, He paid the full debt of sin for all those who have faith in Him. This means that when we turned to Christ as our Saviour, our sin, past, present, and future is totally cancelled, and totally covered by the free gift of...

If all sin is cancelled through redemption in Christ, which cancelled sin is greater or lesser?

If the Holy Spirit dwells in the spirit of genuinely converted believers, then it is as Jesus is living right inside them. So, if believers come to a church service filled with the Spirit, then they bring Jesus with them. So, to get Jesus into the church, then more professing Christians need...

What you are saying here is to do with developing sanctification, not redemption which has already been accomplished through God's grace through faith in Christ. There is no such thing as part-grace and part-works in maintaining our redemption. We seek to improve our sanctification because we...

Just to clarify: Do you actually believe that after being regenerated by God's grace through faith in Christ, are you seeking to maintain your redemption through keeping some form of moral law?

Paul didn't make any reference to that Covenant. He referred to Moses and the Prophets, so it was the Mosaic and ceremonial Law that he was talking about. Christian believers do follow the Law, but not to make any demands on God for it. All Christian believers should be doing good works, no...

I had a good close look at Romans 3 and 4. I discover a verse that makes things very clear. It says, "We are justified by faith apart from the Law." What this means is that we are justified through faith in Christ alone, and the works of either the ceremonial or moral law are not included...

Yes. The problem is that nine out of every ten impressions we get are from the world, flesh, or the devil. This means that being able to determine whether the impression we get is really the Holy Spirit giving an answer to our question, or whether it comes from the fleshly desire to be healed...

Got any NT references to back up your four points?

How do we know that 2000 years ago there may not have been venomous snakes on Malta? Luke, and the 200 others who were around the fire would testify that Paul was actually bitten by the snake. If it weren't so, they would not have reacted the way they did. They would not have expected Paul to...

I have no doubts that their intent was good. So was the intent of Job's friends. They were sincerely trying to help him come to terms with his condition. No one enjoys being sick. A sick person desperately wants to be healed. There is no doubt about that. Also, a sick person is too...

The context of these verses is faith in Christ for salvation, not healing.

These friends were nothing but Job's comforters. To do that to your father-in-law and wife shows a disgusting lack of compassion. If your father-in-law was converted to Christ, then as soon as he was absent from the body he was present with the Lord, and I'm sure that he won't be complaining...

Of course in these days of Covid where people wear masks, it would be quote normal for a person to avoid contracting a cold. I haven't had a cold for two years, because I have had to stay at home during lockdown, or wear a mask when I go anywhere. It has been through commonsense keeping myself...

Your three points are the usual excuses that are given when a sick person is not healed. It blames the person for not being able to achieve something they have no control over. There is no doubt that you were healed through the sovereignty of God, that in your case, He decided to grant your...