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No one can know the exact number who were saved in the first 1500 years of Christianity, only God knows. Regarding Bibles No, they did not have complete Bibles, but the Letters of the Apostles, as we see in our NT Scriptures, were passed on from church to church and were read by the elders to...

The Scriptures teach us that we all sin, and anyone who says that they never sin we make God out to be a liar. 1 John 1:10 (WEB) 10 If we [believers, includes the Apostle John] say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. 1 John 2:1-6 (WEB) My little children, I...

You appear to be suggesting that, after we are initially saved, you don't need the Bible, because, as you say: "We can only grow and mature by the power of Gods Spirit" 2 Timothy 3:14-17 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those...

The Spirit is always active with the Word, as I have always said. But only in the New Covenant does the Spirit indwell all true believers in Lord Jesus. John 7:38-39 38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” 39 By this he meant the...

I understand the importance you place on the Spirit, but when Lord Jesus preached the Gospel, he appealed to their ability to reason. The spirit of man does not work independently of the mind, for that is how we learn and grow in the Word. The Apostles also appealed to reason when preaching the...

That is what I wrote in my first message to you and you disagreed. Here is what I wrote: setst777 said: By faith in God through the preaching of His Word (Romans 10:15-17), obeying the truth (1 Peter 1:22), we are the Children of Promise whom the Spirit indwells (imperishable seed) as the...

If the Bible were not necessary to come to Christ, or for Christians in their walk, then the Eternal God would not have commanded it to be put into writing: Romans 16:25-27 (ENIV) 25 Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ...

This is very true, not only for those being drawn by the Spirit's convicting power to Christ through the Word, but is also true for all Christians who are indwelt by the Spirit, as the believer lives out his life in obedience to Christ Jesus. Through the Word of God we, who believe, are born...

The Spirit only indwells to give life those who believe first (John 7:37-39). You got it all backwards. Before, you kept insisting that God does not pick or choose anyone, now you say God picks who will believe. CadyandZoe said: On the contrary, God is not a selector, he is a creator. God...

The many Scriptures that I quoted to you were written to born again Christians, with frequent pronouns such as, "we," "us," "our," showing us that the warnings given includes the Apostolic Writers who wrote them; so, your entire argument is a rejection of God and His Word.

No Scripture states that we boast in our faith. Paul wrote that we boast in "the hope of the glory of God." Romans 5:2 through whom we have gained our access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. No Scripture teaches that born again...

"Perishable seed" is the physical sinful nature, the corruptible flesh and values a sinner lives for in this world, which leads to death. We who believe in Lord Jesus through the preaching of the Word of God are the Children of Promise, born again by the Spirit to a living hope, an eternal...

setst777 said: Nothing in those verses state that God created some to be good or bad, or created Jacob to love and Esau to hate. “Election” means to “choose.” God chooses to save those who believe in His Son, because His Son died for the sins of the world, so that, all those believing in him...

Yes, so true. And God urges us to look to him to be saved. Isaiah 45:22 (WEB) Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. Notice that God is offering salvation to the entire world by looking to Him. Also, the intent of the Gospel is to bring...

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The gifts of the Spirit are for believers in Christ. The Apostle Paul wrote in his Letters to the Believers (1 Corinthians 12:4-13; Romans 12:3-8) that Christians are all one in the Spirit as the Body of Christ, yet with different gifts as the Spirit wills. One of those gifts that Christians...

After listening to and learning the Gospel, I believed the message and put my faith in Lord Jesus in sincere repentance and a commitment to follow Him. The Scriptures teach, which I quoted for you, that when we believe in this way, we show that we love Lord Jesus; and so, the Holy Spirit...

The Spirit indwelling us gives Life. When we hear the Word and believe, we are born of the Spirit - the Spirit indwells us to give us Life. Correct. I could have quoted just one Passage for each of your questions, but I desire for you to know that these things are repeated teachings in...

The Spirit in us is what gives us life. Romans 8:10-11 (EWEB) 9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn’t have the {Spirit of Christ}, he is not his. 10 If Christ is IN YOU, the body is dead because of sin, but the...

Yes, "Born Again" is simple, and is explained to Nicodemus by Lord Jesus. On the subject of being “born again” in (John 3:8), Nicodemus’ questions “How can these things be?” (John 3:9). After rebuking Nicodemus, Lord Jesus answers Nicodemus in “John 3:13-18.” Lord Jesus is teaching to...