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Ok, now read the verse again and tell me exactly what its saying about salvation (nothing really). Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not plunder his resting place; 16 For a righteous man may fall seven times And rise again, But the wicked shall fall by...

I think you're completely misunderstanding Romans 8, but believe what you want. There are Christians who are weak in the faith and always struggle with conscience, and there are the mature who just never look back and stand confident knowing that salvation is not based upon their work, but...

Well, actually the commandment is understood to be though shall not murder, because the punishment for breaking it was death and executions were stoning by the congregation.

That's the most carnal understanding I've ever read. Leaven is an infection that corrupts and changes that which it infects. Leaven spiritually represents sin in both the old and the New Testaments. If you don't understand one of the most basic spiritual doctrines, you're listening to the wrong...

Of course and its understood that they are to be treated as those outside the faith, as the unbelieving world. The ministry of Christ is the ministry of reconciliation, not the ministry of separation. The only separation allowed in the church is that of separating visibly sinning individuals...

I suggest that you read what the old testament says of the new covenant, as well as the entire book of Hosea. God hates sin because it harms us. We can grieve His Spirit, but that, because our sin harms us and others. It doesn't harm Him and only did so when He became a man in the person of His...

If you were to cast all sinners out of the church, first you would have empty pulpits (preachers preach first to themselves and secondarily to the congregation) and then you'd have nothing but empty seats. Who gets to determine what is or isn't sound doctrine? Personally, I trust the word and...

It doesn't prove anything, just like your statements. You're entitled to your opinions, but your arguments are full of eisogetic interpretation, which in my own opinion, invalidates them all. You see, I'm entitled to my opinion as well. Thankfully, the power of God's gifts isn't dependent on...

I'm pretty sure that God, knowing the end from the beginning, anticipated exactly what we see in the church and Jesus suggested as much Himself. 33 Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all...

I would think being placed upon a rack that pulls your bones out of joint, having your limbs sawn off, being burnt with red hot irons, or simply imolated on a steak, yet keeping your faith would demonstrate real tolerance. However our society at large has grown soft, thin skinned, and easily...

A definition of "heresy" is subjectively defined according to accepted doctrine, but considering what the Apostle Paul taught it would seem that heresy, strictly speaking, is any other gospel than his. He wrote quite a bit about those individuals distorting the gospel or preaching another one...

Anything dependent upon our actions can be lost, but that isn't the nature of the New Covenant and salvation, all the work of God by the will of God. Some people just believe in a very small, impotent, and capricious god.

Your explanation, while reasonable, disagrees with biblical example. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us. 1 John 2:19 The cults maintain...

I'm pretty sure that the danger of grieving the Holy Spirit is in risking destruction of the bodily temple as in the case of Ananias and Saphira being struck down in the book of Acts. I've seen some illogical conclusions in response, but some professing Christians seem to think that God reserves...

I frequently have no clue about what you're trying to express, and I'm relieved to not be the only one. Colloquilisms in speech are typically local and not necessarily widely understood. But, you are what God has made you to be and my own speech is generally different from my writing style, so...

You quote verbal traditions and attribute them to the Bible. I strongly recommend that you read the Bible at least once before casting fantasy at the feet of those who actually know it.

Embracing your pain works for some, but prolonged intense pain just makes me more dangerous (or creates that impression in others,)

I did, but you ignored them. How many times should I post them before you believe them? You even commented on part of one verse while misinterpreting the remainder of the same verse. But I love wasting time reposting scripture over and over again so I'll do it once more for the remedial class...

True, but incomplete in light of what scripture actually says of itself. 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good...

Get a dictionary. Transgression and sin aren't the same thing or we wouldn't have two different words. Actually your problem seems to be reading comprehension, as I made no such claim as that quoted above and you transgress by giving false testimony of what I've written. I've posted the word of...