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So if a Christian honors his mother and father, that's good, but if a non-christian does, it's meaningless?

It is if we think that trusting once and all that makes it a done deal... Check! ;) We love God becomes while we were still dead in our trespasses, he came to rescue us, yes. But that doesn't imply eternal justification in any sense. We are called upon to be fruitful, receiving the seed does...

Two things I think are important here. Firstly, something Episkopos stated well, works salvation is to take works as a checklist, and say 'done'! But God is not against doing good, he is against self-justification, which consists of justifying oneself by his works, whether that is believing...

I was actually wondering about it the other day when I was looking at the parable of the man with the filthy garment. Interesting thoughts, Vengle. :)

Man has so wished to explain these types of scripture away, that he has assigned it all to a dispensation, or an age, or a specific people... Anything he might find, as long as it absolves any possibility of it being applied to him. The scriptures show forth an example. When God says to the...

The Pharisees, just like the Israelites in the desert, serve as an example of one of the ways man may go. Is it wrong to warn men, brothers in the Lord, that if we do not continue in the goodness of God, we also will be cut off? That if we do not endure, we will not be given the crown of life...

'hidden in God' is no new concept, RichardBurger, Solomon knew of it, and he said it was 'God's pleasure to hide a matter, and the pleasure of kings to find it out'. The saints are told they will rule and reign with Christ if they overcome. There are things hidden in God that Christ reveals to...

16 as also in all [Paul's] epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures. Paul is in harmony with the rest of scriptures, but he speaks of...

I do agree we are called to different things, and God has different works for all of us. What I was speaking of is the fact we are called into one body, and one spirit. We are all called to the same unity, and as you say, we have a different function in that body. Agreed! :) And yes, few...

Does that mean the Pharisees will be saved too? The issue at that point is understanding who Israel, that shall be saved is. Israel is both sticks in God's hand, Judah and Ephraim, (Ezekiel 37). God saves all Israel means he will save both Jews and Gentiles in Christ. Also, God said he would...

Christ is salvation, yes, but we enter into Christ by faith. We are made partakers of the promises by the righteousness of faith. Unless one has faith, he cannot enter the promised land, as it was with Israel; only Joshua and Caleb entered. The faith we receive is indeed a gift of God, but...

Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual (G4152) wickedness in high places. G4152 πνευματικός pneumatikos phyoo-mat-ik-os' From G4151; non-carnal, that is, (humanly)...

Nice try, Insight (or lack thereof) The issue confronting you is how many verses you have to ignore to make your pet doctrines even feasibly true ;)

Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. How can our only enemy be the flesh if indeed we fight 'spiritual hosts of...

I do not doubt this, and do not doubt men will turn to him. But it still means the same, and goes with the rest of the message of the bible; those who turn to him will be saved, and grafted in. That will include some Jews when the time comes. All of it comes togther when we understand that...

Excellent post Vengle! :)

Men reject prophets without knowing that they do so. Christ was not recognized by his outer appearance, and neither were the prophets of old. People may claim to Christ and yet reject his prophets, and those who speak his heart. To consider ourselves far from the danger of making the same...

If we truly are Christ's, we were all baptized into one spirit. That includes Jews and Gentiles. And all have received the same calling in Christ Jesus, to be conformed to him. The promises, says Paul, are to Christ, and so they are to all who become partakers of Christ's life. In the new earth...

Is there hope after we are dead? I don't say it's impossible. God can do what he wants and have mercy on whom he wishes. Only I think we should move forward now, and not use the mercy we have received now to somehow declare the game over. And it is said of the saints they must be faithful unto...

Not 'are', 'can be'. 23 And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. There is no guarantee, and God is no respecter of persons. Those who turn to him are grafted in.