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The fruit of repentance is works, but repentance is really just changing one's mind and will away from sin and toward obedience to God. Paul's appeals to repentance were given to people steeped in idolatrous and immoral practices, much like modern peoples. Paul's preaching on salvation through...

I'm not sure how Catholic theologians address the topic, but reformation theologians usually teach that work for men was determined by God with His instructions to Adam in the Garden of Eden. The difficulty associated with agriculture and husbandry was declared as part of the curse for Adam's...

The gospel is a commandment, not optional. This commandment is life. The Lord hasn't given men the option of enforcement of the gospel, because receipt is by His election and by His promise, but that makes men no less accountable for refusing it and treating the blood of Christ as a common...

Oh, I get it now. You haven't met Him yet. Call on Him today! Now, if you hear His voice do not harden your heart as they did in the rebellion. The Lord takes no pleasure in the death of those that are dying, so obey the commandment and believe Him who died for you. Pray to the Lord to be the...

How many have you been witness to? How would you know who believes and who doesn't? Who made you their judge? Why do you choose to usurp God's authority? By what right do you deny what scripture says? Inquiring minds want to know. Look, here are the facts, you have a right, perhaps an...

Many people identify as Christians but will not make the good confession. I've spoken with more than 1 Jehovah's witness who though they call themselves Christian do not believe that Jesus is Lord or equal to God and consequently will not call Him Lord (yohd, he, vaw, he). That's why they go...

How many unbelievers have you heard make the good confession? Even one? Matthew 16:15-17

That's my interpretation of 1 Corinthians 11:19 (in context) as my assumption is that the existence of factions implies the existence of contention between them, though I may be mistaken in my understanding.

Maybe, but I believe ego and pride are the primary issues. The scripture even says that contention has a purpose in the church, revealing those that have been approved by God. He makes all things to work for the good of those who are called according to His purpose.

You have overlooked or ignored 1 Corinthians 12:3.

Christ was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, led by the Holy Spirit, anointed by the Holy Spirit at His baptism, and filled with power by the agency of the Holy Spirit (in His humanity) yet He said that He came with a sword (of division). I'd be a bit more careful about defining what is...

I had some help and the Lord has been answering the desires of my youth, to understand His word, since the day I committed my soul to His keeping. He does this for all of us, but I started reading His word at the same age I participated in the RCC rite of first communion. I read scripture fairly...

Those who have been forgiven much, love much. The Apostle Paul addressed your same concerns nearly 2000 years ago and the truth remains truth. My problem with the Roman Catholic Church, if you would call it a problem, is that the leadership has stolen away the privileges of adoption by God, from...

The only Calvin I know is a little boy in a comic strip that has a pet tiger. My doctrine is derived entirely from scripture and from those who teach it. We receive a new nature in Christ which is at war with that nature inherited at birth. The Spirit of Christ, received as a gift of grace...

I'm quite convinced that God doesn't judge our actions if we've believed Him (in a condemning way), but that if He's received us as adopted children through faith in His Son, He disciplines us as His own and loves us through our lives and beyond them to eternal life. This is the teaching of...

When we love (as by our actions) those who have harmed us or act as enemies to us, we love perfectly as defined by Christ Himself. If we have His Spirit we are capable, but then it becomes a matter of choice and of grace, not a natural act, but a supernatural work of God's Spirit within us. I'm...

I think it is of consequence to the body of Christ which doesn't recognize denomination. If you believe that scripture is inspired by the Spirit of God, then scripture can't be broken as Christ said Himself. If we find an apparent contradiction between different passages, then either our...

Almost have it. He didn't know who would choose Him, He knew whom He would choose (doctrine of God's Sovereignty and election.)

Hebrews 4:15; the high priest referred to is Christ Jesus. If Jesus had sinned or been born to a nature of sin, His death could not be for the propitiation of sin and would have been meaningless. Saying that He, the Son of God, was born in sin is a heresy.

Christ's body are those who have His indwelling Spirit. How else could they be His body? Being a church member, getting dunked or sprinkled, whatever, means nothing unless you've received Him by faith.