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Are you chastened every hour of the day? If not, then you are illegitimate and not a true son (Hebrews 12:5-11). So, you are saying that you are chastened by the Lord every hour of every day over your sins. I would think that that would motivate you to want to believe in the doctrine of...

No one can bear good fruit unless they are connected to the vine; and the connection that we have to the vine is by and through faith (alone). The fruit that we bear does not cause us to be connected to the vine; however, being connected to the vine causes us to bear good fruit. So then...

It doesn't contradict my Trinitarian theology. True Trinity. (posts #1-#6). So, you're saying that Jesus is a lord, correct? That is entirely different from what God says is the statement of those who have the Holy Ghost: 1Co 12:3, Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by...

True; and no one is arguing against that point.

If that is the case, then according to the verse in question, being wicked is a choice from the moment that a man is born.

And yet, one Lord (Ephesians 4:5, 1 Corinthians 8:6; Matthew 11:25, Luke 10:21; 1 Corinthians 12:3 (kjv)). I wouldn't give much credence to Islam. Again, I wouldn't give much credence to Islam. sounds sketchy to me.

However, if we do not live by the Sermon on the Mount, our house will fall and great will be the fall of it (Matthew 7:24-27). Obedience to the Sermon does not grant initial salvation; but Jesus says that if we are obedient to it our house will stand when the storms of life do come and we will...

Nope; the exact wording is "The everlasting Father". You don't get to change it twice; that is engaging in eisegesis. And whether it is saying that He is the eternal Father or saying that He is the everlasting Father, it is saying that He is the Father (God).

Nope; a true statement. It is the underlying premise that I take issue with and nothing else.

I don't see it differently now...I have always seen it as I have described to you above. Of course, I do believe that the fire in John 15:6 is the fire of hell...(see John 15:1-8 for context)

The person who is sealed with the Holy Spirit will be kept by the Lord and cannot help but abide. Of course if you are not abiding in the present moment you are not abiding in salvation (from sin) in the present moment. But if you have the Holy Ghost, He will draw you back into an abiding...

That's interesting... What do you make of what the Bible says in Psalms 58:3?

There is in fact a hypostatic union and it is sound doctrine.

(excuses, excuses...) No; see James 1:22-25, esp. James 1:25. The passage in question is written to New Testament believers.

No, but they do prescribe the way to not have the house of salvation that is built by you destroyed by the wind and rain and storms of life when they come. If you are obedient to the principles in the Sermon on the Mount, your house will stand. If you are disobedient, your house will fall; and...

The Holy Spirit both has a mind and also makes intercession for us (Romans 8:26-27). So, you say, He is not a Person?

I think that you need to re-read post #185 (What is : The Meat of the word). For if you read that post, you will see how my concept of abiding coincides with my understanding and belief that God keeps me saved. As for water baptism, that is behind me...so I have no worries about not being...

It does (John 1:1-3, John 1:14). If you deny that Jesus is "The everlasting Father" you are denying that He is the only begotten Son of God (Isaiah 9:6).

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Regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost happens "not by works of righteousness which we have done." (Titus 3:5)