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I believe Holy Spirit baptism is simply the born again experience after a person accepts Jesus as their Savior in their Initial Salvation. I am not Charismatic or Pentecostal (Although I do have a Pentecostal friend in Christ) and I basically label it as a mystery with him. For while I do not...

On this… we agree. Praise God.

Also, friend: Greek Lexicons or scholars are not my authority. While I may look up the occasional Greek word, it is a last resort for me and the Greek has to align with what that word says in English and what the surrounding context says (and the whole of the Bible). I believe my Bible in the...

@Eternally Grateful (Continued from previous post): #5. Punishment of sins in earthly courts vs. a sin that leads to hellfire (Matthew 5:22). Jesus described to us the difference between death-sins vs. non-death sins in Matthew 5:22. “But I say to you that everyone who continues to be angry...

It’s my own written words that are within this very thread discussion called “Once Saved Always Saved?” here at ChristianityBoard.com. It’s not some outside link that is not my own writing. If you are not sure what a thread is: A thread is a topic of discussion on a forum like this one we...

But you did not even carefully examine the verses I presented.

John 17:17 “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” Is this not talking about a sanctification or cleansing here via by God's Word (Scripture)? Ephesians 5:25-27 says that Christ gave Himself for the church so that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of the water of...

I debated this topic many times before on another Christian Forum. Check out my biblical write up here on the issue.

God sanctifies a person's heart, mind, and soul when they are born again by the Spirit. After they are saved and born again spiritually (changed radically), then they enter the kind of sanctification of the Spirit to be cleansed or sanctified by the washing of the Water of the Word (Ephesians...

Yes, I agree. Water baptism does not save. God's grace saves a person when they first come to the Lord. Spirit baptism is the result of being saved by His grace. This is what saves.

I addressed this point within this thread here (and in my following subsequent posts that follow it). I believe Luke 18:9-14. However, we must keep in mind that there is no indication to whether the tax collector was being Initially Saved by God's grace or whether he stumbled into sin and he...

It's a spiritual matter to understand this in the Bible, and it is not a teaching that that comes from men or a particular church denomination (that involves a big building with a one man pastor king). This is why I am strongly against the Church of Christ. They teach no grace. To them...

But your initial question made it appear like you were being critical in being saved by being obedient and yet Scripture says this very thing in Hebrews 5:9. In other words, it did not appear like you were aware of the truth of this verse by your initial question.

One is not obeying Jesus if they are not doing all of what He commands. So it's not referring to just a partial obedience here. It doesn't say that. If you obeyed God once, and yet you are not obeying Him now, you are not in line with the truth of Hebrews 5:9. For in order for your belief...

Hebrews 5:9 “And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;”

So was I. I was first saved by God's grace in 1992. I sought forgiveness with the Lord Jesus Christ via by a mini Christian comic book tract called, “This Was Your Life.” This aligns with Paul's words in Ephesians 2:8-9. I was saved in my Initial Salvation by God's grace without works (Which...

Let's say there is an energy source that is forever and it is said to never burn out or fizzle. You can access this new energy source via by plugging your appliances into your outlets in your home. So if you decide to plug in, you have this forever energy. Jesus is like this in the sense that...

I already explained these verses to you using the context of the Bible, and they don't mean what you think they do. Eternal life is Jesus Christ, and you have to abide in Him to have eternal life. In order to have the assurance that you know for sure you abide in Christ you have to find that you...

A statement of faith about my view of the Old Law in my signature is not an endless back and forth argument with one who believes they are under the Old Law. But you can believe however you like. I just don't live in your universe or see it the way you do on this point. Strive means to fight...

Yet, you have not shown me how I have taken these verses out of context by pointing such said context out, friend. This is merely your own stated opinion based on no evidence to support your claims. The gospel message in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 is all about God’s grace (In our Initial Salvation...