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It is a general practice as far as I know for those who lead people to Christ, to exhort them to read the gospel of John first. After reading the first fourteen verses of that book, they will have been faced with the doctrine of Christ's Deity. If they reject that doctrine when they read about...

The Holy Spirit enables him to respond without making him born again of the Holy Spirit. That comes when the man responds positively to the message of the gospel as the Holy Spirit draws him.

How does John 8:30-31 teach that a genuine believer cannot stop believing? I find it to be saying that abiding in His word is a condition of being a true disciple.

The Holy Spirit draws a man without bringing him all the way into the kingdom. The Holy Spirit enables that man to make a choice either for or against Christ, in the drawing. It is the terminology of sound doctrine (see 1 John 3:7), along the lines of, for example, hypostatic union. It may...

You need to stop preaching gnosticism on these boards.

There is one Lord (Ephesians 4:5) and He is God (Mark 12:29 (kjv)); even the Father (Matthew 11:25, Luke 10:21). I believe that the Greek word there is kurios. The He is in italics so effectively Jesus was saying, "Unless you believe that I am <the great I AM>, you will die in your sins."...

There is a saving faith that does not endure to the end (Luke 8:12-13). It saves from sin (Matthew 1:21, Titus 2:14); just not from the final destination of hell; because in time of temptation they fall away. Here, in 1 Corinthians 13:8 and Revelation 19:6, it appears that we have the concept...

Wasn't he restored?

I haven't said that the man can't be saved apart from water. The beginning of his salvation can happen without it. But if someone is saved by calling on the name of the Lord; but later rejects water baptism in Jesus' Name, something is amiss; they very likely weren't really saved. But of...

Some of what you see in the movies is reality. There is a time travel technology that is a camera that shifts in and out of the time stream and is invisible to the naked eye. I have seen my future self acting in movies before I actually lived out what I had seen in the movie. I did not know...

Ok... Eze 33:11, Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? Eze 33:12, Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the...

Nominal, shallow, or lukewarm faith is in fact true faith, and it is saving faith. It has the power to save from sin...it just has the possibility of not being able to save from hell. If the person falls away because of temptation (Luke 8:13), then they are not saved from hell; although they...

Not sure I follow you...

Only in the movies...

What I love about it is that it shows the contradiction in @Blood Bought 1953's theology... For he obviously believes in OSAS doctrine but hypocritically doesn't apply that doctrine to people who teach against what he believes in.

I pray that the Lord will abundantly bless you and show you His kindness... Because it is His kindness that leads us to repentance; and this is something that you severely need...

What term was that?

By all means set forth your reasoning. Though the issue at hand is peripheral and does not pertain to salvation in the slightest.

I think that you misunderstand what my doctrine is. It is still the same as it was before. Not that baptism is the only way a man can be saved; but that baptism in Jesus' Name for the remission of sins will provide assurance of salvation that you cannot have without it. If you merely believe...

Doing just fine thank you very much; and I also know that you do not ask this in sincerity.