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See Matthew 11:25, Luke 10:21. Rom 10:10, For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. The term "justify" means "to declare righteous". Believing, in this verse does not only bring about the declaration of righteousness...

In Galatians? Would you mind citing chapter and verse? Because I find that in Galatians, Paul teaches us that if we attempt to be justified by the law, we have fallen from grace (Galatians 5:1-4); that if we are of the law we are under the curse because it is written that cursed is every one...

What verses are those?

I think that Luke 13:1-5 and Matthew 3 speak for themselves on this. Personally, I believe that the God of the Old Testament and the God of the New Testament are one and the same Person. And you? Grace plus nothing is what has shed abroad the love of the Lord in my heart (Romans 5:5) so...

My wife has said to me that she sees me as being pretty much perfect... Perhaps you will say that love has made her blind... I would say that she loves me for a reason.

This is referring to indwelling sin rather than practical sinning.

I would just point out that those whom Jesus said will "never perish" are those whom Jesus knows (John 10:27-30). But if you are a worker of iniquity, Jesus never knew you...Matthew 7:23. See also Matthew 13:41-42 and Matthew 13:49-50. It would indicate that those who really believe in Jesus...

The children died for their own sins. Just as we inherited sin from Adam but death came upon us because we sinned (Romans 5:12); so these children inherited the sin of idolatry from their parents but died for their own sin. It is self-deception to hold to a pov that allows you to reject holy...

Real Christianity is not a religion but a relationship. Religion is man's attempt to get to God through self-effort or some other means. Christianity at its finest is God's attempt to get to man through His singular act of love in dying on the Cross for us. Jesus is a Man, btw (John 1:14, 1...

Again, the children in that scripture are killed for their own sins. Jde 1:14, And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, Jde 1:15, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of...

I've actually done it a few times.

God is a Spirit (John 4:24); and the same Spirit (Ephesians 4:4) is come in the flesh (1 John 4:1-3, 2 John 1:7). The Father is distinct from the Son is that the Son exists in flesh as a human being and the Father does not; except in the Person of the Son.

I know that I take communion about once a month and that when I do, I find that there is less and less sin to be acknowledged, to the point that in a few instances, I have had nothing to confess. Now, either there is no light in me or else I am more sanctified than I used to be. I think that I...

Your contention that there are contradictions in the Bible is simply unacceptable...and you are not going to shame me out of the reconciliation that exists between those scriptures.

If someone is declared righteous by his faith, how is it that a lack of works is going to then work to declare him unrighteous? I agree that a man who is righteous before God will live a holy life; yet to be splitting hairs and to be accurate according to holy scripture, living a holy life does...

No, I simply had something to say that didn't fit in with the rest of my response...so I put it in a separate post.

If righteousness comes by the law, Christ is dead in vain; to be more accurate... Which indicates that righteousness does come; which is attested to by the law and the prophets (Romans 3:21). For righteousness, we do obtain it by faith. We receive the Spirit by faith (Galatians 3:14) and we...

Of the college professor type God says this... Rom 1:21, Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Rom 1:22, Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, Rom 1:23...

A living and saving faith is a faith that receives Jesus as Lord and not just as Saviour. So yes, the right kind of faith is most often not alone; it includes submission to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. However, this submission / surrender, is not a work; it is something that produces works...

Regeneration is through the Holy Spirit and "not by works of righteousness which we have done." (Titus 3:5 (kjv))