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It means that the Lord accounts me as righteous even if I have not done any kind of good work to save myself.

They were still to be killed because of idolatry that would motivate the Israelites to pass their children through the fire as a whole nation...so God was choosing the lesser of two evils by having the Israelites wipe out those who committed idolatry rather than allowing idolatry to run rampant...

As believers, we are not under the law (Romans 6:14), are dead to the law (Romans 7:4, Galatians 2:19) and are delivered from the law (Romans 7:6). What this translates into: No condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus (John 5:24 (kjv), Romans 8:1-a). If you want to be under the law...

That is your interpretation. The way I see it, John 16:13 is given to all who would be given the Holy Spirit...it is saying that it is the function of the Holy Spirit to guide those who have Him into all truth. It is clearly the proper interpretation. For why would the Holy Spirit not perform...

Walking in the light may include obedience; but it is primarily defined as being transparent before God and man. Jhn 3:20, For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. Jhn 3:21, But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that...

You have already admitted that the one who calls on the name of the Lord and then passes on into the next life one minute later shall indeed be saved; so I have no beef with you. I will say that if someone calls on the name of the Lord and has one work that the Lord preordained for them to walk...

We all start out with hearts that are deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked (Jeremiah 17:9). But God can take the stony heart out of your flesh and replace it with an heart of flesh (Ezekiel 36:25-27); so that you have an honest and good heart (Luke 8:15, Romans 15:14). I think...

@DNB, your "refutation" of the Trinity is completely wrapped up in your contention that the idea of the Trinity is "absurd". That, in itself, is a non-sequitur, or some other logical fallacy. Because, just because you think that the concept of the Trinity is absurd does not make it untrue...

Did I not simply say that we are being transformed by the renewing of our minds? Is that not the epitome of what I said? See Romans 12:1-2. And, the Holy Spirit guiding us into all truth, is that not substantiated by John 16:13?

@quietthinker, Do you feel that spending time with God must be legalistically accomplished every Saturday or can it be done for a specific amount of time every day of the week for some?

God is going to be your judge on that day...and you would do well to remember that.

The fact that the Israelites did not wipe out the cultures in question by obeying God in this meant that the Israelites ended up worshiping idols and sacrificed their own children to those idols. Do you not think that God was attempting to protect Israel by telling them to wipe out the idolatry...

Are you attempting to say that the God of the Old Testament and the God of the New Testament are not the same God? Isaiah 9:6 would tell us otherwise... I am not the one accusing the Lord of doing evil here.

I think that the scriptures in Romans 4:5-6, Titus 3:5 (kjv), Romans 11:5-6, and Ephesians 2:8-9, are reconciled with James in that regeneration and renewing in the Holy Ghost (Titus 3:5) is something that makes you inclined towards doing good works. If any man be in Christ, he is a new...

Do you think that if someone who is "the least of these His brethren" asks someone for a cup of coffee, and that someone is embarrassed because they think that coffee is sinful at the time (and also it is at a church service), and goes to get them a cup and then after a moment pours it out into...

@Heyzeus, I have asked the Holy Spirit to open your eyes to the fact that you are behaving as an enemy of the Lord... And that you might also ask yourself the question, If I am an enemy of God, what makes me think that I am going to be allowed into His kingdom? Considering that the...

By all means elaborate on the point.

A person can bear the fruit of the Spirit without necessarily doing good works.

Mat 3:4, And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. Mat 3:5, Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, Mat 3:6, And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing...

You want to wait for the day of judgment to find out? What if you're wrong? Do you really want to be condemned on your day of judgment?