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faithhopecharity I have tried to share the actual truths of the bible with you so you would know them, it seems to me you are just blind to them and keep pushing the same works for final salvation that the scriptures do not teach, I think I have done what I can and now I am putting you on...

You are ripping Romans 2:6–7 out of Paul’s argument and making it contradict Romans 3. Romans 2 states God’s righteous standard of judgment. Romans 3 gives the verdict: “There is none righteous, no, not one” (Romans 3:10), and “by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified” (Romans...

No. You added point 3 to the text. Revelation 2:10 says “some of you” would be imprisoned and tested. It does not say every believer must suffer that exact trial, and it does not say eternal salvation is earned by surviving it. Christ promises the “crown of life” to faithful believers. A crown...

Romans 5:9 directly connects justification with salvation: “Being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.” Titus 3:7 says the justified become “heirs according to the hope of eternal life.” Romans 8:30 says those God justifies, He also glorifies. Romans 10:10 is...

No, that is not what I said. You grabbed one word and built a straw man because you still cannot answer the actual point. Scripture says apostles were appointed by Jesus Christ, not by churches. Paul said he was “an apostle, not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ” (Galatians 1:1). My...

You keep claiming that the “unwritten and sealed” things would later be written and revealed, but you have not produced a single verse that says so. Revelation 10:2 describes the little book as already open. Revelation 10:4 says John was commanded, “Seal up those things which the seven thunders...

You keep asserting that unwritten and sealed things would later be written, but you still have not shown a verse that says that. Daniel 12:4 says the prophecy was sealed until the time of the end. It does not say new Scripture would be produced. Revelation 10:4 says John was told, “Seal up...

No one said the foundation is the whole building. The point is that the rest of the building is built on that foundation, not by laying new foundations in every generation. Paul says the church is “built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets” and then “groweth unto an holy temple in...

You are still assuming what you need to prove. Daniel was told to seal the written prophecy “even to the time of the end” (Daniel 12:4). That means its meaning and fulfillment would become clearer as the appointed time approached. It does not say God would restore a continuing office of apostles...

That is the very distinction I have been making. Some acts were once for all, while others continue. The issue is not whether anything continues forever. The issue is whether Scripture says apostles and prophets continue as offices in every generation. You keep asserting that they do, but you...

It has everything to do with your use of Malachi 3:6. You argued that because God does not change, apostles and prophets must continue. Hebrews proves that God can remain unchanged while changing how He works under a covenant. Ephesians 4 does not say every office continues forever. Paul says...

No, I am not putting limits on God. I am letting Scripture explain what “I change not” means in Malachi 3:6. God does not change in His nature, character, or faithfulness. But Scripture plainly shows that His covenant arrangements have changed. Hebrews 7:12 says, “For the priesthood being...

You dodged the question. If endurance and faithfulness are conditions for entering heaven, then how faithful must a person be? Perfectly faithful, mostly faithful, or faithful enough? Scripture gives no such threshold. God’s standard is perfect: “Cursed is every one that continueth not in all...

“Restoreth” does not require that David’s soul was spiritually dead. Scripture itself uses words such as “revive” for people who are still physically and spiritually alive. When Jacob heard that Joseph was alive, “the spirit of Jacob their father revived” (Genesis 45:27). Jacob had not been...

The possibilities are not “general redemption” or “personal salvation.” Paul tells us exactly what he means. Ephesians 2 is about the personal salvation of those who were dead in sins and were made alive with Christ. Paul begins, “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins”...

Bible knowledge cannot justify the person who refuses the truth.

I did not say “the same” does not mean “the same.” I said Christ’s unchanging nature does not mean God must keep using every method He has ever used. That is a distinction Scripture itself makes. Jesus Christ is eternally the same, but He is not continually being born in Bethlehem, dying on the...

You still did not answer the questions. Do you presently have enough obedience and good works to enter heaven? If not, how many more do you need? Saying that grace produces the works does not turn works into something other than works. Ephesians 2:10 says believers are created in Christ Jesus...

This does not clarify the issue. It confirms it. You are defining salvation as a process in which a man is justified freely, but must afterward preserve himself through works and endurance in order to receive eternal salvation. That makes final salvation depend upon man’s performance. Your...

You may deny justification by works, but you are still making eternal salvation depend on our successful participation in sanctification and perseverance. That is the same problem moved to a later stage. Romans 6:22 says holiness is the fruit of being set free from sin and becoming servants of...