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  1. bdavidc

    Steven Spielberg’s new movie Disclosure Day

    The thread has wandered quite a distance from the original point, so I want to bring it back. The purpose of the OP was not to establish whether UFOs are angels, demons, extraterrestrials, secret technology, or something else. Scripture does not tell us what every unidentified object is, so we...
  2. bdavidc

    Steven Spielberg’s new movie Disclosure Day

    Hebrews 13:8 does not mean that God continues giving new revelation in the same way He did through the prophets and apostles. “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever” means His person, character, authority, and promises do not change. It does not mean every method God used at...
  3. bdavidc

    How Confidant Are You Being Saved?

    Psalm 23:3 does not say David lost God, lost grace, became spiritually dead again, and then was saved a second time. It says, “He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.” Restoration can mean renewing, reviving, correcting, or bringing someone back to...
  4. How Many Good Works Are Enough?

    How Many Good Works Are Enough?

    How many good works does it take to open heaven’s door? If your answer is anything other than Christ, you are standing on sinking ground. That is the question we need to press, because many people speak of grace while quietly building a ladder of works. They say salvation is by grace, but then...
  5. bdavidc

    How Confidant Are You Being Saved?

    Listing a lot of verses does not prove the point unless those verses actually teach that a man can be truly justified by God, born of the Spirit, given eternal life, sealed by the Spirit, and then finally perish. That is the issue. I agree that Scripture teaches endurance, obedience, abiding...
  6. bdavidc

    How Confidant Are You Being Saved?

    The problem is not my logic. The problem is that you are forcing a universal conclusion into wording that does not state one. When I say Christ is the Savior of sinners, I am not saying every sinner is saved. I am saying sinners are the kind of people Christ came to save. That is exactly what...
  7. bdavidc

    How Confidant Are You Being Saved?

    No. That is not universalism. Saying Christ is the Savior of sinners does not mean every sinner is saved. Scripture is clear that not all are saved. Jesus said, “he that believeth not is condemned already” John 3:18. Revelation 20:15 says, “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life...
  8. bdavidc

    How Confidant Are You Being Saved?

    No, the twist is saying their name was scratched out when the text does not say that. Revelation 20:15 says, “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” It says they were not found written there. It does not say they were once written there as born...
  9. bdavidc

    How Confidant Are You Being Saved?

    I totally agree! .
  10. bdavidc

    How Confidant Are You Being Saved?

    That analogy misses the gospel. Christ is not a prom queen deciding whether I am attractive enough to pick. He is the Savior of sinners. My confidence is not that I am worthy. My confidence is that He keeps His own word. Jesus said, “him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out” ~John 6:37...
  11. bdavidc

    How Confidant Are You Being Saved?

    That typo changes the whole issue. I do not deny that the believer abides, endures, obeys, fights, labors, and participates. The Bible teaches that plainly. But Scripture also tells us where that willing and doing comes from. Paul said, “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.”...
  12. bdavidc

    How Confidant Are You Being Saved?

    Exactly. I have no merit of my own. That is the point of the gospel. “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us” ~Titus 3:5. If I had merit, I would not need grace. Scripture says God “justifieth the ungodly” and that faith is counted for...
  13. bdavidc

    How Confidant Are You Being Saved?

    I agree that a believer’s righteousness is not just an empty label with no practice. Scripture never teaches that a man can be born again and then live comfortably in the works of the flesh. “He that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous” ~1 John 3:7. Grace changes a man...
  14. bdavidc

    How Confidant Are You Being Saved?

    Because Scripture connects the two. Jesus said, “that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life” ~John 3:15. The opposite of perishing is having eternal life. That is salvation language. He also said, “He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath...
  15. bdavidc

    How Confidant Are You Being Saved?

    True faith continues. I do not deny that. But that does not change what John 5:24 says. Jesus did not say, “He that keeps believing long enough might later receive everlasting life.” He said the one believing “hath everlasting life,” “shall not come into condemnation,” and “is passed from death...
  16. bdavidc

    How Confidant Are You Being Saved?

    The problem is that you are making the warning passages cancel the promise passages. I am not denying the warnings. I am denying that the warnings mean eternal life can become temporary life. Jesus did not say a believer passes from death to life, then back to death, then maybe back to life...
  17. bdavidc

    How Confidant Are You Being Saved?

    That actually creates a bigger problem. To avoid saying salvation can be lost, you are now saying the believer does not receive salvation until death. But Scripture says the believer has life now. Jesus said, “He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life...
  18. bdavidc

    How Confidant Are You Being Saved?

    John 15:10 does say we abide in His love by keeping His commandments. I do not deny that. The issue is what you are making that mean. Jesus is not saying eternal life expires every time obedience is imperfect. If that were the case, no believer would have any security at all. Scripture says...
  19. bdavidc

    How Confidant Are You Being Saved?

    I agree that eternal life is in union with Christ. Scripture says, “this life is in his Son” ~1 John 5:11. No Christ, no life. But the problem is the phrase “as long as.” That makes union with Christ sound like something the believer keeps alive by his own staying power. Scripture puts it the...
  20. bdavidc

    How Confidant Are You Being Saved?

    That distinction does not fix the problem. Romans 4:5 does not say, “to him that does natural works not.” It says, “But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.” The issue is not whether the works are natural or empowered...
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