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Easton's Revised Bible Dictionary has this paragraph in its entry on repentance. (It follows a description of false repentance, like the repentance of Judas Iscariot, which was merely regret.): "Evangelical repentance consists of a. a true sense of one's own guilt and sinfulness; b. an...

Just to save misunderstanding, do you mean that all who are monergists, in other words, those who believe that salvation is God's work, are "truly not born again?" Or did you rather mean that there are some people who call themselves monergists who are not really born again?

Yet in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, they both died. Lazarus is described as being "in Abraham's bosom." The rich man is in a place of torment: “19 ¶ “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. 20 “But there was a certain...

The difference is that the word "Trinity" is not found in the bible, though the doctrine represented by that word is. The word "religion" is found in the bible, referring to the outward results of faith - the "good works" that follow being saved.

I don't believe that God forgives anybody on the basis of their forgiving of others. As John Gill wrote on Matthew 6:12: "Now this is mentioned, not as if our forgiving others is the cause of God s forgiving us, or the model of it, or as setting him an example, or as if his and our forgiving...

I don't agree that Genesis 2:4 onwards is a second account of creation. But even if it were, God had already pronounced everything that He had created "very good." There is nothing to change that until Genesis 3. Yes, I am sure that there have been soldiers who have been guilty of murder...

Yes, religion in the bible refers to the outward manifestation of faith. Christianity is never called a religion in the bible, though being a Christian should produce the sort of religion that James 1:27 talks about.

Although I don't believe, as you seem to, that the pattern of prayer Jesus gave to His first disciples is only intended for Jewish Christians, I do agree that the Lord's Prayer is a misnomer. His own well-known prayer is in John 17.

What do Gentile Christians believe that is different from what Jewish Christians believe? If they really do have different beliefs, why does the apostle Paul say that there is no difference? He wrote: “11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” 12 ¶ For...

Well, take the devil's temptation of Jesus: Mt 4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. What was the devil suggesting? Surely either that the stones be made bread or the stones become bread. Same thing.

In everyday conversation, never. But in the bible, we are told that the destroying lasts for ever: “These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,” (2Th 1:9 NKJV)

As I understand it, guests were provided with wedding garments by the bridegroom or the master of the wedding feast. This would tie in with the necessity of having Christ's righteousness, not relying on our own.

Yes, but the New Testament was originally written in Greek, and the Greek word has various meanings, as is seen from the Strong's entry on the word: "1096. ginomai [ghin -om-ahee;] a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively)...

"Contradict" comes from two Latin words, "contra", meaning "against", and "dicere" meaning "to speak." So to contradict means "deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite. "Light" does not contradict "dark" unless one person says, "It is dark in this castle," and a second person...

But whether the fire is literal or not, Jesus says that it is eternal.

I would say that when first created, everything that God made was pronounced "very good" by Him. That includes man. Man only became imperfect at the fall, and the bible tells us of that, so it is not a contradiction. How is that a contradiction? There is surely a difference between killing in...

Thank you for your understanding.

I do apologize. I did a search for "Satan" through the whole bible rather than the Old Testament. My "48 times" therefore referred to both Testaments together. As a name, it appears in the OT 14 times, plus an additional 9 times where the same word is translated "adversary." Regarding the...

Well, Satan's name occurs 48 times in the Old Testament. I didn't say that there was a specific mention in the OT of the serpent being Satan. That is mentioned in the NT, as I quoted, but you say that is symbology. I am not sure what it could be a symbol of to say that Satan, the devil and...

I have never heard of orphans or adopted children being called bastards. "Bastard", although now used as a swear word, originally meant a child born to unmarried parents. Orphans are children whose parents have died, whether or not those parents were married, and children are adopted for all...