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Good scholarly response. you have just demonstrated why you are a babe in Christ. I think i will ignore you from now on. You are not trained in Theology. I don't mean to belittle you, but you appear to be in this discussion unarmed. Best of luck to you.

James 2:24 is not talking about eternal salvation. See a few verses earlier where James said that Abraham was justified/vindicated by his works of offering up Isaac. This should help you see what James is saying how he does not contradict Paul. See Rom 4.6 And if Abraham were justified (eternal...

Would you mind providing me with 2 passages that imply works goes with faith for salvation?

I can assure you that this is hog wash. If you are serious, why have you not given your money to a needy secular charity? I use to say to anyone who teaches something similar to your random thoughts to send your money to me, but I quickly changed that because for the last 25 years not one...

Yes, Kruger has more information and more refined comments. Many will not like him since he is a Reformed Theologian. He is worth the read. I should probably refine my statement that the Scriptures are self-authenticating because the Word of God is made alive by the Spirit. The Spirit...

It was written either 95 or 96 AD. It was one of the canonical books that was written in the first century but finally accepted later on. But all NT books were written in the first century. It was written by the Apostle John and he would have let his entourage know it was authorized for the...

See Dr. Michael Kruger on the Canon Revisited. You would be surprise how much evidence there is for each book. The apostles chose the books that were sacred. 22 of the 27 books were accepted as those the apostles authorized in the first century. Then, the remaining books were put to the test to...

Why don't you list a few doctrines that were contradictions for you before you accepted the Sovereign Grace. I would be curious what stumped you. If you can, give the answer that Sovereign Grace gives that resolves the contradiction.

I think it wiser to say that the Spirit more so works in our lives through the study of the Word. If you are really serious what you need to do is to get under the teaching of a good pastor/teacher. Get commentaries of godly men who teach on this very doctrine you are taking about. It takes...

If we use the definitions that Calvinists use for TULIP, I am happy to say I reject all 5 points.

It may be interesting for you, but it is not even close to being biblical.

Here are some miscellaneous notes from the OT class i took in college 1 Chron 20.5 (correct reading) And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam. Lets put the two words...

Talk about wandering off the subject! (I am not smarter than everyone else.) Where in hades did that come from. All you can do is be a parrot and write what others say. You are not able to seriously work with the Greek text. You misapply John 16.13 without knowing it. The promise there is to the...

The Greek root of apostasia in the New Testament (NT) is from the words apo meaning "away" and stasis meaning "to stand," so its literal meaning is "a standing away" or "departure". Dr. Andy Woods interprets this as a physical departure or "rapture" that precedes the Antichrist, a view supported...

Sorry to disagree with you, but everything I said above is accurate. Apostasia means to "stand away from." It means "a departure." It is used this way many times in the NT. It may be best if I show you the context of Apostasia in 2 Thes 2: Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our...

I could not make heads or tails out of your interpretation of the Rapture. It looks like you were trying to tease out what the Baptism of the Holy Spirit is about, but that didn't fit. The Rapture is the taking away or the resurrection of the Church to the Father's house in heaven. Yes, it is...

The Apostasia is not something that gradually settles in over time. It is an event (a single occurrence), an observable event. Due to its scarce usage, the definition of the Greek is determined by its cognate verb, which is used frequently in the NT. So, the definition of the verb as well as its...

Prophets don't lie, but if they do, they are called false prophets.

The Masoretes did not work with the Greek manuscripts as far as I know. They worked exclusively with the Hebrew manuscripts. The Vulgate is not a manuscript but a translation of manuscripts. Could you show me an example of the Masoretes adding punctuation to a Greek manuscript? My memory is not...

What in the world are you saying? rushing the Rapture, or people's Rapture. Try rewriting you post, this time use different words. That's my two cents.