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Dear Eternally Grateful, You are understanding scripture carnally and not spiritually. The sin that leads to death means a spiritual death. 1John 5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death...

Dear Behold, You have not been carefully reading my posts. Yes, all "born again" (converted) believers will never lose their salvation and are not under the Law. However, you do not understand what it takes to be converted. To be converted, a believer must be "chosen" from the foundation...

Dear Behold, I personally wrote everything that I posted to you. As for what I presented to you on the conversion process, the truth of it is taught over and over again in scripture. However, most of the time it is very hidden by the spiritual language of Christ: 1Cor 2:7 But we speak the...

Dear Behold, That's what I said. The "old vessel" is destroyed by judgment and the new vessel is created. Jer 18:4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. After the spiritual...

Dear Behold, A person is not "born again" until they are converted. It is at that point that they permanently come out from being under the Law. To be converted, a person must receive both the Early and Latter Rain, followed by the judgment of Christ. Conversion does NOT happen to a...

Dear Behold, Yes, a converted believer is no longer under the Law and never will be again. But there is one sin that a new believer can commit that will cause them to lose their salvation. When a believer commits this sin, they will "fall away" from grace and return to being under the Law...

Dear bro.tan, You said: This doesn't mean we don't have to obey God's moral laws of conduct. I have never said that we do not keep the moral laws of conduct. However, scripture clearly says that Christ is the one who keeps them for us. This is the spiritual work of Christ that He does within...

Dear bro.tan, You are not rightly dividing the Word by the Old and New Covenants. You are making the New Covenant just like the Old Covenant (based on man's works). When a believer adds their own works to faith, they will fall from grace: Gal 5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be...

Dear RR144, Nowhere in scripture is Christ ever symbolized by a “serpent”. Paul says that to understand the “spirit” words of Christ, we are to “compare spiritual things with spiritual” (1Cor 2:13). When we compare the spirit word “serpent” with how it is used elsewhere in scripture, it always...

Dear bro.tan, I have shown you the scriptures about "works" vs. faith and you still believe that you must contribute your own works to earn your salvation. You are allowing your belief in "free will" to govern your understanding of scripture. The truth is only God the Father has a "free will"...

Dear bro.tan, To confirm what I have been stating to you, I wanted to share a prophecy that my wife received concerning me and her. She received it about 2 1/2 years after we were both converted in 2005. Here is the prophecy she received: I am with you. I hear your prayers. You will know my...

Dear bro.tan, Paul says that he runs his race with certainty: 1Cor 9:26 Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. Paul never doubted his own Elect status (receiving the crown). And because Paul was one of the Elect, Paul was driven by Christ from...

Dear bro.tan, Yes, we are to do good works but those good works are the product of Christ's work which He does within us. He is the one who causes converted believers to "will" and do of His good pleasure. As James says, good works are the evidence that Christ is governing us from within...

Dear bro.tan, Sinning in ignorance is not the same thing as making an honest mistake. When a person sins in ignorance, they do not know that they have sinned. When a person makes a mistake, they know it. If you are able to keep the Law perfectly as Christ did, you are the only person who has...

Dear bro.tan, I forgot to make one other comment concerning something you said above even though it does not relate to the topic of this thread. You mentioned "being baptized in the name of Jesus". Most churches water baptize in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Do you attend a...

Dear bro.tan, As I scripturally proved in my earlier post, repentance is to turn from trying to be acceptable to God by our own "works". Here is the verse you quoted: Heb 10:26 For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice...

Dear bro.tan, You said: Yes, Paul is teaching that you have to earn your salvation by works. Let's take at an example when person sit back and do nothing. A converted believer will not "sit back and do nothing" because the Holy Spirit "worketh in you both to will and to do of his good...

Dear bro.tan, You have failed to mention what Paul said in verses 1 & 2: Gal 6:1 Brethren, if even a man be taken in some fault (sin), ye who are spiritual (converted) restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself lest *thou* also be tempted. 2 Bear one another's burdens, and...

Dear GraceThroughFaith, The sin that the Jewish Elect needed to repent from was the sin of trying to be perfect by their own "works" (Old Covenant). Mark 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. When we turn from "works" to...

Dear GraceThroughFaith, Paul said this: Heb 6:1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Repentance from " dead works" and turning to God by faith is what...