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Our names are written in the Book of Life or not on the basis of faith alone (Romans 4:5-6, Titus 3:5, Ephesians 2:8-9). I agree that surrender is a part of faith; which is different from saying that works are a part of faith; though surrender will lead a man to do good works. Surrender is an...

1Th 5:23, And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1Th 5:24, Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. Heb 10:10, By the which will we are sanctified through the...

Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death (James 1:14-16, Romans 6:23).

If we can't take credit for them then they certainly don't save us as being credited to our account. What is credited to our account as righteousness is simple faith (Romans 4:3).

There is fear in faith (Hebrews 11:7).

Someone sent me this in a PM recently:

I don't think that I keep myself saved... But if my faith is merely nominal, lukewarm, or shallow... It is not a faith that will make it to the end and it is not a faith that apprehends election from the right hand of the Father. Nominal, lukewarm, and shallow faith can result in falling away...

Once you have been born, it is possible to die (see James 1:14-16, Romans 6:23).

Those who are born again do fear the LORD. That is talking about fear of things other than the LORD. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge and is also wisdom (Proverbs 1:7, Job 28:28, Psalms 111:10). It is not a bad thing. See also 2 Corinthians 5:10-11 (kjv). 2Co 5:10, For we...

He meant, right after your last sin....and the light also reveals that you have indwelling sin (1 John 1:7-8) More accurately, sin takes advantage of the law to produce in you all manner of concupiscence (Romans 7:8). The motions of sin, which bring forth fruit unto death, are by the law...

Salvation that has works in it is no salvation at all. What I mean by this, is this: salvation is not of works (Ephesians 2:9); but it is of faith (Ephesians 2:8). Therefore works are not a part of faith; because if works be a part of faith, then, in being saved by faith we are saved by works...

The law that is written on the heart and mind of the believer (Hebrews 8:8-10, Hebrews 10:16, Romans 8:7, Romans 8:4) is in fact the law as it has been changed (Hebrews 7:12) so that it is according to the spirit rather than the letter (Romans 7:6, 2 Corinthians 3:6). This law is love (Matthew...

Hi, @CharismaticLady, The teaching that we are not under the law, are dead to it, and are delivered from it is qualified by the teaching that we are still governed by it from the inside (Hebrews 8:8-10, Hebrews 10:16, Romans 8:7, Romans 8:4). It does not condemn us from the outside, if we are...

At the very end of Psalms 119, the Psalmist mentions that he is as a lost sheep. That is the context of Psalms 119. As for Psalms 1, I don't see how it in any way contradicts my doctrine that we are justified by faith. It simply states that if any man abides in God's word, he will be like a...

The scripture clearly teaches that the righteousness which is of the law is as filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6) while the righteousness which is of faith is the fine linen, clean and white, the righteousness of saints (Revelation 19:8 (kjv)). Philippians 3:9 makes this clear; and only the blind will...

I think that you misunderstand me. I am saying that no one can keep the law; so if someone attempted to gain salvation through the law, they would utterly fail. I don't think that I have ever accused you of heresy using the words heresy or heretic. I know that I have corrected your...

You have been identified as a wolf. Your only option is to retaliate against the shepherd who is defending the sheep from you. Because if the sheep come out from under his care, they will be vulnerable to being eaten.

I believe that the Lord will indeed make that clear...and already has to a certain extent.

Jesus is both God and Man as the judge of humankind... Therefore He will judge on the basis of faith alone, in determining whose names are written in the Book of Life....but will also judge the unbelieving world on the basis of works....in order to determine their exact punishment for sins they...

Rahab was justified before man by what she did...just as Abraham was (Romans 4:2). Her works showed forth her genuine faith...which God would have seen in her even if she had not done any works to back it up. Before those who see what is visible...we are justified by works. Before the Lord...