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I would say to this that it is only those who are overcomers in the church of Smyrna who will not be hurt of the second death.

Psa 35:27, Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. Psa 118:25, Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.

For the one who is sharing the truth of God's word, I believe that it is important to God that the same have credibility in the eyes of the ones he is ministering to.

The promise by faith of Jesus Christ, being given to us, doesn't change the fact of indwelling sin.

I agree. The works that we do that are gold, silver, and precious gems will stand the test of fire and will amount to a reward in the kingdom of heaven (1 Corinthians 3:11-15). See Revelation 19:8 (kjv). Rev 19:8, And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and...

It should be clear that Jesus paid the penalty for our sins on the Cross. And that therefore, the fact of indwelling sin (1 John 1:8, Galatians 3:22, Romans 3:23) is not going to place a born again believer in hell.

That is an ignorant statement because you are an ignorant person; but I did not just insult you...:rolleyes: Proverbs 26:4-5.

I would say to this that while we do not maintain our salvation by being good, that our salvation maintains us as being good. Galatians 5:22-23 has goodness as a fruit of the Spirit. And in Romans 11:20-22, we do indeed stay connected to the olive tree by continuing in His goodness; and if we...

Amen...and we do good works because we are righteous.

I tend to give the verses and allow the reader to interpret them in light of each other, utilizing the hermeneutical method found in 1 Corinthians 2:13 (kjv). 1Co 2:13, Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing...

all includes those who are born again.

We are a sinner only in that sin dwells in our mortal flesh; but not necessarily in that we continue to sin in the practical sense. You seem to want to be adamant about denying that you have a sin nature...this is dangerous to say the least. It means that you are deceiving yourself and the...

We must, in fact, give our sins to the Lord Jesus Christ so that they can be punished in Him as He died upon the Cross. In this, we await the day when we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. He will eradicate all sin from our mortal bodies on that day. And whosoever hath this...

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (1 John 1:8) Again, the apostle John included himself in that statement. He could have said, "If you say that you have no sin, you deceive yourself, and the truth is not in you." And this would have been more in...

Good night. I suppose that we will have to agree to disagree.

It has also been said (recently) that every sin we commit is immediately rendered to the past. Therefore the sin that I commit five minutes from now, will be a past sin 5 minutes and 1 second from now.

That is besides the point. The point is that Jesus died for all of our sins before we were even alive; therefore every sin that I have committed in the past was yet in the future when Jesus died for me. If anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and this...

While we cannot become sinless (1 John 1:8) we can become perfect (Hebrews 10:14) in that the flesh can be crucified so that it no longer has any say over our behaviour, and we can walk in perfect holiness (see 2 Corinthians 7:1).

Yes indeed, and what I have been saying is that it is indeed dead although it has not been eradicated.

As a matter of fact this doctrine is in holy scripture. As believers in Christ our relationship to the law has changed...we are not under it, we are dead to it, and are delivered from it (Romans 6:14, Romans 7:4, Galatians 2:19, Romans 7:6). What this means is that there is no more...