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Indwelling sin (1 John 1:8) does not have to have any say over our behaviour; for if it be rendered dead it is rendered inept; therefore indwelling sin is a different thing from practical sin. We don't have to commit sin as believers; and if we are vigilant we won't. But this doesn't change...

The year of discrimination is coming. The antichrist element in our culture will attempt to implement something equivalent to the mark of the beast in the very near future. It will be up to the body of Christ to bring a public outcry of discrimination so that the tribulation (not the great trib)...

Yes indeed, a man may indeed be persecuted for righteousness' sake even when he is materially wealthy... Just look at our President (Donald Trump). He received Christ during his first term and is hated by the liberal media...in their eyes he can do nothing right.

I find no contradiction between the verses in question and my understanding of other scripture.

As a matter of fact He has taught me this. It is even an integral part of what God has done on behalf of sinners who would not be able to bear the punishment that is justly due unto them...and to reject this truth is to reject salvation itself. No, I am not saying He was guilty; I am saying...

I expect that you are accusing me. But what I am doing, in all reality, is taking the scripture at face value.

I encourage the saints to pray and even fast so that the year of discrimination against believers may not come any time soon. Because you can be sure that it will affect black people as well as white...so that even if African Americans win in the current situation and there is no more...

Again, I want to make it clear that this year of discrimination that will come (my hope is that it will not be in 2021 but that it will not come for many decades or even centuries) will not be towards any race or color but against those of every race or color who have faith in Jesus Christ. And...

We are also told to abide in Christ and that this abiding constitutes salvation. Abiding has to do with living in the state of being a new creature in Christ (see 1 John 3:6, 1 John 2:17)...even walking in His goodness. It becomes clear that it is possible to even abide for ever; and in Romans...

Yes, I've noticed that too.

My eyes are wide open in reading the verses...and they tell me that Jesus died for me...that the chastisement for my peace was upon Him and that He bore my grief and carried my sorrow...He took the punishment for my sins. What you deniers are not getting is that God does not have to use precise...

He was punished and He was not guilty; for He took our sins upon Himself and then the wrath of the Father fell upon Him for our iniquity; while His perfect innocence is now applied to us when His shed blood is applied to us, so that we obtain all of the favour of the perfect Son of God. And...

No, I reject that idea; for the scripture nowhere speaks of a third covenant.

See 1 John 3:7. And, 1 John 3:17-18. Of course, these passages do not promote self-effort unto salvation; but they do promote the idea that we do good works as the result of salvation.

I would point out that Romans 3:23 says that all have sinned and come short (present tense) of the glory of the Lord. In Galatians 3:22 it is clear that the scripture has concluded all under sin. In 1 John 1:8, therefore, when John says, "we" he is including himself. Therefore, if anyone says...

I know how to interpret scripture...I use the biblical hermeneutic that is given to us as the means by which the Holy Spirit teaches, in 1 Corinthians 2:13 (kjv). Resorting to insults reveals the kind of fruit that you bear...briers and thorns. I suggest that you read Matthew chapter 7.

Jesus died for the sins of the world; forgiveness is applied when a man places his faith in Christ and what He did for them in dying for them and in their place. So, the people who witnessed to you, you identify as irrational lunatics? How is it that in accepting what they said to you, you do...

Isaiah 53:4-5 cannot be saying that Jesus was merely chastened on our behalf; because if that were the case, we would not be chastened; for Jesus took our chastening for us in that case. Yet in Hebrews 12:5-11, it becomes clear that the Lord chastens His children; even those for whom He died...

What does Colossians 1:24 mean in your opinion?

There are those who "believe" who will in time of temptation fall away (Luke 8:13). Such will not continue to be saved. These were those whose faith was nominal, lukewarm, and shallow. Whereas if anyone has a faith that is unto righteousness (Romans 10:10) and enduring to the end (Hebrews...