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Jesus Christ is God in the flesh.

I understand what Paul was saying there; and I am not confused by him. You have to understand Paul's writings in light of the hermeneutic that he gives to us in 1 Corinthians 2:13; and you must study to show yourself approved. I do not expect you to take what I said as gospel truth in a moment...

Those who are truly justified will be regenerated and renewed on the inside. And righteousness is not only imputed; it is also imparted (Matthew 5:6, Romans 5:19, 1 John 3:7). We do not deserve it, that is true. For our sins before we received Christ have made us unworthy of His love...

Already accomplished for some. For others, who have not yet received Christ, it has not been accomplished; and God only knows if it ever will be. It continues to be accomplished for those who walk as regenerated and renewed saints.

It says that this is the condemnation, that men loved darkness rather than light; because their deeds were evil. I think you might agree with me that evil deeds are sins; and that sins are evil deeds. It is written, very basically, that: Rom 3:23, For all have sinned, and come short of the...

And how is it that you think that you are correcting me in saying that?

Men, as a general rule, love darkness rather than light, is what I read there (in John 3:19). It is written, Jhn 6:44, No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. Jhn 6:65, And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man...

How do you figure?

Salvation is a work of transformation accomplished by the Holy Spirit... Of course a part of this work is accomplished through the preaching of repentance and the sinner's response to that preaching. If repentance be genuine, then the person has made a 180-degree turn away from sin, hell...

All three.

There may indeed be genetic factors that drive a person towards same-sex attractions. (Somehow I am a happily married heterosexual even though my biological father is homosexual). The fact that genetic factors may have a part in orientation does not make the practice of homosexuality any less...

I believe that we are made righteous (Romans 5:19) through faith in the blood of Christ; and that this will work itself out practically in our lives (1 John 3:7). So it is not that I am holy because I live holy; it is that I live holy because I am holy.

It is something that does not come from the human spirit or anything inherently good in man. It comes when we repent and place our faith in Jesus Christ. This can only come through a work of the Holy Spirit. It is written, Jhn 3:19, And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the...

I know it...however that is what I was before I came into a relationship with Jesus Christ through faith. 1Jo 1:7, But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 1Jo 1:8, If we say that we...

You.

Tit 3:4, But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Tit 3:5, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Tit 3:6, Which he shed on us abundantly through...

Because I believe the holy scriptures.

So you are saying that you don't think that the following scriptures apply to me... Heb 3:1, Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; Psa 86:2, Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy...

People go from having a Jeremiah 17:9 heart to having a Luke 8:15 heart via Ezekiel 36:25-27. So no, not everyone is desperately wicked; although everyone is born desperately wicked. To @Giuliano

The doctrine of Total Depravity is not believed only by Calvinists. I do not consider myself to be a Calvinist by any means; but I do consider that the doctrine of Total Depravity is faithful doctrine according to the Bible.