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Again, peer pressure can be a force for good, if it is used to motivate people towards good.

Paul the apostle wrote, 2Co 11:6, But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.

Hi @amadeus. First, post # 148. We cannot do anything worthy unless we are saved; and therefore the first priority is salvation. If I think that I am doing things for God but am not saved, I may think that I am being unselfish but in all reality I can only do things out of selfishness since I...

Peer pressure can actually be a good thing, if used for the right reasons. Makes no sense whatsoever.

The Bible is written in English; I read it every day in English. The Bible as it is written in English is scripture. See 2 Timothy 3:16.

Are you saying that they won't go to heaven? But that they will be raised to live on earth when Jesus reigns? I would say to this that those who are raised in the first resurrection shall not be hurt of the second death. So if the choice for eternity is heaven or the lake of fire, their...

Rom 10:13, For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. To call upon the name of the Lord, one must know who the Lord is: Rom 10:14, How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how...

I beg to differ. It is the primary focus.

Matthew 14:28-29. Then, there is no free will indicated for all of mankind. And therefore man is not responsible for his own sin. Thus, the day of judgment would have no basis in justice; it would be a kangaroo court. God would be putting people in hell who had no choice in the matter but...

"in the likeness of" sinful flesh; not "in" sinful flesh.

But not necessarily for righteousness' sake. And it can also be true that certain doctrines are hated while the people who hold them are not hated by the Christians who are seeking to deliver them from the spiritual poison that they have been imbibing.

@Angelina, In what sense does the statement of John 8:24 only apply to the Pharisees? Why would Pharisees die in their sins for not believing that Jesus is the great I AM, while Gentiles are exempt from His statement? Is Jesus being discriminatory? I say to you verily that He was making a...

Even what is written in Matthew 23 can apply to you or me if either one of us has a Pharisaical attitude.

@Angelina I hadn't noticed that you live in New Zealand; maybe you don't have that right; for all I know.

Do you believe Jesus died for all people; or that He died only for the lost sheep of the house of Israel?

Of course this pertains to His humanity. For in the doctrine of the hypostatic union, the Lord Jesus is 100% Man and 100% God. In His humanity Jesus is even less than the Father. For in Philippians 2, He emptied Himself of many of the attributes of Deity in what is called kenosis. In this...

Yes, I am. If Jesus' words do not apply to Gentiles, then they are not profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, or for instruction in righteousness; unless you are specifically talking to a Pharisaical Jew. I don't believe that (see 2 Timothy 3:16). You can reject the truth if...

So Jesus' words don't apply to Gentiles? Hogwash!

If He is making a general statement and not specifically addressing them as scribes and Pharisees, I believe that 2 Timothy 3:16 tells us that His words are profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness. Even the things spoken directly to the scribes...

It was at the beginning of a quote and therefore a sentence.