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I suppose not; but it would make YOU a hypocrite; and the fact that YOU require everyone to sell all their possessions when you "hold back part of the property for yourself" (see Acts of the Apostles 5:1-11) makes YOU a hypocrite. And also, no one is arguing with the concept of our Lord that if...

Actually, I am walking in the flesh much less now than I did when I used to contend for the doctrine of entire sanctification (which I still do from time to time). The devil no longer has a foothold of condemnation to keep me down, now that I understand forgiveness and Romans 4:5's...

Most assuredly, living and saving faith has within it the element of surrender... However, I believe that this surrender comes as the result of faith and not in order to obtain it. Scriptures: Rom 5:5, And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the...

All means all.

The way into salvation is very simple: 1Co 15:1, Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 1Co 15:2, By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain...

Amen, how very true.

Indeed, it is not our works that save us. Giving money to the poor is not going to accomplish the transformation in my heart that we identify as salvation. Believing in what Christ did for me on the Cross; believing in Him, receiving Him into my heart, and appropriating His shed blood will...

Yep, that is what you have to do. Because Jesus is telling you to do something that you cannot do, for that you believe that you can be saved by your works. He has set the standard of perfect righteousness so high that you would literally have to go naked in order to keep it. Because He said...

Indeed, be a Berean on these matters (Acts of the Apostles 17:11).

Obedience is something that will definitely be the result in someone who has a living and saving faith. But I think you have to agree that it is not obedience/works that save. There is an obedience of faith and an obedience to the faith...however this amounts to works; and the scriptures are...

"All" means "all". You need to sell your computer, your phone, and your bicycle. This word of Jesus is His way of setting forth an impossible requirement so that we will come into the kingdom through the proper channels: through faith in Him, rather than by trusting in our works. You are not...

The works / faith alone controversy is best reconciled by the following understanding. If I give $5 to the poor, or even $5,000,000, that is not going to bring about the transformation of heart and character that we call salvation. The only thing that will accomplish this is faith in Jesus and...

It seems to me that @biloqewu is not exhorting us merely to give, but to get rid of all of our possessions. To me this seems extreme: this teaching will deter people from receiving Christ because, they will say, He demands too much of me. If you are going to be a disciple He demands great...

The requirement for being a disciple and the requirement for salvation are vastly different. I had a pamphlet once on the details of this but I don't have it anymore, I'm sorry to say.

Here Jesus is giving the rich young ruler an impossible task as a way to inherit eternal life. "All" means "all" that would include the pants on your legs and the shirt on your back. @biloqewu, you certainly would not be able to post on this message board if you really did this; because you...

Salvation and being a disciple of Jesus are two different things.

Salvation does not come through abstaining from sin but through receiving the forgiveness of the Cross; which normally has as its outworking a greater abstaining from sin. 1Co 15:1, Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and...

Definitely. It is not wrong to have a substantial income; especially if you are using a great portion of it to contribute to the work of the Lord.

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Sorry, not buying your redefinition of the word. Mandatory means "required". Cults develop when people redefine words so that when the teacher is teaching, outsiders hear one thing while insiders hear another. Carnal Christians is a biblical category. It applies to babes in Christ: 1Co...