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how can you be righteous without the deeds of righteousness? thanks

justification is a gratuitous gift of God we cannot earn or merit it even by faith alone! Baptism is the initial grace of justification: Ex 36:25:27 baptism, new heart capable of love, and the Spirit! Jn 3:5 baptism water & the Spirit! Rom 5:5 Holy Spirit received in baptism cast His love...

where does it say faith alone? thks

please explain Romans 13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. and mk 13:13 mt 10:22 mt 24:13 he who endures to the end shall be saved and rev 2:10 crown of life to those who endure and overcome...

eph chapter 2 refers to the redemption accomplished by Christ Rom 5:2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. yes a state of grace not salvation! Union with God & His saints in Christ by the grace of...

the redemption was accomplished by Christ apart from us and our works justification is a gratuitous gift apart from our works including faith sanctification and perseverance require grace and works thks

eternal life is not the same as eternal salvation you cannot lose salvation! you can lose life! grace is the life of God that we receive from Christ, (Jn 10:10) and must abide in Christ and bear fruit, (Lk 3:9 & Jn 15:1-6) if we are faithful till death we will enter into eternal salvation...

if we have justification it is union with God by grace not eternal salvation. grace can be lost by deadly sin. and increased by good works thks

eternal life is not eternal salvation eternal life is the life of God, Christ shares His life with us by grace. Jn 10:10 some of scripture excludes works some scripture includes works contradiction? no! implies that salvation is a multiple part process, some parts we have no...

it is not by faith alone! and it is not salvation! some of scripture excludes works some scripture includes works contradiction? no! implies that salvation is a multiple part process, some parts we have no participation, some we must participate! The initial grace of justification...

most of the new testament 1 pet 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; Matthew 10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me...

yes incompatible! Hebrews 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world . the works were finished on the sixth day of creation! thks

don't leave out 1 cor 12:13 Baptism implies water: ez 36:25 Acts 8:36-38 acts 10:47 Jn 3:5 acts 22:16 1 cor 6:11 titus 3:5 heb 10:22 administered by the apostolic church: mt 28:19 2 pet 1:11 2 cor 8:19 the only baptism is water baptism, the initial sacrament of the christian faith. water...

no the baptism commanded by Jesus Christ the way the truth and the life! mt. 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: thks A sacrament is the fruit of the sacrifice of Christ, an outward (visible) sign that...

I guess your not going to defend your assertions? do we have total substitution or partial with union? grace or eternal salvation? thks

they can't explain the virtue of hope either! or ps 23:3 He restores my soul! revival or eternal security not both! revival implies life then death then a return to life thks

Christ does not do it all for us! but with us! union is not total substitution! Ps 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Galatians 5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision...

they negate the word of God! same with mk 16:16 and 1 Jn 5:8 or any that contradict thier false doctrines thks

we still have a fallen human nature and are oriented towards sin, but God provides a remedy for sin in this life, suffering! 1 pet 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from...

the new covenant also has baptism initiation Jn 3:5 thks