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I know we need the illumination of the Holy Spirit to understand Scripture. I have never denied that. But the Holy Spirit opens our understanding to what He has already revealed. He does not add new meanings to the text, change what the text says, or establish doctrines that cannot be shown from...

You have not answered the biblical objection. You have appealed to private spiritual experience, unnamed followers of the apostles, a historical teaching called “Triplex,” and Maximus the Confessor. None of those is Scripture, and none of them can establish the meaning of Scripture. Saying that...

The question is not whether someone can build an impressive analogy from Israel’s journey. The question is whether God Himself gives that interpretation. Scripture never says Egypt represents the unconverted life, the Red Sea represents justification, the wilderness represents a carnal...

Yes, those events were examples for us, but Scripture itself tells us what the examples mean. In 1 Corinthians 10, Paul applies them as warnings against lust, idolatry, fornication, tempting Christ, and murmuring. He does not turn the wilderness journey into a process of dying to self until...

I saw a post today on SeniorForums.com titled "Song at your funeral" saying, Has anyone chosen a song to be played at whatever type of funeral you will have?. I could not think of one I wanted, so I decided to write my own. This is the song I created; see what you think: The Way Home...

The first recorded question in the Bible was Satan questioning what God had said. “Yea, hath God said?” (Genesis 3:1)

The statement that Israel “entered finally after 40 years of dying to themselves” is not what Scripture says. That unbelieving generation never entered. They died in the wilderness under judgment, except Joshua and Caleb. “Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness” (Numbers 14:29). Hebrews...

You keep presenting yourself as a persecuted prophet while refusing to answer the Scriptures placed before you. Perhaps you are too busy admiring your own “eternal reality” to read them. The Cornerstone is Jesus Christ, not you. Rejecting your doctrine is not rejecting Christ, and correcting...

Calling us who expose your error “crows” does not make you a prophet, and it does not make your teaching true. It only shows that you have stopped answering Scripture and started attacking the people who are correcting you because you murder God's word, trying to replace it with your own words...

You say I am twisting your words, but you have not shown where. Quote the exact words I twisted and explain what you actually meant. You said, “This is not about being a believer or unbeliever but about what one does to others. We will not be judged by the accuracy of our beliefs.” That...

I agree that believers should continue following the Lord, pursue holiness, run the race faithfully, and be watchful for His return. There is no place in the Christian life for complacency or resting on our laurels. I also agree that believers may face suffering and tribulation. But Acts 14:22...

Episkopos, you are not fooling anyone. Lizbeth described exactly what you have been doing, and instead of answering her, you simply turned the accusation back on her. You repeatedly force Scripture into your system, dismiss verses as mistranslated when they contradict you, and then accuse...

Jesus was not teaching that unbelievers are spiritually healthy and accepted by God. He was exposing those who thought they were righteous and had no need to repent. Scripture says, “There is none righteous, no, not one” (Romans 3:10), and “he that hath not the Son of God hath not life” (1 John...

Scripture does not teach that holiness and sanctification are “digital,” while righteousness is “analog.” Those categories are not found in the Bible. They are being imposed upon the text. Scripture teaches that believers have been sanctified through Christ, and it also commands them to...

The question is not whether holiness, obedience, repentance, mercy, and the fear of God matter. Scripture plainly teaches that they do. The question is whether people who do not have the Son are already righteous and accepted by God apart from salvation through Jesus Christ. Scripture does not...

For the sake of those agreeing with this, Philippians 2:12 does not teach that sinners earn salvation through fear, effort, or religious works. Paul was writing to people who were already “saints in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 1:1). He told saved people to work out what God was already working...

You are creating a false choice between holiness by the Spirit and progressive growth in holiness. Scripture teaches both. Galatians 3:3 says, “Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?” In context, Paul was rebuking the Galatians for turning to the...

You are correct. Cornelius was not yet saved before Peter preached Christ to him. Acts 11:14 says plainly that Peter would tell him “words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.” Cornelius was devout, feared God, prayed, and gave alms, but he still needed to hear and believe the gospel...

You have again repeated your system without showing where Scripture actually teaches salvation for people who do not have the Son. You have also shifted from explaining the text to claiming that I lack your spiritual experience. An alleged encounter with God does not establish doctrine. Every...

You are arguing against a metaphor instead of addressing the biblical issue. “Rightly dividing the word of truth” does not mean separating verses from their contexts and recombining them however one wishes. Paul told Timothy to study so that he would be “a workman that needeth not to be...