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True; and he knows he can't separate us from God, but can only attempt to cause us to avoid spiritual growth, which is the most important thing after being saved!

If one truly believes in God and puts Him first, He will bring that one to maturity the quickest. If the believer doesn't put God first (still many have to learn this), the growth will be negligible; but yet saved.

Good comments! It's all definitely Satan's continued attack from the time he said, "Yea, hath God said," wrestling His Word for doubt (Gen 3:1), which only delays Christian maturity but never affect salvation! These false translations are an addition to the ongoing immaturity of the Church, of...

It's no longer ourselves but the "old man" that sins. This answers to Paul saying that it is no longer him, in his new man that sins, but the old man that still sins (Ro 7:17, 20). It's my understanding that believers do not willfully and intentionally sin any more, and this is where God has us...

Man is a “frail” creature! Even saints, who do their most to “please” God (Phl 2:13). Though they still possess the sin nature—it no longer possess them, by causing them to desire sin (Rom 8:9). The primary infirmity of the believers is knowing and hating the “old man”; and thou they still sin...

John Gill (1697-1771) Verse 19. “Because that which may be known of God,....“ There are some things which could not be known of God by the light of nature; as a trinity of persons in the Godhead; the knowledge of God in Christ as Mediator; the God-man and Mediator Jesus Christ; his incarnation...

Hi, and thanks for the reply! One could say that faith is the conduit of salvation, for it's "through" faith that one is saved; and faith is permanent, like salvation. Once faith is established, all that will ever be needed is growth in it, which God ensures of every one reborn (Phl2:13).

One can truly believe there is a God, but lack the desire to believe in Him. Romans-One teaches that one can believe about God, that He is real, and at the same time not put trust in Him. Scripture says that He has proved to all that He is real by showing them all of what may be known about...

Yes ,and thank you!

Of course believers are never possessed by demons, but they can delay your growth in the Lord Jesus we allow it; and never can affect or salvation.

Thanks for the reply Brother! It of course should be known that the devil can oppress believers, but never possess them, as some might think. Satan is always harassing believers, but he can only affect their spiritual growth (temporarily), and never their salvation, which is permanent.

Although Lucifer was created with a free will, he used that freedom to oppose the will of God, and thereby lost it (no longer free to do whatever he wants—NC). From Satan’s fall from heaven, until his final fall into “the lake of fire,” the Enemy is enslaved and controlled by our Father...

The crux of Hebrews 10:10 is the doctrine of eternal security! Hence there is only one type of salvation—eternal salvation (Heb 5:9). Does it seem sensible to consider the oxymoron of receiving eternal salvation, then loosing it? If it’s something that one can lose, it’s not eternal. Eternal has...

Many are not accurately informed about "baptism." Thanks for asking, and God bless!

Dr. Kenneth Wuest stated that “the Greek word for ‘baptism’ speaks of the introduction or placing of a person or thing into a new environment or into union with something else, so as to alter its condition or its relationship to its previous environment or condition.” When we believed, the Holy...

Amen Brother, the attack on God's Word, which nothing will ever avail anything against It, began with the Enemy's first attack when he said, "Yea, hath God said" (Gen 3:1). Most Christians will never know (but it's ok, it will only affect their spiritual growth) that the Enemy is still attacking...

True Brother, the Critical Text (Vaticanus, Sinaiticus, Alexzandrinus manuscriptes) was too corrupt for copying purposes, which is still unknown to the majority of Christians. They were abandoned from 600 ad to 1844, and their recent discovery has earned them a popularity merely due to age...

Hi, and thanks for the instructional reply and comments! Also, Wescott and Hort were part (I think established) of a cult called The Ghostly Guild, which was evil in all it's doings! (Westcott and the Ghostlie Guild)

We have always been lower than the angels in power, but greater in importance. The Gospel has always been something the angels have always "desired to look into" (1Pe 1:12). Could be someone special, not possessing a normal sense.

Brother Randy, the three passages that speak of being "made a little lower than the angels" is in reference to the "Son of Man" (Psa 8:4, 5; Heb 2:6, 7; Heb 2:9). I don't think it could be referring to man, because he was never equal or above the angels in power and authority, but in importance...