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What ministry gifts are you referring to?

You have the Scriptures. The ones I posted are not ambiguous, the are just as clear as the passage from Peter. As a matter of fact the passage from Paul is crystal clear. Just because Jewish culture several thousand years ago didn't use the word new in exactly the way you use the word new...

A closer look at the issue reveals that Peter and Isaiah both speak of the earth being restored. 20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: 21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his...

What does this have to do with the fact that Jesus said those things to the Jews. As I pointed out, the Jews were blinded intentionally. Jesus said He had only come to the Jews. It was to the Jews that He spoke in parables. Can you show me from context anywhere His parable were directed to...

Hi Selene, It's not hard to understand. The word translated God, is the Greek word "Theos" it means deity or divine. The Father is diety (God=Theos), Jesus is deity (God=Theos), the Holy Spirit is deity (God=Theos). It's not three persons in one being, "Theos" doesn't mean being. Concerning...

It's a restored earth, not a new one. It's new in the sense of remodeled.

I'm in agreement with you for the most part. I understand your reluctance to use the word Trinity, however, the original understanding of the Trinity is not what is stated today. The original is as I stated in the previous post which you seem to agree with. I agree that they are one in...

The modern understanding of the Trinity is not correct. It is not three persons in one being. There is one God, the Father, one Lord Jesus Christ one Spirit. Jesus is God in the sense that He is deity. The Greek word "Theos" means deity.

Can you define legalism?

I believe the problem is multi-facetted. The church does put the major emphasis on teaching, however, much of that teaching is wrong. It was Jesus who brought the gospel and He said, "Follow Me." Following is an action. Paul said, not the hearers of the Law but the doers of the Law will be...

If one belongs to a kingdom that is not of this world why would one participate in the celebrations of the kingdoms of this world?

Hi Rand, I supplied the parable of the talents in the previous post. Each was given a different amount by his Master and when the Master returned he expected that the servant would have gained a profit. The first two were both comended, the last who did nothing with what was given to him was...

KJV 1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation...

Hi Howie, I agree with some of what you've stated here. However, the fact remains that dead faith cannot produce works. You gave a challenge to find anything other than faith by which one is justified. James said a man is justified by his works also. The statement by James simply doesn't allow...

How does dead faith produce works? Romans 5 does not say a man is justified by faith alone. Paul's conclusion in Romans 5 is that a man is justified by faith and "Not" the works of the Mosaic Law.

Three persons in one divine being? That's not what the Scriptures teach.

Hi Dave, No one is made righteous. The Scriptures say that a man's faith is counted as righteousness. Abraham beleived God and it (his faith) was counted as righteousness

Hi Brother Dave, I think the free will issue is geared towards the choosing to believe God more so than an issue of one behavior.

Ahh, the straw man, your statement is fallacious. No one saves themselves. I don't need to post Scripture, you can't show me any that says a person can't be lost. That's simply inferred and then presented as evidence, which in realty doesn't exist.

Well, that doesn't change what the Scriptures say. The promise is to the one who is present tense believing. If one stops believing he no longer has the promise of the Scriptures. You can believe the doctrines of men or you can believe what the Scriptures say, it's up to you.