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The thread is about Matthew 18.

Historical fact. Unchangeable rock solid foundational reality. Take it to the bank.

It is not relevant to the topic.

In Romans 7, Paul talks about this reality--how Paul worked works he didn't work but that were worked in him by sin itself. That is the condition all those born into Adam are born into.

Irrelevant.

Remember the Law says once an earthen vessel is defiled, it (unlike metal vessels) cannot be cleansed, but must be destroyed : the body is made of clay, and has been irrevocably defiled, and must be destroyed, and it is destroyed when we believe in Christ, because we share in His death.

The baby is born with the body of sin, and the baby behaves very self-centeredly, but the baby is unaware, and the conscience undefiled, until he knows good and evil and dies inwardly when his conscience is defiled by the works he is being enslaved to by the works produced by the body of sin...

Nope, the same Christ says branches that don't abide in Him don't bear fruit (apart from Him we can do nothing), so the Father cuts them off, and they dry up, and they are thrown in the fire. Moreover, I invite you to answer Matthew 18, where God rescinds His forgiveness from the unforgiving...

The baby is born with the body of sin, but his conscience is not yet stained, so he is not yet dead, it seems (Paul says he was once alive but when the commandment came--at the age of accountability, children become ashamed of their nakedness, as Adam and Eve after eating from the Tree of the...

Nope, no flaw : we are unconditionally righteous, but not all walk in that unconditional righteousness (eg, the "lazy" servant, who does not walk in the gift of righteousness Mt 25). Nope, those BORN OF Adam are all unconditionally sinful by nature (it's just a question of whether they ADMIT...

No, those IN CHRIST are not all humanity. Christ is the new Adam, head of a new human race. Nope, Adam had explicit knowledge from God, and Moses received the same. "By the Law comes the knowledge of sin"

1. Through one sin all became sinners in Adam, just so, through Christ's act of obedience we become righteous in Christ (para). 2. The rest didn't "transgress" bc they hadn't been directly spoken to and commanded by God--notice "until Moses" (the other time God made known His will) is the other...

I wonder if any FGT can explain.

My concerns were shared in the OP, and thanks for sharing your own as well.

All those "in Adam" are born with the body of sin because of Adam.

It's also illogical. I'm in the US--sleep time!

An "interesting" acronym they have got for themselves...lol FGTs

I suspect they would categorize that as a verse about "sanctification"--they so far as to say you can deny Christ and still be saved. Lol My question, then, is how you get saved in FGT... bc they say you can lose faith and still be saved. If it's not grace through faith that you're saved...

I recently spoke with some people who described themselves as "Free Grace". Does anyone here know anything about "Free Grace"? They would deny all the passages that "look" like they're talking about loss of salvation had anything to do with salvation. They would even say you could lose your...

The issue is when we're not forgiving we're replacing God with the person we don't forgive--God is too great to allow anything else to take God's place. What is more real, greater, God or the person you don't forgive? What do you love more? What do you enjoy more? What do you seek to honor more...