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Thank you for your statement. This points to a great hermeneutic principle. Scripture is never wrong, only the interpretation. Lets go to the passage... without forcing a round peg in a square hole. 2Timothy 2:8-13 8 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descendant of David, according...

So did Peter, who denied the Lord three times lose his salvation?

Let me first say there is greater evidence that Paul was not the author of Hebrews, but that is an entirely different subject. Let us keep in perspective what is being spoken against in this Hebrews exhortation, altering the gospel or "drifting away" from the true gospel. The entire first...

Jude 4 4 For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. Galatians 2:4 4 But it was because of the false brethren...

I like the way you opened your statement. This subject is definitely a two sided coin. Without question God will not go against His promise. This only then leaves the believer to be able to thwart the salvation process. Now this brings into question a few things. 1. Is the new covenant a...

So are you saying the body of Christ is completely devoid of sin? I don't completely comprehend what your are conveying. Can you be more specific or clearer? Can you comment on my questions in the OP since you disagree? (This is not a challenge, rather a request.) I don't think Paul condones...

I believe sin and the fallen state of humanity is the catalyst for allowance of these practices. I do not believe this doctrine when used in proper function does anything to hinder the Church. In fact it only supports confidence in the work and salvation of the Lord, which is something that...

Interesting yet a loaded question. For certain God is the sovereign, yet we are called to spread the gospel. So yes there is something we can do (evangelize), but in the same sense it is not in our control. (1Corinthians 3:7) I desire to travel to the gates of hell and shut them altogether...

Psalm 14:1-3 or 53:1-3 1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds; There is no one who does good. 2 The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there are any who understand, Who seek after God. 3 They...

If the studies are based objectively, there should be no matter of influence deciding the outcome no matter who conducts the study. Your statement concerning where the data comes from is invalid. Do you truly believe a liberal organization would publish findings that speak against the...

I simply question if someone can thwart God's plan for sanctification in the life of the believer once He has started. (Philippians 1:6) If Jesus died on the cross for the sins of humanity (1John 2:2), then what sin that I may commit will exclude me from salvation, excluding the whole...

We are not to judge the non-christian, yet we need not condone sin in any setting. Homosexuality is not a crime per say against humanity, but it does attack the basic definition of the family and the family unit. From this perspective it should not be accepted as common practice. Many case...

To say that God allows sin is to also agree that God allowed the 35,000 deaths of starving children today. God allowed the Boston bombing, and even the holocaust. These are terrible tragedies are are true under the rule of a sovereign God. The fact that man lives in sin, and that God...

This has been a difficult topic for me personally in as much as communicating the truth in the subject. I think the author here does a good job. Enjoy and comment please! "May 10 Numbers 19; Psalms 56–57; Isaiah 8:1–9:7; James 2 “for we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from...

I love the idea of exhortation. I am just uncertain of the premise you present, the whole not all those born again... I believe once you are born again you are born into the hope of the resurrection. 1John 2:19 19 They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of...

This is IMHO the best post on this subject John. What is difficult though for me to comprehend is how you can believe this and head the thread with the title you gave it. God is the one in charge of our sanctification, not us. This is not to say we are to be complacent or noncompliant. We...

The funny thing is Jehovah is the german name for God. They took the tetragram YHWH and made Jehovah. The way it is spoken in Hebrew is Yahweh. Now as for Jesus being the name of God. John 14:9 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip...

http://agapegeek.com/2011/01/21/understanding-satan%E2%80%99s-abilities-can-satan-readyour-mind/ This is an interesting read on the subject and challenged my thinking on what I believed. I have officially switched view on the subject! I am still weary and cautious and will warn everyone to...

Psalm 32:1-2 1 How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! 2 How blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, Romans 4:4-6 4 Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due. 5 But to the one who does not work...

Faith in the completed work or the Lamb. :D