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No, he is talking to those who have been changed. But we still have our free will, and ears to listen to false doctrines if we choose to. There are plenty of those on the forums. The result of those false doctrines is not keeping yourself pure. Then the other verse you left out is applicable...

All? What did I just say? I said that I have assurance. What does assurance mean? Peter says those who do not grow (believing that is works and not necessary) are blind. 9 For he who lacks these things (5-7) is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his...

No, it is a faith based situation, and faith without works is dead. That is what you fail to teach. Besides, it is the Spirit in us doing the work, not us, so again you are far from understanding what is needed for salvation. And those "works" are mature fruit - the fruit of the Spirit. It is...

I did to my satisfaction. God is holy, and sinless. The lamb must be spotless, and not a human is since Adam sinned. I should think the why is obvious. But God can't die, so He must also be human. He had to be BOTH.

I do believe that some can lose their salvation. There are too many warnings from the apostles to deny that. But me, personally, I have assurance that I am saved and will continue to be because I heed the warnings and keep myself pure. The problem in some is being introduced to false doctrines...

I already gave more than that in my post.

Sorry, Scott, but this doesn't make sense and cannot describe either a Christian or non-Christian. A non-Christian does not have the Spirit for the flesh to war with. They are ONLY flesh, but have a mind as in Romans 7:25. That is like the Jews knowing the law with their mind, but their flesh...

But do you believe that loser exists?

So is it safe to say that you do not believe in a being called "Satan," nor hell?

@Peterlag I've come late to the party! I really don't know what has been said so far, so I'll just tell you what I've come to believe. Growing up I didn't believe that Jesus was STILL God, but that He once was. That is what I was taught in the SDA denomination 60 years ago. I left it in 1970. I...

You second question is silly and you don't know what that verse even meant in Galatians. It had to do with keeping the rites of circumcision and the Old ceremonial laws of the Old Covenant in order to be a saved Christian as the Christian Jews were trying to convince the Galatians in keeping...

That is rude. Do as you wish then and act two years old, and we'll just guess. But when you DO use the correct avenue to respond, we get an alert that someone has responded.

Paul and John do to as far as what Jesus accomplishes in us. Jesus did not fail. You fail in your lack of acknowledgement! Paul: "We are dead to sin." John: "we cannot sin." But it is possible if we choose to sin even after the desire to sin that Jesus took away is gone. How dumb. That is why...

Then how does a "faith alone" Christian act after salvation? Do they continue to sin or has Jesus taken away their sin and they are free as Paul and John claims. You don't seem to agree with the doctrine of Paul and John that I claim.

Does that give us a clue that you are Messianic or SDA and keep the 4th Commandment according to the letter? Also, may I ask that you use the reply button or quote so we know who you are addressing.

Yes, you do. Revelation 22:11 That sounds like a pew warmer to me, and are not saved. I agree we cannot change ourselves and do good before coming to Christ, but rather come to Him because goodness is required to enter heaven, and we KNOW there is no way we qualify on our own without Christ...

Well said. I agree. Notice also the word "says" in 1 John 2 about what a person says is not always the truth. Then the word "say" in 1 John 1:6, 8, 10 becomes abundantly clear that this is a sinner talking the talk, but not walking the walk as in verse 7.

Deal with Paul saying He is FREE. Romans 8:2. He is not in the bondage of Romans 7:14-23. Have you never learned that we are not under the law, but under grace? Grace is not a license to sin as you believe. It is the gospel of grace and the power of God to recreate your nature to make it divine...

Enoch, Hi! Nice to see you finally civil. Ephesians 2:8-10 is exactly what I said. It is talking about a miraculously born again Christian that has been given the gift of His divine nature, recreated to do good works. The faith alone doctrine usually means someone has faith that Jesus will...

I agreed until this part: Behold, I brought this last part of your post and made it bold to ask you something. These people that you were describing at the beginning (which I now have at the end), the lukewarm Christian, do you believe they are saved? That is what the bolded part seems to say...