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Why do you include me in 1 John 1:8? I AM a Christian. They are not. The context of that verse is the next verse on how to BECOME a Christian 1 John 1:9. Many never come to Christ believing their own righteousness will get them to heaven, so they never turn to Christ, believing they are good...

Yes, you are right. John 6:44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. And Jesus: John 12:32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.” But, even though they draw us we must accept Him and we must...

I think the title of this post would be better if it was called "Limited Atonement vs. Conditional Atonement. Saving faith is the condition. Universal Atonement means everyone is saved whether they believe or not. That is the false doctrine of Universalism. The atonement is for EVERYONE who...

Just to be clear, we must have the Holy Spirit to be saved. That is being born again of the Spirit. Romans 8:9b If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ in them, they do not belong to Him. Yes, I agree, the Father gives everyone a measure of faith, from which the Holy Spirit draws us...

Why false? Do you believe Jesus lied?

No sin. 2 + 2 = 4 2 - repent and are cleansed of all your past sins unto death and receive the Spirit (Acts 2:38; 1 John 1:9) 2 - walk in the Spirit and the blood of Jesus cleanses us of all trespasses (1 John 1:7) 4 - All cleansed (John 8:34-36) It is what Jesus preached, not the human...

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You heard me right the first time. Romans 8:2 the law of the Spirit has freed me from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:9 For you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God indwells you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ they are none of His. 1 John 3:9 Whoever...

I agree. But do you have any idea how many Christians are not saved because they have never totally repented of SIN and been filled with the Holy Spirit? I've been in church all my life, but I was 30 years old when I was saved. The difference in my desire to sin was like night and day. It was...

You are speaking of the Sabbath I presume. We are not to let anyone judge us on any of the Sabbaths, nor New Moons or feasts. Because the substance lies with Jesus. But if you want to keep it even though it was bound to the Old Covenant, and never the New Covenant, go right ahead. It was the...

What makes you think that the Spirit was not still leading them? No where does it say that the Galatians were indulging in the sins of the flesh, only that they were being enticed to follow the Mosaic laws of circumcision and holy days. Paul just gave a complete teaching. Those that indulge in...

No, they did so have the Spirit. But they were being convinced by Judaizers to add to the Spirit, the law. Paul was telling them they didn't have to add to the Spirit, that doing so would be falling from grace.

Except 1 John 3:9 is not practice, but commit. This is why we MUST be born again, and not still carry the old sinful flesh you are talking about. We MUST be born of the Spirit through the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Only then do we no longer battle the sinful flesh. We can still choose, but we...

I like Acts 4:33 that equates grace with power. To see that correlation you would have to know something about Hebrew writing styles. In this case, "great power"/"great grace" called "doubling" or "parallelism." Thus grace is the power of God in you to be righteous. (Not by our own strength or...

Thank you. So then you believe nothing more happens than going from total depravity to partial depravity? God is holy. How can we be saved if there is any sin left. Without holiness, no man shall see God, Hebrews 12:14. 1 John 3:5 "Jesus was manifest to TAKE AWAY our sin, and in Him there is...

So I discern you also believe in the "T" of T.U.L.I.P? So, seeing as we are friends, I'll ask you a question about "T" that no one has answered for me yet. Do Calvinists believe the total depravity remains even after they accept Jesus?

What does grace mean to you? Maybe that definition is what has you on this particular path. We also disagree that faith is only a fruit of the Spirit, so you must first have the Spirit to have faith. It's also a gift from the Father. The Ten Commandments were to show us our sin, to bring us to...

At first I thought you were, but then I questioned that one statement, so I narrowed your post to just that question to verify. :) You know what they say about assuming...

Yes, New Agers are experiencing counterfeits of the devil. And I always though ALL astral projection was from Satan. But have you not seen the many testimonies in the last couple decades of Christians traveling in the spirit? Look up on youtube Sid Roth Joshua Mills China and let me know what...

I'm sorry you went through that time with your dad. It makes sense that you would see it as dissociation. And it is gone now that you are better. That being said, seeing as you were on the ceiling like a near death experience leads me to think it was real - that for some reason your spirit left...