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The issue I'm having is with the apparent understanding of the word "justification" you have. I don't just assume that "justification" means "you went from unsaved to saved". If you're "condemned" for sinning as a Christian then wouldn't you need "justification" to remedy that as a Christian...

"If you walk in the Spirit you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh." Now, Paul says "no covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in God's Kingdom" So, all of these gross sins (perhaps not including unintentional sins) are acts of idolatry--service to an idol, a demon. "How...

Examples: "Cut off from his people" : Exodus 30:33, Exodus 30:38, Exodus 31:14 Then people may also join themselves to Israel--eg, Ruth, the great great grandmother of King David, who was a Moabitess.

It's painfully obvious; it takes an alien theological system to obstinately refuse to believe God about it. Perfect example: 1 Corinthians 10:1-11 The Jews were saved (just like us), and were baptized (just like us), and partook of communion (just like us), nevertheless they fell under God's...

He gives the Spirit to be with the Church forever, but members of the Church are not fixed (just as, with the OT, members could be removed from and added to Israel).

I wonder about not needing justification again... because Romans 14:23 does teach you're condemned (opposite of justified) if you sin as a Christian.

To this point Hebrews 10:35-39 35Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. 36For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. 37For, “Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay...

This explains, in part, why God chose Abraham's family--He says "you were the smallest". With the smallest family, what God would do through them would be attributable to no one other than God. This principle also explains why "not many noble, not many wise, not many mighty" are called by the...

Hebrews 12:10

1) Regarding the translation of the verses from 1 John : from CARM : 2) Does a branch only need to receive sap from the Vine once or does it need it constantly? He cleanses us when we sin. Even John the Apostle sinned and it is recorded in the Book of Revelation. He bowed down to worship a...

I don't know why anyone would say "the child of God is still with a 'body of death', that is, sinful flesh, where sin still dwells in" when according to Romans 6:6 He brought the body of sin to nothing, and Christ "delivers us from the body of sin and death" Romans 7:25, Romans 8:2... oh yeah...

The passage isn't about unbelief in Jesus, but I do believe you could argue that because "sin", under the New Covenant, is broadly defined as acts which do not comport with one's convictions Romans 14:5 it is an issue of doubt but that is not unbelief in Jesus strictly speaking (though I believe...

Is it offensive to say a Jew does not know God and will not inherit God's Kingdom? Why else would Paul be so sad for the Jews, his brothers, even wishing he could be accursed and cut off from Christ if it could save his brothers (as Moses also said of himself), if they weren't lost and under...

When it compares the penalty ("how much sorer") for those who "go on sinning" under the Messianic Covenant against the penalty ("died without mercy") under the Mosaic Covenant, don't you get the idea that there could actually be a point at which a person could arrive in their offense against God...

Consider this : can a robot abstain from watching porn? Sure. Does the robot benefit from not watching? No. He has no capacity for relationship to God. Now, can a Jew abstain from watching porn? Sure. Does that mean the Jew will enter God's Kingdom? No. He has no relationship with God. So, it's...

Well, I don't want to discourage you from resisting temptation--what ever method we use should yield results is all I'm saying. If I had to resist watching porn all of the time, I wouldn't count that as "grace through faith" victory. The victory I enjoy is effortless thank God. Again, keep...

You know, I haven't watched porn for years and I'm on the computer constantly. I don't fight it... because I never get a thought about it. How? I have grace through faith that mortifies the flesh. God saves me in that respect daily. By grace through faith. The reason people would be averse to...

Yep, and we know that the ones whom God blots out of His book are the ones who sin against Him Exodus 32:32-33--clearly, this is what is in view with the phrase "defiled their garments", for which reason they are "unworthy", they will be "blotted out of the Book of Life" and will be "denied...

2 Corinthians 3:17 bi·ped·al /ˌbīˈpēdl,ˌbīˈpedl/ adjective Zoology adjective: bipedal (of an animal) using only two legs for walking.

1a) LOL Yeah, the same John said "if we confess our sins God is faithful and righteous to forgive us and cleanse us of all unrighteousness" so in order to prove God's righteousness we have to confess our sins. Clearly, then, we sin. When John says "the one born of God does not sin" the Greek I'm...