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Maybe they are very satisfied with what they already believe and don't want to be confused with the facts. Also, church indoctrination can be very difficult to escape from. It's really a pride issue.

In 1 Peter 3:21, Peter tells us that baptism now saves you, yet when Peter uses this phrase, he continues in the same sentence to explain exactly what he means by it. He said that baptism now saves you-not the removal of dirt from the flesh (that is, not as an outward, physical act which washes...

John 17:12 - While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. John 18:9 - that the saying might be fulfilled which He spoke, "Of those whom You gave Me I...

In regard to "faith without works is dead" James does not mean that faith is dead until it produces works and then it becomes a living faith, and the works are the source of life in faith. That would be like saying that a tree is dead until it produces fruit and then it becomes a living tree...

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Mark 16:16 - He who believes and is baptized will be saved (general cases without making a qualification for the unusual case of someone who believes but is not baptized) but he who does not believe will be condemned. The omission of baptized with "does not believe" shows that Jesus does not...

Which other forum do you know me from? It's those who teach salvation by water baptism (Roman Catholics, Mormons, Campbellites etc..) who are wrong. Show me just one verse in the Bible which says, "whoever is not water baptized will not be saved." I'll be waiting. In 1 Peter 3:21, Peter tells...

I'm saying that water baptism does not place us into the body of Christ or cause us to drink into one Spirit. Water baptism is the picture and Spirit baptism is the reality.

What I shared in post #2 still stands.

Amen! Man is justified (accounted as righteous) before God by faith and not by works. (Romans 4:2-6) 1. to render righteous or such he ought to be 2. to show, exhibit, evince, one to be righteous, such as he is and wishes himself to be considered 3. to declare, pronounce, one to be just...

In regard to "faith without works is dead" James is simply saying faith that is not accompanied by evidential works demonstrates that it's dead. If someone merely says-claims (key word) they have faith, but lack resulting evidential works, then they demonstrate that they have an empty profession...

The Bible does make a difference between "accounted as righteous" (Romans 4:2-6) and "shown to be righteous." (James 2:21,24) In the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, the Greek word for justified "dikaioo" #1344. Thayer's Greek Lexicon: 1. to render righteous or such he ought to be...

My post is relevant to the title of the thread. Christ saves us through faith based on the merits of his obedience (finished work of redemption - Romans 3:24-28) and not based on the merits of our obedience/works. (Romans 4:5-6)

There is only one baptism that places us into the body of Christ and that is Spirit baptism, not water baptism. Ephesians 4:5 - one Lord, one faith, one baptism. 1 Corinthians 12:13 - For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free--and have...

Now although Paul can speak of people’s initial response of choosing to believe the gospel as an act of obedience in which he describes it as "obeyed the gospel" (Romans 10:16; 1:16) the purpose of Paul’s apostleship was not merely to bring people to conversion but also to bring about...

Amen! In James 2:14, we read of one who says/claims (key word) he has faith but has no works (to evidence his claim). That is not genuine faith, but a bare profession of faith. So, when James asks, "Can that faith save him?" he is saying nothing against genuine faith, but only against an empty...

James does not use the word "justified" to mean "accounted as righteous" but is shown to be righteous. James is discussing the evidence of faith (says-claims to have faith but has no works/I will show you my faith by my works - James 2:14-18) and not the initial act of being accounted as...

Mormon doctrine: “For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do.” (2 Nephi 25:23 - Book of Mormon) In other words, do all you can or else...

When I was a teenager, I had temporarily attended the "church of Christ" and they taught me that ONLY "their" church is the "true church" and they quoted Romans 16:16 in an effort to support their claim because it mentions the specific words, "churches of Christ" in that verse. Such a silly...

Receiving the seed/word in shallow/rocky soul in CONTRAST with receiving it in good soil is the key difference. Harmonizing scripture is part of righty dividing or correctly handling the word of truth.