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  1. mailmandan

    How to handle heretics?

    The apostle Paul warned us about such people: Acts 20:28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves...
  2. mailmandan

    1st problem with O.S.A.S.

    What part of faith is the assurance of things hoped for.. (Hebrews 11:1) do you not understand? Who else died on the cross for our sins? Christ alone. The Father testifies of the Son. To believe on him that sent me is to believe on Christ. Jesus is God. A distinction without a difference...
  3. mailmandan

    Do Christians sin like the unbelievers?

    So according to you, only those who have lived a sinless, without fault or defect, flawless, absolute perfect life 100% of the time (exactly as Jesus lived) from the moment they are born again to the end of their life on earth is a child of God and everyone else is a child of the devil? Those...
  4. mailmandan

    Do Christians sin like the unbelievers?

    Has nothing to do with the traditions of the Pharisees/commandments of men. It's your leaven of sinless perfection that we need to be aware of. (1 John 1:8-10) People who teach sinless perfection are all about exalting themselves and condemning others. Reminds me of the Parable of the Pharisee...
  5. mailmandan

    Do Christians sin like the unbelievers?

    1 John 5:18 - We know [absolutely] that anyone born of God does not [deliberately and knowingly] practice committing sin, but the One Who was begotten of God carefully watches over and protects him [Christ’s divine presence within him preserves him against the evil], and the wicked one does not...
  6. mailmandan

    Do Christians sin like the unbelievers?

    More KJV only confusion. See - 1 John 5 - Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament - Bible Commentaries - StudyLight.org
  7. mailmandan

    Do Christians sin like the unbelievers?

    The letter is addressed to believers, but that doesn't mean that everyone who is mixed in with a group of professing believers is a genuine believer. We see this in 1 John 2:19.
  8. mailmandan

    Do Christians sin like the unbelievers?

    1 John 1:8 - If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. This remains your achilles heel.
  9. mailmandan

    Do Christians sin like the unbelievers?

    I didn't find it necessary and knew you would find it. Thank you for finally admitting that you believe you are sinless 100% of the time. It was like pulling teeth to finally get you to answer YES or NO to my question, but you finally did it. You actually answered YES to GEN2REV when he asked...
  10. mailmandan

    Do Christians sin like the unbelievers?

    Folks probably refuse to answer because it's a loaded question that implies folks who do not promote sinless perfection are promoting a license to sin. 1 John 2:1 - My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father...
  11. mailmandan

    1st problem with O.S.A.S.

    Even though there are baptism(s) plural, in Matthew 3:11 we read - I baptize you with 1. water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the 2. Holy Spirit and 3. fire. *There is only ONE baptism that places...
  12. mailmandan

    1st problem with O.S.A.S.

    Just because baptism is not what saves us does not mean that baptism is meaningless. There are a handful of verses in the Bible that works-salvationists try to use as proof texts to prove that water baptism is absolutely necessary for salvation, yet a careful examination of each of these texts...
  13. mailmandan

    1st problem with O.S.A.S.

    If we have saving faith in Christ then we have hope. Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. It's not about I have faith, but I don't have enough hope so I won't be saved. So it's still salvation through faith (rightly understood) in...
  14. mailmandan

    1st problem with O.S.A.S.

    Purgatory is a false doctrine and it denies the sufficiency of Christ's atonement for sin on the cross. As Mike Gendron explains: Purgatory is a travesty on the justice of God and a disgraceful fabrication that robs Christ Jesus of His glory and honor. He alone satisfied divine justice, once and...
  15. mailmandan

    Why do so many stumble over imputed righteousness?

    I was born and raised in the Roman Catholic church and I have often said that I was saved IN SPITE of what the Roman Catholic church teaches about the plan of salvation and NOT because of what they teach.
  16. mailmandan

    Do Christians sin like the unbelievers?

    Good day sir.
  17. mailmandan

    Do Christians sin like the unbelievers?

    It sounds like you have a chip on your shoulder.
  18. mailmandan

    Do Christians sin like the unbelievers?

    Who went away justified? The Pharisee or the tax collector? How am I justifying myself by coming to God in the same way the tax collector did? There are only two roads here. It's one or the other.
  19. mailmandan

    Do Christians sin like the unbelievers?

    How so? I came before God in the same way as the publication, "have mercy on me a sinner" rather than the Pharisee who trusted in himself.
  20. mailmandan

    1st problem with O.S.A.S.

    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...