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For by grace we "have been" (past tense with ongoing present results) saved through faith.. (Ephesians 2:8) There are 3 tenses to salvation. 1. We have been saved from the PENALTY of sin (justification) 2. We are being saved from the POWER of sin (ongoing sanctification) 3. We will be saved from...

Strong's Concordance phobos: panic flight, fear, the causing of fear, terror Original Word: φόβος, ου, ὁ Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: phobos Phonetic Spelling: (fob'-os) Definition: panic flight, fear, the causing of fear, terror Usage: (a) fear, terror, alarm, (b) the object...

Notice that Paul said to work OUT your salvation and NOT work FOR. Works salvation is not being taught here. The idea is to progress to the finish or completion in spiritual growth and maturity. This process is referred to as ongoing sanctification. The Greek word translated "fear" is in regards...

I have news for you. ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23) For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (Romans 6:23) and not through sinless perfection. 1 John 1:8 - If we say that we have no sin, (present tense)...

That judgment call is well above your paygrade. You need to come down off your high horse and humble yourself.

True Christians walk in the light in contrast to walking in darkness and true Christians confess their sins in contrast to saying they have no sin or have not sinned. 1 John 1:6 - If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we...

It's you who needs correction and your straw man argument is getting old. You seem to view yourself as "holier than thou," which reminds me of the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector: Luke 18:9 - Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous...

Believers are children of God. John 1:12 - But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name. The blood of Christ washes away our sins. Once again, those who believe they live a sinless, without fault or defect, flawless, absolute...

There is nothing weak about the blood of Jesus. Confessing our sin is not about confessing each and every sin that we commit as we commit them (keep a specific inventory) and if we forget a sin we’re toast! Believers speak the same/acknowledge/agree with God's perspective about their sins and...

When all else fails play the straw man card. BTW 1 John 1:8 is in the present tense. Confessing our sin is not justifying sin.

Amen! Those who believe they live a sinless, without fault or defect, flawless, absolute perfect life 100% of the time (exactly as Jesus lived) are suffering from a terminal case of self righteousness. (1 John 1:8-10)

Exactly right. Believed, received the Holy Spirit, saved, then water baptism followed.

When did these Gentiles receive the Holy Spirit in Acts 10:43-47? Before or after baptism?

Nobody is saying that we are saved by faith alone in that sense, apart from the shed blood of Jesus. Salvation through faith in Christ alone means that we are saved the moment that we place our faith (belief, trust, reliance) in Jesus Christ alone for salvation "apart from works." (Romans 4:5-6...

There are plenty of unbelievers who have been water baptized, especially those who attend various false religions and cults that merely "claim" to be Christian. Now such people may believe "mental assent" in the existence and in historical facts about Jesus, including that His death, burial and...

False. In Acts 2:38, "for the remission of sins" does not refer back to both clauses, "you all repent" and "each one of you be baptized," but refers only to the first. Peter is saying "repent unto the remission of your sins," the same as in Acts 3:19. The clause "each one of you be baptized" is...

When it comes to the moral aspect of the law, you cannot dissect works of obedience/good works from the law and teach that we are saved by "these" works (works of obedience/good works) but just not "those" works (works of the law). In James 2:15-16, the example of a "work" that James gives is...

Apparently you don't understand. Saying that we are saved by faith in Christ alone does not exclude God's Grace. Grace is God's part and faith is man's part. It simply means that we are saved the moment that we place our faith (belief, trust, reliance) in Jesus Christ alone for salvation apart...

Faith that produces no works at all is not genuine faith, but an empty profession of faith/dead faith. (James 2:14)

Do you understand what believers mean by salvation through faith (rightly understood) in Christ alone?