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This is a straw man argument and there is more of a difference than that between a saved person and a lost sinner. (1 John 3:7-10) It sounds to me like you may have bought into "sinless perfection." I've seen people abuse and misuse the words of Jesus "go and sin no more" in John 8:11 to teach...

Saved apart from the merit of works, yet authentic faith is not apart from the presence of works is not a false dichotomy. Christ saves us through faith based on the merits of His finished work of redemption "alone" and not based on the merits of our works. It is through faith "in Christ alone"...

Amen brother! Well said. :)

"Becomes unfruitful, produces no fruit, yields no fruit, brings no fruit to maturity" etc.. does not equate to - indeed bears fruit yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown, as seen with the seed that fell on "good soil." In the case of the thorny ground hearer, the plant was...

In regards to the church in Ephesus in Revelation 2, clearly the Lord wanted the church at Ephesus to repent, to change their minds regarding their works. "You have left your first love" (verse 4). "Repent and do the first works" (verse 5). Works of love no longer characterized the church as a...

A true believer is one who believes in/has faith in/trust in/reliance in Jesus Christ for salvation. (John 3:15,16,18; Acts 10:43; 16:31; Romans 1:16; 3:24-28; 4:5-6 etc..). Those who trust in works for salvation are not true believers. So abiding in Christ (according to you) means to walk...

Your continued straw man arguments make it virtually impossible to reason through the scriptures with you. :rolleyes: You are the master of irony. Saved IN my sins? Suffering from a terminal case of self righteousness doesn't work for you. (1 John 1:8-10) Acts 10:43 - Of Him all the prophets...

Again, in John 15, we see two kinds of connections with Christ as the vine (the merely cosmic which bears no fruit and the spiritual and vital which bears fruit). Without that vital union with Christ, there can be no life and no productivity. Those who profess to know Christ but whose...

Now in regards to the thorny soil, some people interpret “becomes unfruitful" (as read in certain translations) as "was fruitful but then later became unfruitful." Other translations make it more clear: Bible in Basic English - put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit...

I will gladly respond to this post later when I have more time. I need to get to work.

Your continued strawman arguments and slander is nauseating. :rolleyes:

BTW: To "abide" means to remain, stay, tarry, not to depart, continue to be present. Abiding in Christ is not a special level of Christian experience that is only available to a limited few elite Christians, but is the position of all true believers.

Christians are saved apart from the merit of works, yet authentic faith is not apart from the presence of works. Judged by works does not mean that salvation is obtained based on the merit of our works. For believers, that pertains to rewards and loss of rewards. (1 Corinthians 3:11-15) For...

When did I say that a dead faith saved anybody? In John 15:2-6, the branches that bear fruit and remain are genuine believers (like the remaining 11 disciples). The self-attached branches that bear no fruit and do not remain are not genuine believers (like Judas Iscariot). In John 15:2, Jesus...

I never said there was such a thing as a fruitless/workless Christian, which is a straw man argument, yet we are saved FOR good works and NOT BY good works. (Ephesians 2:8-10) All genuine believers/Christians are fruitful, yet not all are equally fruitful. (Matthew 13:23)

LOL! More strawman arguments and slander from a spiritual narcissist. You can have your self exalting performance based decoy gospel. I’ll stick with delivering the gospel of Christ which is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that BELIEVES.. (Romans 1:16)

It's you who has swallowed the decoy gospel of works salvation and sinless perfection hook line and sinker. Saving belief is according to Scripture. (John 1:12; 3:15,16,18; Acts 10:43; 13:39; 16:31; Romans 1:16; 4:5; 1 John 5:13 etc..). *1 Corinthians 1:21 - For since, in the wisdom of God, the...

Amen! Well said. Until we get to the end of the creature (self) we will never get to the beginning of the Creator (God). Christianity is not just "another" religion, but is about a relationship with Jesus Christ. John 17:3 - And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God...

The gospel is the “good news” of the death, burial and resurrection of Christ (1 Corinthians 15:1-4) and is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that BELIEVES.. (Romans 1:16) To "believe" the gospel is to trust in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ as the ALL-sufficient means of...

Amen! It's called spiritual narcissism. - 10 Warning Signs of a Spiritual Narcissist