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But the law of love IS God's moral law. The Jews were in bondage to the Mosaic Law because they were forced to follow it for fear of punishment or death. They were not following the Law with their hearts, but through fear of punishment. They were not given the choice to follow the Mosaic Law...

This if we are depending on our observance of the Law to be justified before God - making observance of the Law prerequisite for our salvation. I am not saying this at all. If we are depending on the Law for salvation, we have to keep it absolutely perfectly from our youth up, which is an...

I have every respect for David Wilkerson. It was his "Chicken" tract that stopped me in my tracks and put the fear of God into me, and helped me to listen to the guy who eventually led me to Christ. I have listened to David's preaching, and he is very strict and uncompromising about the...

"For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you" (Romans 12:3).

Why do you believe that Jesus died on the cross? And, what is repentance and the forsaking of the works of the flesh?

I think we are talking past each other and dealing with two separate issues. I don't depend on the Law to be saved, but by the grace of God through my faith in the finished work of Christ. Therefore, I no longer have the Law as an anvil on a rotten rope hanging over my head. I think that is...

The problem is that anyone who depends on works to be saved, he has to have done them perfectly from his youth up. I don't know anyone who has kept good works to perfection. do you? The Scripture says that if there is even one minor violation of the Law from the youth up, then the Law has...

What this tells me is that we should not trust in our own righteousness at all. We, as converted believers, have been given the righteousness of Christ as a free gift. This is all the righteousness we need.

But I am free! Before I was converted I was a slave to sin. I had no other choice. I was not free to do anything else but sin. But when I got converted to Christ I am now totally free to choose holiness of life over sin. I have the freedom not to lie, steal, fornicate, commit adultery, be...

As Christians we are not free from the Law, and by the Law I mean God's moral law. We still have a moral responsibility to God. But we are free from the penalty for failing to keep the Law, but our sanctification (not our salvation) is developing dependence on the Holy Spirit to keep our...

How does that figure that the sons of God were Adam and his sons when it happened in Job's time when he lived at least 2000 years later during the time of the Patriarchs? Sounds like cobbling two unrelated passages together to try and make a non-Biblical point. For me, cobbling is gobbling...

Well, Peter didn't include it when he instructed them how to get saved. He said, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall "receive the gift of the Holy Ghost" (Acts 2:38-39). And Paul said, " “Believe in the Lord Jesus and...

Mmmm... A new one on me! I just read the text and believe what it says. Where it says that God formed Adam from the dust of the ground and breathed life into him, that's exactly what happened. Where it says that God put Adam to sleep (they didn't discover anaesthesia until the late 19th...

I understand. :-) I am non-denominational at present because we are in lockdown here and can't attend church. However, when I moved to New Brighton in December I didn't want to go to a church where I would have to drive across town, so I just went to the closest one which is a...

Well, that's true. But does that apply to our friend Marksman?

And again around the mountain we go! Or is it the mulberry bush??? :p

This is why when we preach or share the gospel, we keep away from things like the trinity and other illogical events in the Bible which can be understood only when a person is converted to Christ. This is because the natural man cannot accept the things of God because they are spiritually...

I guess that some here think I am annoying and harassing because I am like a dog with a bone when I won't let go and concede an issue! :-)

I think that those who do baptise in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are taking Matthew 28:19 literally: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" But in practice, Peter's instruction was followed...

Oh yes! You are correct. Jesus had to be totally human in order to be our perfect sacrifice for sin. He had to be one of us yet sinlessly perfect.