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@Naomi25 Interesting expression there! :)

@Naomi25 Oh so she was a bit shy to be the first one to go ahead and receive the faith design inking up that she so strongly wanted for a long time. But maybe she feels really good about it now she's done it; you'll probably find out when you eventually see her. Maybe you saw what Rita wrote:

Were they ever truly saved in the first place? Salvation is not like turning a faucet on and off; "Monday Mandy was saved; Tuesday she wasn't, Thursday she was; not sure about Friday." Romans 8.38-39 is a great tonic to the true believer.

Those who habitually continue to sin willfully are unlikely to have been truly born again in the first place. Otherwise it becomes a matter, not of depending on the work of Christ for salvation, but of supposedly trying to "stay saved" because of our efforts.

The 1 Corinthians 15.2 quote shows that Paul is here referring to those who believed in vain, i.e., likely never truly believed; the Lord knows the heart. Romans 8.38-39 shows the eternal security of the believer; and John's First Epistle is full of assurance for the true believer.

As indeed he was. Good quote.

From back a bit: Christophany said: ↑ @Christophany Again, the point is not to fall back into legalism...

@Christophany The point is no to fall into legalism.

1 Timothy 4.3 warns against: 'Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.' If ppl don't want to eat meat, then fine, but it's the forbidding others that is warned against.

@Pearl Romans 14 on Christian liberty is relevant.

Precious Seed | View or print articles from the Precious Seed magazine John 6 Bible Commentary - Matthew Henry (concise) John 6 Matthew Poole's Commentary Is there a Bible contradiction in John 6:53–54? What did Jesus mean in John 6:54 where he says, "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my...

Not all Christians or commentators see the Lord's Supper explicitly in John 6. Issues of faith sustenance however are indeed present.

"1 Sweet is the work, my God, my King, to praise thy name, give thanks and sing, to show thy love by morning light, and talk of all thy truth at night. 2 Sweet is the day of sacred rest, no mortal cares disturb my breast; O may my heart in tune be found, like David's harp of solemn sound! 3 My...

It's not skating weather here now... :)

@Sabertooth You must be pretty fit, Sir... :)

Hi @Ziggy A good verse is Hebrews 11.6: "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."

Back a bit @Pearl I'm sure you've thoroughly gotten used to them now...

@Pearl Indeed, it's about Ephesians 2.10 as well as Ephesians 2.8-9...

There is really no conflict between Paul and James; they are approaching the subject of faith and works from a different angle. Luther at first didn't get it, but in the end he did...