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As much as it is unpleasant to read, that reference in Hebrews is there, is plain and simple, and won't go away; showing that there are some who will never be restored to repentance even if they seek it with tears and pleading. I know that the mis-application of the reference has caused great...

No, what successive popes have done is to dream up doctrines that they view are superior to the Bible while having nothing in common with it. Of course, when the RCC was dominant in times past, popes could come up with any doctrine that suited their purpose, and forced people to believe and...

I can't decide if you are saying "no, they can't be restored", or "no, I don't agree with you". :-)

"For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance...

I guess it depends on which LDS believers one talks to. Perhaps there are differences of opinions within that church as there are in many others concerning doctrinal issues. I won't comment on your use of the word "Christian" connected with the LDS church. Just in case you are an LDS member...

As a Kiwi, I have already been brainwashed. My gumboots got filled with water!

I tend to respond to sensible, practical posts, not contentious, flaming or goading ones.

You need to actually quote those references, because as they are, they are just numbers to me. The Roman Catholic church is not the true catholic church, it is just a cult that purports to be the true church.

I was talking about Gentiles who came to Christ and who did not fellowship with Jews in their Synagogues. It is through Gentile believers that worship on Sunday started. I am well aware that Jewish Christians did worship in the Synagogue on Saturdays, until many of them were thrown out...

He either doesn't know or is deliberately ignoring that the Hebrew word for the KJV "LORD" is a plural word. I've heard Mormons and JW's criticise those who believe in the Trinity as believing in "three gods".

1 John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sin, then God is faithful and just to forgive us our sin and cleanse us from all unrighteousness". This Scripture implies that we confess our sins to God, and it is not necessary to confess them to anyone else, because no one is faithful and just like God to...

Rightly dividing the Word of Truth involves knowing which part of the Bible is written for us, and which is written to us. Most of the O.T. is written for us - for our education. We are not required to accept any part of it as specific instructions to us. But that doesn't stop us from...

It is good to respond to someone who has made a sensible post instead of a whole lot of contentious nonsense. I go with your second alternative, because when the curtain of the Temple was ripped from top to bottom it signalled the end of the Old Covenant with its requirement for believers to be...

No one except the Father and Christ, along with the angels are in heaven at present, and no one is in the lake of fire yet because the great white throne judgment of unbelievers hasn't taken place yet. My view is that king David and other OT "heroes of the faith" are ones who, through faith...

I agree. The Scripture says that faith comes by hearing the Word of God, not participating in a ritual called the Eucharist. There is nothing about the Lords' Table that provides sustenance for believers. It is an observance to remember what Jesus did on the cross for us in shedding His blood...

How do you know that there are "thousands" of interpretations of Scripture among Protestants? Over the last 53 years I have extensively read commentaries and many Protestant authors, and their interpretation of the basic and essential gospel of Christ is basically the same. The only real...

Constantine, a pagan emperor, who decided to become a nominal "Christian" but kept his pagan views, introduced those pagan views into the church thereby corrupting it. All one has to do is to read standard church history to know that. Also, for long periods of the church in the Middle Ages...

The written Scriptures are God's sole communication with mankind. Anything written outside of the Bible is the uninspired authorship of man. Any doctrine that is contrary to the clear teaching of the Bible is a fraud and a deception. Paul said that even if an angel came and preached a...

The Apostle John said that the anointing (the Holy Spirit) within us, whom Christ sent to represent Him will teach us everything we need to know. When did the Roman Catholic Church take over from the Holy Spirit?

Oh. Is this the Church that worships and prays to the pagan Queen of Heaven and has been corrupted by the pagan influence of Constantine in the 4th Century?