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  1. bdavidc

    Survey - Is Repentance important to salvation?

    You say these passages are only about the 1,000 year reign, not heaven or hell. This position is not tenable with Scripture. The Bible is clear that repentance and faith are required for salvation, and that the verses you quoted are concerned with eternal life, not kingdom rewards. “Except ye...
  2. bdavidc

    Federal Troops in Washington DC

    Then stop butchering scripture to make it sound spiritual and avoiding what it actually says. The Word of God commands His people to be wise and to provide for and protect one another. To say "I don't need guns or leaders" doesn't make you more godly, it makes you a cherry-picker of verses who...
  3. bdavidc

    The Baptism That Saves: What Most People Miss in Acts 11:16

    Scripture speaks of “one baptism” (Ephesians 4: 5) and the same Scripture goes on to tell us what that is. It is the work of the Spirit that unites the believer to Christ at the moment of faith. It is not water. “For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body” (1 Corinthians 12:13). When...
  4. bdavidc

    Survey - Is Repentance important to salvation?

    I sure don’t know what you’ve been studying, but it’s not what the Bible says. Salvation does not come after death or some mystical “accounted death.” The Bible is clear: “Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2). We must repent and believe while we are...
  5. bdavidc

    Federal Troops in Washington DC

    That’s a pervertsion of Scripture. God gave Elisha supernatural deliverance for that moment in 2 Kings 6: 17, but that doesn’t negate every other passage in the Bible about common sense, physical defense, and responsibility. Jesus Himself told His disciples, “he that hath no sword, let him sell...
  6. bdavidc

    Federal Troops in Washington DC

    You completely missed the point. Proverbs 29:2 is not talking about a “God-given right to kill.” It is talking about the plain fact that when the wicked rule the people mourn, but when the righteous rule the people rejoice. That is why more power to a corrupt government is a very bad thing. The...
  7. bdavidc

    if i wanted to become a catholic

    That last question doesn’t even make sense. If a person has salvation, they are saved, not unsaved. You can’t be both saved and unsaved at the same time. The Bible clearly teaches that salvation comes first by grace through faith, “not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8–9). And...
  8. bdavidc

    if i wanted to become a catholic

    I agree completely with you. The interfaith "all roads lead to God" message is one of the biggest lies that Satan is propagating these days. Jesus made it very clear: "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me" (John 14:6). There is no other way. It is sad to...
  9. bdavidc

    if i wanted to become a catholic

    That has nothing to do with what I said. I never denied that believers are to do good works. The Bible is clear: “We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works” (Ephesians 2:10). But notice the order—first salvation by grace through faith (Ephesians 2: 8–9), then good works as...
  10. bdavidc

    if i wanted to become a catholic

    Both verses are correct, because God’s Word never contradicts itself. John 6: 44 shows that no one can come to Christ apart from the Father’s drawing. John 12: 32 shows that the cross is the means by which Christ draws all men, Jew or Gentile, to Himself. The Greek word for “draw” in both verses...
  11. bdavidc

    if i wanted to become a catholic

    You’re dodging. This isn’t about Calvinism, it’s about the false gospel of Rome that you keep defending. Throwing out “Calvinism” is just a distraction. I don’t follow Calvin, Luther, or any man, I follow Christ and His Word alone. The issue is simple: the Bible says we are saved “by grace…...
  12. bdavidc

    if i wanted to become a catholic

    You said, “You enjoy arguing. I don't.” That's hilarious. You claim to not like arguing, yet here you are going out of your way to defend every single point of false doctrine that Catholicism spews. The fact is, I am not the one arguing, I am simply pointing to Scripture. You are the one...
  13. bdavidc

    if i wanted to become a catholic

    Hear this, I am not a Calvinist. I do not follow a man-made system. I believe what the Bible says and nothing else. Scripture alone is the authority, because “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in...
  14. bdavidc

    if i wanted to become a catholic

    I know what you accept by what you continually defend. Your words expose your allegiance, and right now, it is not to the pure gospel of Christ alone. "You know what happens to those that ASSUME." Yes I sure do. That is exactly what Catholics do when they assume their man-made traditions carry...
  15. bdavidc

    if i wanted to become a catholic

    It is nothing less than rudeness to tell me that I am full of hate and that I “say nothing and lie.” You even had the audacity to ask for my “mouth to be stopped.” Foolish person! Does the Bible not say, “Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?” (Galatians 4:16). The...
  16. bdavidc

    Grocery prices are not the problem

    You’re missing the point. God’s Word says plainly, “Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people” (Proverbs 14:34). You can talk economy all day long, but if a nation rejects God, it is already on the road to ruin. A country can pile up wealth, but that will not stop...
  17. bdavidc

    Grocery prices are not the problem

    President Trump did ease tax burdens, but the Bible shows that our problem isn’t tax codes, it’s righteousness. Proverbs 29:2: “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice, but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.” No tax code can address the sin problem. America’s hope...
  18. bdavidc

    if i wanted to become a catholic

    I’m not leading anyone to be Baptist, Catholic, or anything like that. I’m leading people to the truth of Sola Scriptura. The Bible alone is the final authority, so look to it! Scripture says, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for...
  19. bdavidc

    if i wanted to become a catholic

    You can claim you are more knowledgeable than me, all you have done is avoided Scripture, and repeated old Catholic adages. I do not need the Catechism to tell me what to believe when the Scripture is so plain. God’s Word is that salvation is “by grace… through faith… not of works” (Ephesians...
  20. bdavidc

    if i wanted to become a catholic

    Catholicism is not the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is a gospel of man-made traditions, in direct opposition to the Bible. You can defend it all you want, but God’s Word cuts through every excuse. It preaches salvation by faith plus works, yet the Bible says: “For by grace are ye saved through...