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  1. mailmandan

    Why hadn't the baptized believers in Samaria received the Holy Spirit?

    In this unique case, where the gospel spread from the Jews in Acts 2 to the Samaritans in Acts 8, the receiving of the Holy Spirit was delayed until some of the apostles could be present and lay hands on them and then there would be no question that the Samaritans had received the Holy Spirit...
  2. mailmandan

    Is it possible to lose salvation?

    Being a child of God is not a license to sin.
  3. mailmandan

    A bit of a mess in the White House.

    A mob of leftists invaded the U.S. Capitol Building today to protest the Big Beautiful Bill. Was this an insurrection? Will these people face the same horrors as the J6 people? https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/06/leftists-invaded-capitol-protest-big-beautiful-bill-will/
  4. mailmandan

    Would AOC Make a Good President?

    AOC's 'Bronx Girl' Act Exposed as a TOTAL FRAUD by Republican Sharing School Yearbook Photo | The Gateway Pundit | by Mike LaChance
  5. mailmandan

    Is it possible to lose salvation?

    Abraham was already righteous before the Lord in Genesis 15:6 when he believed in the Lord and the Lord accounted it to him for righteousness. Now if Abraham would have refused to offer up Isaac on the altar many years later in Genesis 22, then he would have demonstrated a lack of faith in God...
  6. mailmandan

    New York's top court struck down law that allowed non citizens to vote.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/06/new-york-real-estate-brokers-say-theyve-been/
  7. mailmandan

    Is it possible to lose salvation?

    Obviously you don't know the difference. Who said anything about free will being suspended when we are saved by faith? Speaking of blind see 2 Corinthians 4:3,4.
  8. mailmandan

    Is it possible to lose salvation?

    In regard to James 2:25, Rahab believed in the Lord with authentic faith (Joshua 2:9-13), requested "kindness" (2:12), received the promise of kindness (2:14), and hung out the "scarlet line" (2:21), as the demonstration of her faith. She showed that her faith in God was not a dead faith by her...
  9. mailmandan

    Is it possible to lose salvation?

    I already thoroughly covered James 2:21 and James 2:22 with you in post #388 and #391. Apparently what I explained to you must have just gone right over your head. Abraham was accounted as righteous by faith in Genesis 15:6 (also see Romans 4:2-3) many years before he was shown to be righteous...
  10. mailmandan

    Is it possible to lose salvation?

    We are not saved by an empty profession of faith/dead faith that remains "alone" barren of works. (James 2:14) That is not genuine faith but a bare profession of faith. *Not to be confused with faith that trusts in Jesus Christ "alone" for salvation. (Romans 4:5-6; Ephesians 2:8,9) A person with...
  11. mailmandan

    Is it possible to lose salvation?

    You gave me nothing except eisegesis and insults. Let me know when you are ready to seriously consider the truth.
  12. mailmandan

    Is it possible to lose salvation?

    The word faith standing alone is faith (rightly understood) in Jesus Christ alone for salvation. (Romans 4:5-6; Ephesians 2:8,9) What part of "God imputes righteousness apart from works" and "saved through faith not works" do you not understand? Your name calling is not helping your case at all...
  13. mailmandan

    Is it possible to lose salvation?

    Yes I did. Saved through faith, not works. The word faith "stands alone" in connection with "saved" in Ephesians 2:8,9. In order for it not to be faith alone, it would have to read saved through faith and works. Again, you can't have it both ways. No need to be rude. In context, James is...
  14. mailmandan

    Is it possible to lose salvation?

    So, you still have not shown me a verse that says, "save by works" or "lose salvation." Ephesians 2:8,9 says saved by grace, through faith and not by works. Either we are saved through faith and not by works or else we are saved through faith and works. Hence faith alone. You can't have it both...
  15. mailmandan

    New York's top court struck down law that allowed non citizens to vote.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/06/breaking-andrew-cuomo-concedes-new-york-city-democrat/ I don't see any hope for New York. You could not pay me to live there!
  16. mailmandan

    Is it possible to lose salvation?

    You don't understand what complete means. In James 2:21, notice closely that James does not say that Abraham's work of offering up Isaac resulted in God accounting Abraham as righteous. The accounting of Abraham's faith as righteousness was made in Genesis 15:6, (also see Romans 4:2-3) many...
  17. mailmandan

    Is it possible to lose salvation?

    Show me the words "saved by works" in scripture. We are saved by grace through faith, not works. (Ephesians 2:8,9) Hence, faith (rightly understood) in Jesus Christ alone for salvation. God imputes righteousness apart from works. (Romans 4:6) Check mate.
  18. mailmandan

    Is it possible to lose salvation?

    Paul is talking about believing the gospel and not producing works after one believes the gospel and becomes saved. We are not saved by works (Romans 4:2-6; Ephesians 2:8,9) and there is nothing excellent about works-righteousness which renders Christ an insufficient Savior. Belief in the gospel...
  19. mailmandan

    Is it possible to lose salvation?

    Please show me the words, "lost salvation" in scripture. In regard to the prodigal son. CONTEXT - All three parables in Luke 15 were in rebuke to the Pharisees and scribes who complained, saying, “This Man receives sinners and eats with them." (vs. 2) People in the NOSAS camp will try to use the...
  20. mailmandan

    Is it possible to lose salvation?

    To believe in vain is to believe without cause or without effect, to no purpose. If, as some are saying in Corinth, there is no resurrection, then faith is vain and worthless (vs. 14). The people who fail to hold fast to the word (the gospel) that Paul preached in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4...