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ALL sin can be forgiven as long as we are alive - even apostasy. Jesus said that the ONLY sin that would NOT be forgiven is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit (Matt. 12:31-32), which, in the context of when He said it means final impenitence. Once again - you refuse to understand the CONTEXT of Heb...

Once again - the CONTEXT of the book of Hebrews is that Christ is SUPRIOR to the Law because He is of the fulfillment of it. When a converted Jew goes BACK to the Law - after becoming born again (tasting the "heavenly gif") - they have nullified His sacrifice, making it necessary for Him to be...

Then, I suggest that you THINK before you post next time . . .

And sure, YOU'RE smart enough to realize by now that I'm not so stupid as to believe an idiotic and unbiblical statement like that. Just because ALL Christians are not at the same point in their walk with the Lord does NOT mean that the same rules and beliefs don't apply to ALL of us. Good...

Post #460 an explanation of the CONTEXT of the book of Hebrews. YOU plucked a verse out of context in order to make a point. For a cherry-picker like you - context if NOT your friend . . .

Hey - YOU'RE the one who made the following idiotic statement - NOT me . . . "We all can't be in doctrinal unity at the same time because we are all at different stages of growth." That is a Scripturally-bankrupt claim.

Paul is talking about works of the LAW, in context, He is NOT talking about the works which God has prepared for Christians in advance to do (Eph. 2:10). THOSE works are an essential element of faith (James 2:14-24, Gal. 5:6) - not a "byproduct" of it. You've ALREADY been shown that "Faith" is...

Because I refuted that idiotic and linguistically bankrupt position back in post #728 - so I suggest you go back and read it . . .

TRASLATION: "I can't refute what you said - so I'll just throw blind punches instead." That's what I thought . . .

Your problem is clear-cut case of a novice Bible student trying to interpret things that are WAY BEYOND your purview. Any 1st year Greek student knows that the SAME root word (pis'-tis) is used for BOTH Faith AND Belief. The difference is in the CONTEXT in which the word is being used – not...

Faith yes - not "belief". Faith = Belief + Works/Obedience (James 2:14-24, Gal 5:6, 1 Cor. 13:1-13). And the Catholic Church has ALWAYS taught that Paul and James weren't contradicting each other.

Christian Doctrine doesn't "change" just because we are all at different stages in our walk. That's nonsense. Maybe the god YOU'VE invented is wishy-washy. The God of the Bible isn't.

WRONG. Luther had to be talked out of it by his friend Philip Melanchton, who convinced him to leave it in his German translation. Do your homework.

Then you learned NOTHING from James or Paul. James shows us that belief and faith are two different things (James 2:14-24). Belief is what even the DEMONS have (James 2:19). Faith = Belief + Works/obedience. Paul tells us that Faith is NOT the greatest virtue unless it's a love/works based...

And yet, YOU say it's "impossible". With God - NOTHING is impossible (Luke 1:37).

WRONG again. The Catholic Church which existed from the 1st cenruty was the ONLY Christian Cbgurch. When the East split off and became the Orthodox Churches - the Catholic Church remained the Catholic Church. UNLIKE your Protestant Revolt, which gave birth to tens of thousands of...

Actually - ignorance and revisionist history of the Inquisitions is what is damnable.

And since you seem to reject Sola Scripture and believe that Christians are endowed with "wisdom and discernment" - explain why there are tens of thousands of perpetually-splintering Protestant factions that teach different - and even competing doctrines based on this "wisdom and discernment"...

Ummmm, a little thing called the Protestant Revolt ("Reformation") in the 16th century and all of the splintering since then to the tune of tens of thousands of disjointed and perpetually-splintering factions ALL teaching different doctrines. This ALL came out of the ONE (Matt. 18:16) visible...

Paul is talking about works of the LAW. He is NOT talking about the works that God prepared for us in advance (Heb. 2:10). THOSE works are an essential element of Christian faith (James 2:14-24) - which appears to be Kryptonite for Protestants. That's why your Protestant Fathers like Luther...