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Amen! Works salvation is NO SALVATION AT ALL. (Romans 4:2-6; 11:6; Ephesians 2:8,9; 2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 3:5)

I have already proved my arguments from scripture and exhausted my explanation in regards to Simon the sorcerer. Again, "may your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right...

SDA's are also hung up on "commandment keeping" for salvation. They believe we are saved by faith + obeying the 10 commandments (with a heavy emphasis on the 4th commandment) - "keeping the sabbath day holy." Seventh-day Adventists even teach that the near the end of time the "mark of the best"...

We establish or uphold the law (Romans 3:31) by putting our faith in the One who fulfilled all the righteous requirements of the law on our behalf and who offers us His perfect righteousness as a free gift. (Romans 4:5-6) Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness...

Romans 4:2 - For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” 4 Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. 5 But to him...

Christ saves us through faith based on the merits of His finished work of redemption "alone" and not based on the merits of our works. (Romans 3:24-28; 4:5-6; Ephesians 2:8,9) It is through faith "in Christ alone" (and not based on the merits of our works) that we are justified on account of...

Too much rambling. Why don't you simply stop fighting against the truth? Peter's faith was genuine, but not Simons. What part of, "may your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not...

Works-salvationists typically don't believe in OSAS because they have no assurance of salvation based on their performance. ALL false religions and cults that teach salvation by works strongly oppose OSAS, which has always been a red flag for me. Simon was not saved. He had no part or share in...

Water salvation does not merely apply to baptismal regeneration. Any form of "must be water baptized in order to be saved" also = water salvation. You believe in a "different" gospel that "adds" salvation by water baptism + other works to salvation through faith. The Bible clearly states in...

Yes you do. Water baptized or condemned/must be water baptized to be saved/not saved until after one is baptized is what you teach. You may not believe that the water itself saves as if the water is magical or mystical, but you still believe that baptism saves. We are saved by grace through...

John 17:12 - While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled. John 18:9 - that the saying might be fulfilled which He spoke, "Of those whom You gave Me I...

You turn confession into a work for salvation. In context, this passage relates to the fact that the Pharisees had continuously denied Jesus while the disciples continued to speak about Him in every city they visited. We might paraphrase His teaching this way: "Whoever confesses me before men...

There are different levels of belief, and different objects of belief, and not all that’s called "belief" is saving belief in Christ. In the parable of the soils, we see a shallow, temporary belief that has no root, produces no fruit, lacks moisture and withers away. (Matthew 13:20-21; Luke...

You believe that water baptism is absolutely necessary for salvation and that we are not saved until AFTER we are baptized in water, which makes you a water (and works) salvationist. The 4 step gospel plan of the church of Christ is 1. Believe 2. Repent 3. Confess 4. Be baptized and one is not...

The answer is certainly not #3.

Apparently there seems to be 3 different interpretations to 1 John 3:9. 1. No one who is born of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin. 2. No one who is born of God (the born again spirit) ever sins. 3. No one who is born of God ever sins at all in the body. (sinless...

Remain concerned, but not consumed. Continue to look straight ahead at Jesus and not to the left and the right at the storms around us.

Regardless of whether you specifically believe in 'baptismal regeneration' or 'baptismal remission,' as long as you believe that sins are not washed away until AFTER we are water baptized and that we MUST be water baptized in order to be saved, you are a water-salvationist. The points I made...

That's the other common argument I hear from water-salvationists. So you argue that the thief on the cross may have been converted, was water baptized, and the fruit of that is being crucified as a thief? - (highly unlikely) In Matthew 27:39-43, we see that those who passed by, along with the...

A common argument used by water-salvationists in an attempt to "get around" the thief on the cross being saved through faith "apart from water baptism" is, "the thief was not subject to baptism because he died under the OT mandate." Well, John's baptism preceded the death of Jesus, which still...