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Throughout the book of Hebrews, we see Christ rejecting Hebrews mixed in with genuine Christian Hebrews, just like on Christian forum sites and in various churches, we see pseudo Christians mixed in with genuine Christians. In Hebrews 4:1-2, For indeed the gospel was preached to US as well as...

Confusing Christ rejecting Hebrews with common born again Christians in those passages of scripture is a common error that is made by false teachers in false religions and cults who promote salvation by works and sinless perfection. You don't have to worry about me. I am not easily fooled by...

1 John 1:8 - if we say that we have no sin, (present tense) we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, (past tense) we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. Those are statements of condemnation which are in contrast to - if we confess our...

Those who believe they live a sinless, without fault or defect, flawless, absolute perfect life 100% of the time (exactly as Jesus lived) are suffering from a terminal case of self righteousness. (1 John 1:8-10)

Trolling - to antagonize (others) online by deliberately posting inflammatory, irrelevant, or offensive comments or other disruptive content.

In regards to Hebrews 10:26, To "sin willfully" carries the idea of deliberate intention that is habitual, which stems from rejecting Christ deliberately. This is continuous action - a matter of practice. Now we don't walk along our daily life and "accidentally" fall into a pit called sin. We...

Precept Austin has multiple commentaries. https://www.preceptaustin.org/

Acts 20:28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 30...

Baptism is a symbol of salvation in that it pictures Christ's death, burial and resurrection and our identification with Him in these experiences. In reality, believers are saved by what baptism symbolizes--Christ's death, burial and resurrection. A man and a woman become united through their...

Roman Catholics certainly do. Campbellites typically prefer to use the term, "baptismal remission."

Then why did Nicodemus ask the question, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” He also asked, "how can these things be?" Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things? He should have...

To be born again is to be born from above. Plain ordinary H20 has no power to cause the new birth. We need to properly harmonize scripture with scripture before reaching our conclusion on doctrine, as in post #864. That is your biased opinion and we are not born again by plain ordinary H20. The...

In regards to water baptism in John 3:22, Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus is over with and He has moved on. John 3:22 - After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He was spending time with them and baptizing. So water baptism does not fit the context of...

Maybe it's just me, but the smile on his face tells me he knows he is lying and enjoys it.

LOL! When I first saw the title of this thread "Let the lying begin" and before I knew what the topic of the thread was about I immediately thought of the State of the Union. Nothing but lies and hypocrisy from Biden.

Saved by grace through faith, not works. (Ephesians 2:8,9) Faith is obviously not works and placing faith in Christ for salvation is not passive. Receiving the end of your faith--the salvation of your souls. (1 Peter 1:9) That is not passive. 1 Thessalonians 4:3 - For this is the will of God...

So anything short of fatalistic determination = works salvation to you? We simply go through life hoping that we are one of the lucky one's that God has fatalistically determined to be saved? No point in preaching the gospel if that were the case. We would just be robots.

So God fatalistically determines who will receive the gift of eternal life and who will not and everyone is 100% passive in regards to choosing to accept the gift? You actually believe that? God draws and enables and man chooses and God still gets the credit.

A free gift must either be accepted or rejected and not forced and 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)

Choosing to receive a free gift is not works salvation. By accepting a gift at Christmas time does that mean you worked for the gift?