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I already throughly covered these passages of scripture in post #43 from the thread below: "Depart from me i never knew you". #1 Keep reading. Luke 17:3 Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4 And if he sins against you seven...

Jesus Christ is the actual means of our salvation and faith is the instrumental means by which we receive salvation. Faith is only as good as the OBJECT that we place it in. We are clearly saved/justified/accounted as righteous through faith and not by works (Romans 3:24-28; 4:2-6; 5:1...

Thank you brother. :) It's nice to see that someone in this toxic thread gets it.

So you are calling me a liar? Did you realize that bearing false witness is a sin? Apparently you don't because you remain under the delusion that you are sinless 100% of the time. (1 John 1:8-10) Now the collective group in Hebrews 10:26-39 is not only believers. Verse 39 - But WE are not of...

I really did not expect you to understand the 3 tenses of salvation. Since you teach works righteousness/self righteousness/self preservation/sinless perfection and deny that Jesus is God, I really don't expect you to understand much. (1 Corinthians 2:11-14; 2 Corinthians 4:3,4) I find it so...

Amen! Hebrews 3:14 - For we have become [past tense Gk. verb, gegonamen, meaning we have become already] partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end. Notice that this is essentially a repeat of verse 6, where we have read: but Christ was faithful as...

The moment we are saved we become sanctified set apart/made holy in standing before God positionally in Christ. 1 Corinthians 6:11 - Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. 1...

Actually, the 3 tenses of salvation 1. justification 2. sanctification and 3. glorification are not merely the words of men and do appear in the Bible. The first tense of salvation is in the past tense and has been paid by Jesus Christ’s atonement on the cross. It is a once and for all work in...

There are 3 tenses to salvation. 1. We have been saved from the PENALTY of sin (justification) 2. We are being saved from the POWER of sin (ongoing sanctification) 3. We will be saved from the PRESENCE of sin (glorification) Working out (and not working for) our salvation is in regards to the...

In James 2:14, we read of one who says/claims he has faith but has no works (to evidence his claim). That is not genuine faith, but a bare profession of faith. So when James asks, "Can that faith save him?" he is saying nothing against genuine faith, but only against an empty profession of...

Psalm 51:5 - Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. Psalm 58:3 - The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. Romans 5:12 - Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death...

My wife and I bought a new house in April that does not have a fireplace. They do seem to be phasing them out. We bought a large TV stand for our 70' TV that came with a built in electric fireplace and space heater and we put it in the basement. It has multiple settings for flame colors. We find...

The "blasphemy against the Holy Spirit" is mentioned in Mark 3:22-30 and Matthew 12:22-32. This case of blasphemy is a specific one, called "the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit" in Matthew 12:31. In Matthew 12:31-32, the Pharisees (who were not Christians) having witnessed irrefutable proof...

In regards to 2 Peter 2:20, those who are truly born of God have received a new nature, a divine nature. They have been transformed from pigs and dogs into sheep. The change is more than just cosmetic, as in 2 Peter 2:20. *These cleaned up on the outside dogs and pigs were never sheep. Compare...

In regards to Hebrews 10:26, to "sin willfully" in the Greek 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...

Those who work iniquity practice (key word) sin. In 1 Corinthians 6:9, we see that the apostle Paul is discussing the unrighteous (in contrast with those who were washed, sanctified and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God in verse 11) who will not inherit...

Jesus never knew these many people in Matthew 7:22-23 which means they were never saved. In context, Jesus is discussing false prophets. (Matthew 7:15-23)

Salvation is not probation. Eternal life is not temporary life. Jesus is the door. He is not a revolving door. Psalm 37:28 - For the Lord loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off. John 10:27 - My sheep hear...

Luke 18:9 - Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not...

1 John 1:8 - If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.