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1 John 5:18 - We know [absolutely] that anyone born of God does not [deliberately and knowingly] practice committing sin, but the One Who was begotten of God carefully watches over and protects him [Christ’s divine presence within him preserves him against the evil], and the wicked one does not...

More KJV only confusion. See - 1 John 5 - Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament - Bible Commentaries - StudyLight.org

The letter is addressed to believers, but that doesn't mean that everyone who is mixed in with a group of professing believers is a genuine believer. We see this in 1 John 2:19.

1 John 1:8 - If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. This remains your achilles heel.

I didn't find it necessary and knew you would find it. Thank you for finally admitting that you believe you are sinless 100% of the time. It was like pulling teeth to finally get you to answer YES or NO to my question, but you finally did it. You actually answered YES to GEN2REV when he asked...

Folks probably refuse to answer because it's a loaded question that implies folks who do not promote sinless perfection are promoting a license to sin. 1 John 2:1 - My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father...

Even though there are baptism(s) plural, in Matthew 3:11 we read - I baptize you with 1. water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the 2. Holy Spirit and 3. fire. *There is only ONE baptism that places...

Just because baptism is not what saves us does not mean that baptism is meaningless. There are a handful of verses in the Bible that works-salvationists try to use as proof texts to prove that water baptism is absolutely necessary for salvation, yet a careful examination of each of these texts...

If we have saving faith in Christ then we have hope. Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. It's not about I have faith, but I don't have enough hope so I won't be saved. So it's still salvation through faith (rightly understood) in...

Purgatory is a false doctrine and it denies the sufficiency of Christ's atonement for sin on the cross. As Mike Gendron explains: Purgatory is a travesty on the justice of God and a disgraceful fabrication that robs Christ Jesus of His glory and honor. He alone satisfied divine justice, once and...

I was born and raised in the Roman Catholic church and I have often said that I was saved IN SPITE of what the Roman Catholic church teaches about the plan of salvation and NOT because of what they teach.

Good day sir.

It sounds like you have a chip on your shoulder.

Who went away justified? The Pharisee or the tax collector? How am I justifying myself by coming to God in the same way the tax collector did? There are only two roads here. It's one or the other.

How so? I came before God in the same way as the publication, "have mercy on me a sinner" rather than the Pharisee who trusted in himself.

Mark 16:16 - He who believes and is baptized will be saved (general cases without making a qualification for the unusual case of someone who believes but is not baptized) but he who does not believe will be condemned. The omission of baptized with "does not believe" shows that Jesus does not...

Sounds about right.

For me I would say anywhere from indifferent to 15 or less.

Amen! I certainly have no problem with imputed righteousness. Romans 4:5 - But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works.

I typically hear works-salvationists talk about "imparted" or "infused" righteousness rather than "imputed" righteousness.