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Amen! The gospel is the "good news" of the death, burial and resurrection of Christ (1 Corinthians 15:1-4) and is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that BELIEVES.. (Romans 1:16). To "believe" the gospel is to trust in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ as the ALL-sufficient...

Belief is not just another work in a series of works in a quest to obtain salvation by works. Through believing, we are trusting in "Another's work," (Christ's finished work of redemption - Romans 3:24-28). John 6:29 is simply a play on words by Jesus when he said, "This is the work (singular)...

This is not a game and only those who are saved (and not lost) are going to heaven. Salvation is not probation. In Luke 8:12, notice “believe and be saved.” In John 3:16, we read that those who “believe in Him” shall not perish, but have eternal life. You do understand that eternal life for...

That accusation is absolutely false, but I understand that you must be thoroughly indoctrinated and confused. We have here a command from Jesus to go and make disciples of all nations and baptize them. However, it does not say here that baptism is absolutely necessary for salvation. The same...

I have not rejected Christ’s words and salvation is not a process of works righteousness. Salvation is by grace through faith and is not by works. (Ephesians 2:8,9) To believe anything else is to miss salvation. I believe in/have faith in/trust in Jesus Christ as the ALL-sufficient means of...

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. If water baptism is absolutely required for salvation, then why did Jesus not...

Don’t buy into the flawed logic that man is saved by “these” works (good works) and just not “those” works (works of the law). Paul and James are both referring to works which cannot be dissected from the moral aspect of the law. (James 2:15-16; Deuteronomy 6:5; Leviticus 19:18; Matthew...

Does that guy merely believe “mental assent” in the existence of Christ or does he believe in/have faith in/trust in/reliance in Jesus Christ for salvation? Obviously not the latter if there is no change in that person at all. Those who believe in Christ/believe the gospel have received the Holy...

It's not the mechanical act of being water baptized that saves us. We are saved the moment that we believe the gospel/place our faith in Jesus Christ for salvation prior to receiving water baptism.

If one makes a heart decision to become a disciple of Christ, then why would they refuse to be water baptized? I don’t reject Christ’s words (John 3:15,16,18; 6:40,47; 11:25,26) and I could not wait to get water baptized after my conversion, upon receiving Christ through faith and becoming...

Luke 7:29 - When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they justified God/acknowledged God's justice, (signified by) having been baptized with the baptism of John. 30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God's purpose for themselves, (signified by) not having been baptized by...

So what are we disagreeing about? o_O

Those verses are self explanatory. We are saved through belief/faith "apart from additions or modifications." Works-salvationists will resort to eisegesis of those verses and try to "shoe horn" works "into" salvation through belief/faith. Example below from a statement made by a...

No need for sarcasm. I have come across numerous believers over the years who properly harmonize scripture with scripture before reaching their conclusion on doctrine. Never said I was the only one who did. If you are listening to teachers who teach salvation by faith (their version of faith)...

In Philippians 2:12, we notice that Paul said to "work out" your own salvation and not "work for" your salvation. Salvation by works is not being taught here. The idea of "working out" your salvation is to progress to completion in spiritual growth and maturity in the process of ongoing...

We see the contrast here. Those who believe not are not His sheep. John 10:27 - My sheep hear My voice, (not some of them hear My voice and some of them don't hear My voice) and I know them, (not some of them I know and some of them I don't know) and they follow Me. (not some of them follow me...

In regards to the word "water" in John 3:5, there are those who would argue that the natural sense of the passage parallels water with being born out of a mother’s womb and with flesh. Simply stated in that case, two births are necessary. The first is a physical, literal, "flesh" birth (which...

NOWHERE does the Bible say that "whoever is not water baptized will be condemned" and that's sufficient enough for me. ;) Plus there are multiple verses in scripture which make it clear that man is saved through belief/faith "apart from additions or modifications." (Luke 7:50; 8:12; John 1:12...

I already have and the end result is not salvation by works, but salvation through faith, not works. ;)