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So I ask you AGAIN - how does this harmonize with verses like Heb. 10:26-27 and 2 Pet. 2:20-22 that speak about converted, born again Christians with an EPIGNOSIS of Christ in danger of falling away and being eternally LOST??

WRONG. It was against your will EVERY time you sinned - and every time you WILL sin in the future. Sin is rebellion against God - whether we admit it or not. Really?? So, you never sin?? Is that what you're telling me??

No. He ENABLES us to walk in His statutes. He does not CAUSE or COERCE us to do so. Besides - you completely glossed over the most important word in the passage - "Epignosis". This indicates a full, experiential and relational knowledge of Christ - NOT just an intellectual knowledge (oida...

Neither Gal. 3:14 nor Rom. 5:5 guarantee that WE will remain faithful. The point is that GOD remains faithful to His promises - if WE do. Sorry - but you need to address the 10 or so passages I presented instead of just giving me a few others. ALL Scripture must harmonize or it is a lie. HOW do...

The KJV was based on the the revised Bishop's Bible. REVISED. This was NOT a perfect translation. The KJV, on the other hand is touted by MOST Protestant scholars to be the closest thing to a perfect translation. I would disagree - but that is irrelevant. Part of the revision that took...

No - I approach EVERY post with an open mind. If you can convince me that they mean something else - then I'll be willing to take another look. The ONLY time I get "negative" is when I read stupid, anti-Catholic lies right out of the gate. I am ALWAYS willing to have a serious and charitable...

I certainly HOPE so. This was kind of scary . . .

This is CONDITIONAL on DOING the will of God. It doesn’t happen “automatically”. You need to read this in CONTEXT. Just a few verses later, it says: 2 Heb. 10:23-25 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one...

And, as I have corrected you before - Patrick was SENT to Ireland by Pope St. Celestine I, having been referred by St. Germain, circa, 433 AD. This is attested to by St. Germain's 9th century biographer, Heric of Auxerre: "Since the glory of the father shines in the training of the children...

Actually, it's not my opinion - it's a fact. Christianity IS a religion - AND a relationship, so we're BOTH right.

Your first point in RED is ludicrous. YOU are using the word "Being" as a noun - which, normally would be fine. HOWEVER, this is completely out of context with what I wrote, using it as a verb. I stated that the Scriptures tell us that we are BEING saved. Again - this is used as a verb. As...

And once again - the NT was NOT written in English - but Koine Greek. The Greek word used in these verses is αὐτὸ. "This" or "it" are SECONDARY definitions. The PRIMARY definition is: "himself, herself, themselves". This is the root word for "Autobiography" - which is a biography written by...

As a born again follower of Christ, I have a moral certitude that I have eternal life if I remain faithful (Matt. 24:13). HOWEVER, because the Scriptures don't teach the false Protestant doctrine of Eternal Security - I can fall away by my own doing and be eternally lost. The Scriptures give us...

According to NETBible - they use Strong's Greek Concordance. WRONG. John 1-5 talks about the Word being a Person, who is referred to as "Him" and "He". It is NOT describing the spoken Word of God. Verse 14 merely states that the Word, who ALWAYS existed and was GOD - became flesh. Context is...

Whether YOU like the word "Religion" or hate it is irrelevant. Christianity IS a religion. It's just not a FALSE religion. The word "relationship" isn't even in the NT. "Religion" is (James 1:27) . . .

I agree with your first point in RED - and I understand what you mean. However - the rest of your post as encapsulated by the other points in RED are more problematic. As for being "saved" - it is a process, not a one time, slam-dunk event. The Scriptures are clear about this fact. Whereas...

"BS"?? Temper, temper . . . I used NETBible as my source, which uses Strong's Greek Concordance as a resource. Rev. 13:8 says that the Lamb (Christ) was slain before the foundations of the world. In case you forgot - God is OUTSIDE of time (2 Pet. 3:8). As for John 1:1 - it is speaking of...

And that is a non-answer. How about actually addressing the Scriptural evidence I presented, hmmmmm??

WRONG. The Church is a VISIBLE entity of BAPTIZED followers of Christ (Matt. 28:19, Mark 6:16, John 3:5, Acts 2:38). It is the LIGHT of the world - a CITY on a HILL that cannot be hidden (Matt. 5:14-16). The Church is made up of flawed, sinful men in need of God's grace with Christ as its Head...

Spoken like the Scripturally-bankrupt person you are. You simply don't understand the CONTEXT of Matt. 23:10, so allow me to educate you . . . Jesus was chiding the Pharisees who placed themselves ABOVE everybody as Fathers and Teachers. Jesus wasn't condemning their ROLES as spiritual Fathers...