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Not only have I shown you that the Bible disagrees with you - I can show you by pure logic: If God, who is ALL good created evil - then He is NOT all good. Jesus Himself said that a good tree cannot bear BAD fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit (Matt. 7:18).

APAK - If you see a person who is misrepresenting Scripture - it is your DUTY to correct them. If you truly had a case against the evidence I have presented - you would have presented it.

NOT according to the Bible . . . (Matt. 7:19-23, Matt. 10:22, Matt. 24:13, Matt. 25:31–46, John 15:1-6, Rom. 11:22, 1 Cor. 9:27, 1 Cor. 4:4, 1 Tim. 4:1, Heb. 3:6, Heb. 3:12-14, Heb 6:4-6, Heb. 10:26-27, 2 Pet.r 3:17, 1 John 2:24, 1 John 5:13, Rev. 3:5, Rev. 22:19) And? Why pretend this is...

James was writing to Jewish CHRISTIANS. There isn't one single Epistle in the New Testament that WASN'T written to Christians - so I don't know where you're getting your skewed information. You disagree with the teaching about faith in James's Epistle because you have the same flawed views as...

As Christians, we DO out of obedience to His will. We obey Him because we love Him and want to spend eternity in His presence. However, if we don't do His will , we won't be saved and spend eternity with Him. As I have stated repeatedly - our works mean absolutely nothing by themselves...

Yes, and like I said - all of the "good" works in the world are worthless unless they are done out of obedience to God's will.

Thank you for your kindness, APAK - but all of this is simply a cop-out. You won't address these verses because you have no explanation.

Good grief - James was a Jew but wasn't saved by the Law - and neither were his congregation. The Law no longer applied to James OR his followers because they were in Christ, who FULFILLED the Law. When James described what true faith was (belief AND works) - he was talking to born again...

And the will of Christ is that we DO the will of the Father (Matt. 7:21). So, if you don't DO His will - you're not saved. And AGAIN: The will of Christ is that we DO the will of the Father (Matt. 7:21). So, if you don't DO His will - you're not saved. WRONG. There is only ONE way to...

I have some extra time, so I'll help you out . . . Mark 16:16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. Baptism is essential to salvation. John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are...

Hi APAK - The faith that James describes is not a mere intellectual assent. If it lacks works - it lacks substance. God prepared works for US to do (Eph. 2:10). He doesn't do them for us. WE must do His will or we won't be saved. Only the one who DOES the will of the Father will be saved...

First of all - James was a CHRISTIAN and he was writing as a CHRISTIAN - to fellow CHRISTIANS. YOU recoil at what he wrote because you are a Scriptural cherry-picker and you don't understand the Word of God in its proper context. This is precisely why Martin Luther wanted to delete the Epistle...

That's NOT what the Bible says - in CONTEXT. Your problem is that you cherry-pick to arrive at your aberrant positions. The context of Scripture tells us that works are a VITAL part of our faith. In fact, James tells us that Belief + Works = FAITH (James 2:14-26). Without faith, you cannot be...

This is the blunder that YOU and every other absolutist makes. You take ONE verse and build an entire doctrine around it - instead of taking ALL of the pertinent verses about salvation in context. The Bible ALSO says that the following saves us and/or aids in our salvation: - Being baptized...

Time for another Bible lesson . . . As I have already explained to you - The Gospel of John is NOT like the other 3 synoptic Gospels. It doesn't follow the same chronology. The events of John 6 are irrelevant, chronologically-speaking, in comparison to the 3 synoptics.

And the Church at Rome is the SEE of Rome. You've lost this point because all you have is denial . . . This is a transparently asinine statement. "Obedience" means to submit to an authority. WRONG again. Just as the Apostles wrote at the Council of Jerusalem when rendering their judgement -...

You're talking out of both sides of your mouth. This claim is from YOU in post #320: "Roman Catholics consider the Pope to be their spiritual leader; he is called by the Roman "Christians" as the Vicar of Christ." So - what is the difference between a "Roman Christian" and a "Roman Catholic"??

We've already gone through this. Man was NOT God's first creation. The Angels had already rebelled against Him. That's when evil first reared its ugly head.

And this is as impotent as saying that just because the word "Trinity" isn't in Scripture - that the Trinity is a farce. Ignatius was writing to the See - the Diocese of Rome. As you can see in RED - The Letter of Clement states that the Church at Corinth would prove to be "OBEDIENT" if they...