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They ARE NOT MY definitions. I did not invent Christianity or how it's described. I did not make up anything. Everything I post is learned from a mainline Protestant church. It's unfortunate we cannot all speak the same language since we all believe in the same Jesus.

We count the cost to remain in the Kingdom of God. THERE IS NO COST TO ENTER. Justification Sanctification There is a cost to sanctification.

Here's the link: Strong's Concordance pistis: faith, faithfulness Original Word: πίστις, εως, ἡ Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: pistis Phonetic Spelling: (pis'-tis) Short Definition: faith, belief, trust Definition: faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. HELPS...

Faith requires more. Mathew 5:20

Are you a philosopher? You keep getting philosophy mixed up with theology. You use the word BELIEVE but not in the biblical sense. When you are JUSTIFIED you are SAVED. You are made right with God. Did you read those two explanations I posted? Do they mean anything to you? Guess not. If you...

Well then. It must be true!

Faith is an action word. Faith is not stagnant. Faith creates movement. BELIEVE also includes OBEY. Obey is in the word Believe. If you believe, you obey. This is why it's an important word. We MUST obey Jesus since we believe in Him. It's NOT AN OPTION. As some may think. Abraham. What is...

Huh? What does Ephesians 2:8 say? Salvation is THE GIFT of God, so that no man may boast.

If you BELIEVE in something... You have FAITH in that something.

Part 2 of 2 Question: "What is justification? What does it mean to be justified?" Answer: Simply put, to justify is to declare righteous, to make one right with God. Justification is God’s declaring those who receive Christ to be righteous, based on Christ’s righteousness being imputed to the...

Do you think I'm catholic? Not that I really care. I'm protestant in theology. We DO NOT justify ourselves. We cannot justify ourselves. Only God can justify us. Only HE can make us righteous. Righteous = right with God. How could we possibly be right with God when we are filled with sin? Only...

Correct. We are justified ONLY BY FAITH. Sanctification. OTOH, takes a cooperative effort between God and man. Faith is belief. No such thing as "strong belief" needed for salvation. Jesus said we could have the faith of a mustard seed. Finger crossing. Does God see crossed fingers? What...

I think what you're saying is that works are a natural outflow from wanting to please God, and, in fact, Jesus did give us different behaviors to imitate and different things to do. Such as the Beatitudes and feeding the poor, etc. We cannot be SAVED by doing works. THIS is being UNDER THE...

Stranger, I don't see any conflict between what you're saying and what I believe. What do you think we don't agree about? It must be works. Works have gotten a bad rap. Grace does not exclude works. Works are a part of grace. But I'll wait for your reply... P.S. In fact, your explanation was...

Agree again. Philippians 4:8 We're not supposed to be thinking about sin all the time. Jesus came to give us a life more abundant. John 10:10 Also, 1 John 1 and 2 HIS yoke is easy and HIS burden is light. Mathew 11:30 Agreed. This is what I meant about putting the sin nature under...

I've learned from two mainline churches and have taught in one of them. I also have many of my notes but most times do not need them. Will probably do one page at a time. We'll see. I also agree with myself!! Agreed. I like to mention our sin nature. I have not read through what you've...

You're right. The wedding guests that were invited in from the street HAD to have on the right garments. This could be understood to mean that they had to have the covering of Jesus and did not, or it could mean that they were not following the rules of the Kingdom. In either case, they were...

All of the above also applies to YOU!! Of course, Catholics are right about everything... God must be a Catholic. I just hope you realize that all catholic dogma, except the very first hundred years, were arrived at after much time and thought. Doesn't the bible say that we are not to add to...

Do you mean the philosophical or the Christian answer? In Christianity the word justification has a specific meaning.

No man can do anything. Great. What about Philippines 4:13? You cannot pick and choose your very favorite verses. They are ALL for you. Paul wrote for everyone. ALL scripture is god breathed... James wrote for everyone. Just because You don't accept this, does not make it untrue.