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John teaches "if they were of us, they would have continued with us", which someone could argue necessarily follows from, "I will lose none, but will raise them up on the last day", but, also, Jesus says disciples who do not abide (by faith in the Name of God's Son and by walking in love 1 John...

Recently, I've become convinced of my need to focus more on the "doctrines of grace", as they are called--eg, "Jesus chose me, I didn't choose Jesus"--and I wanted to maybe discuss these things, and hopefully not really argue.

To prevent us from going off the tracks, hyped with the base instinct of hatred, having, ostensibly, been given a green light for it, a clear target and outlet, we should notice that Jesus DOES NOT only identify the Judaism of that synagogue (Rv 2:9, 3:9) as "satan" (Dt 32:21 "they chose another...

I think, ultimately, the first error (Adam's) was looking to self, and the Old Covenant (the Law being a species of "the knowledge of good and evil") "rehearses" that error, showing us what we are doing, and the purpose of the New Covenant is to address and correct that error, bringing us to...

This thread is for sharing Roman Catholic dogmas that are clearly debunked, which, in turn, debunk their claims of infallibility. As for myself, there are three I know of : 1. The Marian dogmas rest on the faulty assumption of Mary as the New Eve (eg, Mary has to be sinless, because Eve had...

Years ago, I learned that the Bible teaches that only the Church could be the New Eve : 1. The typological evidence in Scripture points to the Church being the New Eve, not Mary : i. Adam was the head of the human race, and Christ is the head of a new human race (Ro 5; 1 Co 15), ii. Eve was...

I shared this in another site in response to a user who had raised an issue that was not directly pertinent to the topic, but, because it is an important question that a lot of people get confused about, and which does not really have entirely coherent responses, I thought I'd give it its own...

Why does John have no problem calling both Annas and Caiaphas, father and son, "high priest"? There can only be one high priest, right? So, is this not a case establishing that two men may be called after a certain title ("high priest"), even though the nature of the title is such that only one...

I dont understand what to do concerning (esp raw) veganism. On one hand, the Bible warns that in the last days, men, following demons' doctrines, will forbid eating foods God made to be enjoyed, and characterizes those who eat only vegetables as weak in the faith. On the other hand, the Bible...

It really is a mistake to think knowing God can be earned, though I'm not 100% certain how that "squares" with Romans 2, which says only "doers of the Law" will be justified and repaid eternal life when God judges the secrets of men's hearts by Christ (Ro 2:6-16,26,27). I can't deny that...

I have difficulty reconciling some verses in John. How do you all reconcile the following verses? 1. On one hand, it seems like all we need to do to have eternal life is to believe in Jesus. John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not...

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It seems to me that "the Law of Faith" encompasses more than mere faith that Christ died and was raised. Romans 1:17 says "God's righteousness is revealed from faith to faith", defining the Romans 3:21 "righteousness of God" men can have along the lines of Romans 4:12 "steps of faith of our...

Maybe some of you will enjoy this exchange. It is a discussion/debate of sorts on some Jewish objections to faith in Christ.

The Holy Spirit is called Παράκλητος, and we are meant to obtain παρακλήσεως from the Scriptures so that we have hope. Would this mean that we should get from the Scriptures the same as we get from the Spirit? Like the two go together perfectly to give us hope? The Spirit inspired those...

Since those who fall away from the faith are counted as having never been saved (their faith counted as righteousness is forgotten (Ez 18:24), their names blotted out of the Book of Life), in a way, those who have the faith never fall away, but continue on with the believers (1 Jn 2:19), which...

Question : Why does the person "give thanks" after he walks in his conviction? I wanted to discuss this aspect of the Gospel (the Gospel is the power of God, because "in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith"--contrasted against "a form of godliness, but denying the power...

I recently spoke with some people who described themselves as "Free Grace". Does anyone here know anything about "Free Grace"? They would deny all the passages that "look" like they're talking about loss of salvation had anything to do with salvation. They would even say you could lose your...

Conclusion : It seems like though we are justified by works, we're only supposed to think of these works as a reasonable response to the thing Christ has already done for us, not as if we are bringing about all the blessings Christ has already brought about. (I put the conclusion first, because...