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- Jesus said.....>"you must be born AGAIN". Jesus teaches........there is the 1st birth, where you as a baby, are "born of water."...= your mother's water breaks, and you come out of her womb. This is "born of water" the 1st Birth. Jesus then says...."you must be ....BORN....AGAIN".....as...

I think that many differences in theology are the results of Christians definition of WORKS. Some categorize works into two buckets. Those of the regenerated spirit and those that are physical outward works. We could discuss for days on the century old debate on the belief that any work earns...

Precious friend(s), thanks for your participation in This Important Matter! I believe water baptism is The Main Divider of christian denominations. I pray {who will join me?} that we would ALL be united For God, and that many will be blessed And Encouraged, prayerfully And Carefully reviewing...

Many people argue that Paul and James are at odds with each other when it comes to salvation by grace and works. I disagree. I believe they are both saying the same thing, from different directions Ephesians 2: 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is...

Grace And Peace, Precious friends. Thanks {in advance} for your Prayerful/Careful Consideration, and, Please Be Edified In: Basic {and more} Distinctions of Prophecy vs Mystery: First, Some Similarities: The LORD JESUS CHRIST, the children of light's love of HIM, And love of our neighbor...

“I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.” Ecclesiastes 3:17 THE judgment of the great day is an event certain to take place. “He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness...

Greetings all! Just checking in, and thought I would post on a passage I was studying today and present it as food for thought. The passage is in Colossians, Chapter 1: From the day in which we heard we do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the recognition of His...

8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Eph 2:8-10 Our...

Many in the Christian world have taken one verse in Ephesians and twisted it to suit their flesh. It's the Scripture that seems to suggest that Salvation requires no work, but that's not what the Scripture is trying to convey. Salvation does indeed require work, but not the works of the Law nor...

While we were out in town today we were approached by two Mormon missionaries. We told them we had been born-again Christians for a long time and my husband asked if they believed they would go to heaven. They told us that their place in heaven had to be earned through good works. What do you...