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Merritt, thanks for your gracious reply. I really liked your overall answer as well as your reply. I did look up the phrase "repent of dead works" and it is...
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Romans 7:8 can be rephrase as: The "law"(of sin) requires that you must die (the "second death"), because you're a sinner. But because Christ has paid your...
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The true gospel is the person of Jesus Christ. Cover to cover, the bible is the story of him. The most important decision you will ever make is to begin a...
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As Gary said above we have nothing to boast in because we did nothing for it. If we have to continually believe to stay saved, then we never believed in the...
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Gary, Continuing with your thought process, if you get a gift of growing flowers, do you have to "keep" them? The "boasting" in Ephesians 2 is referring to...
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I am not a Calvinist nor an Arminian. Those are both doctrines made up by men. I believe what the bible says. When we trust Jesus as our savior we are given...
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I dealt with this issue when I was trying to sort out where my feelings came from. To hold a thought captive meant I had to identify where the thought came...
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"Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (John 3:5): "baptism in water" and receive the "gift of the Holy...
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What is the meaning of the Parable of the Unforgiving / Unmerciful Servant?
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Does the Bible prophesy a one-world government and a one-world currency in the end times?
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Was Matthias or Paul God's choice to replace Judas as the 12th apostle?
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Great answer from Michael. I agree with every bit of it.
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Powerful answer.
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What does the Bible say about complaining?
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What does the Bible say about complaining?
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What does the Bible say about a Christian's responsibility?
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If a believer is required to keep their salvation then salvation cannot be a gift as they had to do something to retain it. If this were true, then the...
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Amen brother Billy. Thank you for the added nuance and fully agreed. I don’t want to get caught up in nuanced wording etc. As you say, I was simply...
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When we are born of God by faith in Jesus alone, we now have two natures, the old one and the new one. The new one, the Spirit of God that lives in the...
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Its simple, having no real fear of God. Form of Godliness means they go to church and worship religiously. But in their private life still willfully do...
In my opinion, what is being said in this verse is that, if there is no standard by which right and wrong can be determined, then nothing can be declared...
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I agree with you Doreen, the following scriptures may be helpful. Jesus died and was then buried before sundown on the annual Sabbath, the feast of...
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Repent means to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission sins. First Corinthians 15:1-4 That Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures,...
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James, I believe I have Eternal Life through Jesus and am kept of God in that position. However, I do not make the next step, "Once we accept the fact that...
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Excellent answer! Len Thies
Communion - the very word is explained in 1 Corinthians 10:16 "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread...
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One word answer for the question "Why did Jesus Weep?" is his "compassion" for people. Jesus feels the sorrow of his people and feels sorry for it. Shows...
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It is an interesting topic to make our comments on jokes and it's effects. As long as our house is not on fire, we can tell all sorts of benefits of jokes...
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S Michael has beautifully narrated the history of ECUSA which gives much information to readers like me to make our views clear. As a follower of Christ and...
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How are people destroyed from a lack of knowledge?
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JD, the new covenant (new testament) in Christ's blood is most certainly a contract. II Cor 2:6, Heb 12:24, Heb 8:6-13, Matt 26:28, Gal 3:15-18, Heb...
Today, we don't really discriminate between the words nation, state, country, kingdom, etc., but in ancient times the distinctions between them were much...
The opening words ("So that He might...") in the first part of Ephesians 5:27 (as cited in the question) indicate that the verse is referring to something...
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I may be mistaking your intent but I do not believe Jesus would ever say repent from your works. Rather, his message to us was Love you neighbor as yourself!...
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JD, I appreciate your enthusiasm in support of Calvin's unscriptural promotion of Preservation of the Saints, however, in order to maintain this position,...
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Who were Jannes and Jambres?
By immediate descent, Abraham and his wife Sarah (who was Abraham's half-sister (Genesis 20:12)) were both Chaldean (Genesis 11:27-29) which was one of the...
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Will Catholics go to heaven?
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No, I did not say faith is a work. I said we are not to trust in our works for salvation. Matthew 7:21-23 Those that trust in their works, what they do, are...
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The prodigal son was still his fathers son. He was out of fellowship with him, but he was still his fathers son. When we are born into Gods family we are a...
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Does Hebrews 6:4-6 mean we can lose our salvation?
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Why does God allow Satan to attack us?
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