Are we saved by faith alone?
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Posted: 13 years ago
Hans, Kreijns, Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. I am not trying to create doubt in your mind. We ARE saved by grace, only by grace and by nothing but grace. I’m sure we both agree to this. I am just trying to encourage a little deeper understanding of what we hold so dearly. How do we harmonize what we know with other passages such as, “… faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.” James 2:16-17 NIV. “As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.” James 2:26 NIV
Since God has clearly said in His Bible that faith alone is dead how can many of our religious friends say, “We are saved by faith alone.”? We are talking about harmonizing the Scriptures: How can our salvation be by grace alone and still be by faith alone and by repentance alone and by our confession…?
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Posted: 12 years ago
DOES THE BIBLE CLAIM TO BE GOD’S WORD?
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Posted: 12 years ago
DOES THE BIBLE CLAIM TO BE GOD’S WORD?
- In the New Testament we find many verses that make the claim that the Bible came from God.
- II Peter 1:21 “...men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit”.
- II Peter 1:25 “But the word of the Lord stands forever. And this is the word that was preached to you.”
- II Timothy 3:16, “All scripture is God-breathed...”
- I Thessalonians 2:13, “...you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the word of God...”
- Galatians 1:11, 12 “...the gospel I preached is not something that man made up. I...received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.”
- I Corinthians 14:37, “...what I am writing to you is the Lord’s command.”
- Matthew 10:20, “...it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.”
- These verses show clearly that the New Testament claims to be God’s Word.
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Posted: 12 years ago
DOES THE BIBLE REALLY CLAIM THAT GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH?
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Posted: 12 years ago
We need to read no further than the first 10 words of the Bible to learn of the claim that,
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1. The Bible stated at least 53 times that “God created”.
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Posted: 12 years ago
Does the Sikh religion teache believe in hell?
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Posted: 12 years ago
Vajradhars, I’m sorry that you didn’t get many answers to your question. I guess I’m like most of your readers, I must confess I don’t know but I can say this, the NIV version of the NT. Lists 14 verses where hell is discussed.
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Posted: 12 years ago
HOW COULD WE COMPARE THE EXISTENCE OF GOD WITH EVOLUTION?
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Posted: 12 years ago
Robertgrist,
Thank you for answering my question. May I respond to your comment?
You said, “COMPARING THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND EVOLUTION? THESE ISSUES DEMONSTRATE NO CONFLICT IN MY MIND.” I don’t understand how you could have no conflict. In my mind if we accept the God of the Bible we must accept his words which conflict drastically with the evolution theory.
In Ex 20:11 God shows us that the creation process took only one week. “For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and ALL THAT IS IN THEM,
but he rested on the seventh day.’ This of course begs the question, “How long was the creation days?” If the days of creation were a million years long, and Adam was created on day 6 as stated in the Bible, and evidently lived through day seven. This would make Adam at least 1 million years old. Gen 5:5 NIV “Altogether, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.” Gen 1:14 “And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky mark…days… the fourth day.’ If each day equaled a thousand years the purpose of his creating the stars failed. If each day equaled a thousand years, each nigh would have equaled at least 500 years which in turn would have killed all of the life on earth.
Heb 4:3 “His work has been finished since the creation of the world.” I think we need help to understand these verses differently that what the literal meaning shows them to be.
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Posted: 12 years ago
HOW DO WE PROVE BILBE TESTAMONY IS TRUE?
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Posted: 12 years ago
HOW DO WE PROVE BILBE TESTAMONY IS TRUE?
1. Testimony can be proven true or false by putting it to the following tests:
2. Are there a sufficient number of witnessed?
3. Are the witnesses competent?
4. Are there any ulterior motives?
5. Are there any contradictory evidences?
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Posted: 12 years ago
HOW COULD WE COMPARE THE EXISTENCE OF GOD WITH EVOLUTION?
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Posted: 12 years ago
• It has been said that both God’s existence and evolution are religions which require faith to believe.
• It takes no more faith to believe in God existence then it takes to believe in a house a tree an ocean or a fact from history. We say, “We know that’s a tree!” Because of the mountain of evidence we can also say, “WE KNOW THERE IS A GOD!”
• Evolution is a fantasy just like “The Three Pigs” and “Alice in Wonderland”.
• God’s existence is a clear, solid, scientific fact that as God says, only a fool can denied it. Psalms 14:1; Psalms 53:1.
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Posted: 12 years ago
If we need books of doctrine, catechisms, books of Mormon etc. why does the Bible say the Scriptures thoroughly equipped for every good work 2 Tim 3:16-17 and gives us everything we need for life and godliness 2 Peter 1:3?
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Posted: 12 years ago
Carmazable, Do I conclude from your statement that "the other books", not inspired are not needed? It seemes to me that if a man made doctrine requires more than what the Bible requires, it requires too much. If it requires less than what the Bible requires, it requires too little. And if it requires exactly what the Bible requires, we don't need it because we have the Bible. Do you agree?
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Posted: 12 years ago
HOW DO YOU HARMONIZE THE FOLLOWING PASSAGES?
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Posted: 12 years ago
Yes, God gives us free will but he also gives the altimative. We either see it his way or else. Now back to the question, how do you harmonize the three passages.
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Posted: 12 years ago
HOW DO YOU HARMONIZE THE FOLLOWING PASSAGES?
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Posted: 12 years ago
Thanks for your answer. Does God leave it to my discretion to who and what I believe?
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Posted: 12 years ago
WHY CALL PREACHERS REVEREND?
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Posted: 12 years ago
Thanks Daren, I agree. As a joke, I've heard that REV stood for Rest in bed, Eat chicken and Visit the widows. I don’t like that connotation at all but there might be some truth to it, I hope not.
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Posted: 12 years ago
WHY ARE PEOPLE TO BE BAPTIZED?
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Posted: 12 years ago
WAS THE THIEF ON THE CROSS SAVED WITHOUT BAPTISM?
I have three observations
FIRST: the likelihood IS that the thief WAS baptized. The Scriptures say…
Mk 1:5 “All of Jerusalem & Judea” were baptized
Mt 3:5, 6 “All around Jordan (Five provinces) were baptized”
Lk 3:7 “Multitudes” were baptized
Jn 4:1 “Jesus baptized more than John”
The likelihood was that the thief was baptized, fell away and repented on the cross. Or was convicted for an earlier crime after he was baptized as Ben Laden paid for his crime 10 years after committing it.
SECOND: The thief lived under a different religious system than we. He died before the New Testament was established. Col 2:14-15 KJV “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to His cross...”
When Christ died on the cross He did away with the Old Testament method of receiving forgiveness. Heb 9:15-17 KJV “And for this cause He is the mediator of the new testament... FOR WHERE A TESTAMENT IS, THERE MUST ALSO OF NECESSITY BE THE DEATH OF THE TESTATOR. FOR A TESTAMENT IS OF FORCE AFTER MEN ARE DEAD: OTHERWISE IT IS OF NO STRENGTH AT ALL WHILE THE TESTATOR LIVETH.”
The thief on the cross lived and received his promise under the First Testament. The second Testament and its method of forgiveness was established AT Jesus’ death.
Third: Let’s go back to the top. What did God say the one baptism (Eph 4:5) was for? It saves, it produces redemption of sins, it is where sins are washed away, etc, etc. There is no passage in the Bible that orders people to be baptized in the Holy spirit.
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Posted: 12 years ago
WHY ARE PEOPLE TO BE BAPTIZED?
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Posted: 12 years ago
WHITCH BAPTISM PASSAGES ARE WATER BAPTISM?
Baptized in the name of the Lord is baptism in water
Baptized in name of Lord is water baptism because Acts. 8:16, Acts 10:47, 48; Acts 19:5; Mt 28:19 say so. And we are never commanded to be Holy Spirit baptized. Holy Spirit baptism is never said to be in the name of the Lord.
Acts 8:12 same context as Acts 8:16 therefore water baptism
Acts 8:38 says water baptism
Acts 10:48 baptized in name of Lord therefore water baptism and Acts 10:47 says water
Acts 19:5 baptized in name of Lord therefore water baptism and Acts 19:5 shows that the Holy Spirit came AFTER THE baptism
Mt 28:19 baptized in name of Lord therefore water baptism
Rom. 6:1-6 this baptism must be water baptism because the Holy Spirit had not yet come see Acts 19:5 and Rom 1:11
Jn 3:5 is water baptism because water is mentioned. (Further proof is available)
Acts 2:38 is water baptism because it is in the name of Jesus
Acts 2:41 is water baptism because it is in the same context as Acts. 2:38
Acts 9:18, 22:16 are water because you don’t have to get up to get Holy Spirit baptized (Acts 22:16
Get up, be baptized; Acts 2:2 they were sitting)
Matt 3:11 I baptize you with water. John’s baptisms were in water
John 4:1 “Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John”. Since they are being compared they must be the same type baptism. Jesus’ disciples baptized more people in water than John.
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Posted: 12 years ago
WHAT DOES BEING BORN OF WATER MEAN?
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Posted: 12 years ago
Nicodemus would have understood “born of water” to mean baptism because of the Jewish practice of baptism. John 3:5
(William Barclay p. 115) “Now this was not an idea which was in the least strange to the people who heard it in New Testament times. The Jew knew all about REBIRTH. When a proselyte came into Judaism, when a man from another faith became a Jew, when he had been accepted into Judaism, by prayer and sacrifice and BAPTISM he was regarded as being REBORN. “A proselyte who embraces Judaism,” said the rabbis, “is like a new - born child.” So radical was the change that the SINS he had committed before his reception were ALL DONE AWAY WITH, for now he was a different person. ...The GREEKS KNEW the idea of REBIRTH and knew it well.”
(Pulpit Commentary pp. 112, 115) “...it may be PROVEN that the rabbis regarded proselytes as a “NEW BIRTH,” and one produced or BROUGHT ABOUT BY circumcision and BAPTISM.”
(Adam Clarke p. 531) “Of water and the Spirit. To the BAPTISM OF WATER a man was admitted when he became a proselyte to the Jewish religion; and, in this BAPTISM, he promised in the most solemn manner to renounce idolatry, to take the god of Israel for his God, and to have his life conformed to the precepts of the Divine law.”
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Posted: 12 years ago
WHAT ARE HEAVENLY HOSTS MADE OF?
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Posted: 12 years ago
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The Father,
• Son,
• Holy Ghost
• Seraphim,
• Cherubim,
• Angels
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Posted: 12 years ago
WHAT ARE HEAVENLY HOSTS MADE OF?
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Posted: 12 years ago
My question is can you think of any others?
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Posted: 12 years ago
WHAT ARE HEAVENLY HOSTS MADE OF?
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Posted: 12 years ago
Thanks.
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Posted: 12 years ago
WHAT ARE HEAVENLY HOSTS MADE OF?
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Posted: 12 years ago
Great! I overlooked saints. Thanks
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Posted: 12 years ago
Did the angels sing, “Glory to God in the Highest, Peace good will to men?”
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Posted: 12 years ago
Luke 2:13-14 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
• "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."
• Thayer’s dictionary gives a long definition for saying, but says nothing about singing
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Posted: 12 years ago
Did the angels sing, “Glory to God in the Highest, Peace good will to men?”
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Posted: 12 years ago
I’m proud of you sister Ginger. I couldn’t have said it better. The purpose of the question was to encourage us to look carefully at what the Scriptures say. Often people say the shepherds and wise men were in the stable together, there were three wise men, Eve ate and apple etc. - which the Bible does not say. PS Are you a sister in the Catholic Church or simply a sister-in-Christ?
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Posted: 12 years ago