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Hi James. I agree with everything you wrote. There is nothing anyone can do to earn eternal life. God has provided a way for us to obtain eternal life. God...
Hebrews 9:14 (NIV) says Hebrews 9:14 New International Version 14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered...
Hebrews 9:11 - 28
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Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, and we all sin, First John 1:8, and we all die. Physical death. But the GIFT of God is eternal life, through Jesus...
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The same is also true for those that live highly moral lives and do good works, but have never accepted Jesus as the only way of salvation by grace. Living...
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You have to get to Romans 3 to understand romans 2. Romans 2 is showing that pagan moralizers are just as guilty as we all are. Romans 3:23 For all have...
Could it be that the Bible talks a lot about leprosy because it represents something important? Let me explain what I mean by sharing what I think is the...
No. We do not have to do works to go to gain eternal life. One obtains eternal life by recognizing one is a sinner, repents of their sinful ways, and accepts...
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Hi Jack, You pose a very interesting question. We need to figure out what the Apostle Paul was trying to convey when he wrote Romans 2:7. Assuming the...
The Bible says that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5). I would therefore say that God exists (and had existed since eternity past)...
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The fundamentals of the faith. The gospel. First Corinthians 15:1-4. John 6:40. John 6:47. John 3:15-18. Salvation is so simple but people want to make it...
I think you have to look at that kind of a situation as a test. We know what Joseph did when Potiphar's wife propositioned him, he said, "So how could I do...
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All comes down to the focus on me and my behavior or Jesus and His behavior. God does not deal in death, he is about life and supply. You guys are focusing...
Take up the cross and deny yourself... There is only one cross that matters, the cross of Jesus is our cross; thus seeing ourselves co-crucified and...
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I don't think we'll ever all agree about this. Jesus didn't direct the man to the law to give an answer to the requirements for eternal life. He asked an...
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We all live in sin and disobedience. First John 1:8. If we say we have no sin, we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us. We make Christ of no effect....
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Second Timothy 2:19-24.Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, physical death,. but the GIFT of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. First...
I often wondered why I love the Lord Jesus yet many I come into contact with do not or don't see the blessings which flow from following our Lord. Like I was...
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Awesome explanation.
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Thank you for the info. Would the Bahai Gardens at Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel qualify as location?
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James, I, too, know for a fact that sinners cannot save themselves. Romans 4:2, and that Jesus paid our sin debt in full so we could never be condemned...
This is a great question, Kathy! As a guide, we can use the acronym for praying effectively, ACTS (Mt 6:9-13) A = Adoration (“Hallowed be Thy name”) C =...
2 Corinthians 9:11 in the NIV says, "You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will res...
2 Corinthians 9:6 - 15
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"If you're saved and all your sins are forgiven, why not continue to sin"? You do continue... When did you stop? Here's a question: If you can't get saved...
If doing good would save us, then Jesus died in vain. All the good works in the world can not save a sinner. Jesus paid our sin debt in full so we can never...
Is it true that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God? Yes! I faced this question many times, even sometimes pointing to the case of an infant...
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James, the scriptures you list here are straight from the bible. I know them to be true. Not one of them address the theme of this question, or the point of...
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Andy, what you said goes along great with the hymn: 1 Following Jesus from day to day, Gently He leads me along the way; E’er will I trust Him all foes...
Samson’s life was a life of contrasts: 1 A Life of Remarkable Promise Judges 13:5 -- He was separated as a Nazarite (Judg. 13:5), yet tampered with evil...
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Should a Christian take a vacation?
No, there will be no 2nd chance to be saved then. It will be too late! In the 3rd angel’s message to the Apostle John on the island of Patmos, the angel...
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Amen and amen!
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Amen to that. Matthew 7:21-23 Not everyone that says to me Lord, Lord. will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only those who have done the will of my Father...
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First John 2:2 Jesus died for the sins of the whole world. John 3:16 Romans 1:16 Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, physical death, but the GIFT of...
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First John 2:2 Jesus died for the sins of the whole world. John 3:16. It says. For He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but for the...
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Yes, James, Christ died for the sins of the entire world (1 John 2:2). The issue is not whether Christ died for someone or not but whether or not that person...
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I’m not sure of the argument here. Elizabeth says “the mother of my Lord.” Our Lord is Jesus Christ who is God. I don’t see how we can argue that Mary is not...
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James, I agree with your opening statement, that anyone who takes the mark of the beast can't be saved: C. The third angel's message (Rev. 14:9-12) 1. The...
I think that “born of water” refers to the “washing of water by the word” (Eph. 5:26). Note that Peter refers to being “born again... through the word of God...
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Romans 10:9: "If you declare with your mouth that Jesus Christ is the Lord, and if you believe with your heart that God raised Him from the dead, then you...
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Indeed all of creation knows Jesus. Luke 19:40: "And He answered and said to them, 'I tell you if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately...
God is in a class by Himself. He is the one and only "One And Only." Nothing and no one else can honestly make that claim of itself. God is... God always has...
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"Not even Jacob would have been CHOSEN if he had behaved toward God as Esau did." Brother Clinton, I'm relatively sure you know what "not yet born, before...
Judas was indwelt by Satan. Even Jesus other disciples’ did not know Judas was not one of them. When Jesus was with them in the upper room, and Jesus told of...
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Ray D, you are absolutely correct when you say, “Elizabeth clearly states, ‘Who am I that the mother of my Lord should come to me?’” Yes. She did not say,...
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