This might seem like a strange question to ask here, but after having discussed the Bible for quite a while with folks, I have reached a point where I’m puzzled.
I know we disagree about many things, but some things are pretty clear in the Bible and there’s still a disagreement. I’m beginning to wonder if some Christians just don’t believe everything the Bible says. So I’m creating a poll where people can vote anonymously.
My answer is yes I believe everything the Bible says.
That is a good point that a scripture can plainly state a position and not be obscure and people will still ignore it and believe something else.
A lot of times the denominations win in this case by laying a blueprint as the truth concerning their beliefs so many follow that and do not question it and do not see the red flags in the Bible.
One church believes we are not saved by works and another we are saved by works.
It is not a contradiction but people will argue between the 2 and not trying to harmonize the 2 positions for they are both stated in the Bible.
We are not saved by works but by faith for that is all we can when we first confess Christ.
But when we receive the Spirit we have to have works of love to have faith apply in our life to be saved.
Because out of faith, hope, and charity, love in action, works, charity is the greatest, and faith works by love.
Which is why Paul said if they do not have charity they are nothing.
And James said if they do not have charity by pointing out caring about the needs of other people then their faith is dead.
And Paul said the love of money is the root of all evil for it neglects the poor and needy for love is the fulfilling of the law, which any person that goes by their wants neglects the poor and needy and is not love which Paul said they have erred from the faith.
So Paul and James say the same thing but many people argue between them.
John says to do not love in word neither in tongue but in deeds, works, and truth.
We have to have works of love for faith to be active in our life to be saved, and love can only be done in works for it to apply in a person's life.
But many people that believe they are not saved by works try to carry that attitude after they have confessed Christ and then they enjoy sin, and money, and worldly entertainment which is not love and believe they are right with God.
Which also goes along with their attitude that they are alright despite living in sin.
But the Bible says that some have a form of godliness, but deny the power thereof, and are ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth for they will not allow the Spirit to lead them because they want to enjoy sin and then believe they are saved.
Which these people would fall victim to that which the believe that they are not saved by works causes many to fall victim to that and they were not saved to begin with.
Because if people do not believe their sins affect their relationship with God then when they confess Christ they will not truly turn away from sin but will only repent of their past sins but still want to pursue sin.
People will argue millennial reign and not millennial reign even though the Bible says that the LORD shall be King over all the Earth and it that day there shall be one LORD and His name one, and the heathen that the LORD rules over has to go up year after year to Jerusalem and worship the LORD and keep the feast of Tabernacles.
And the Bible says the knowledge of the LORD shall cover the whole Earth.
Which on Earth the heathen will not acknowledge any god or religious figure but Jesus and this has not happened in the past.
And it cannot be talking about the new earth for there will be no heathen there.
But some people will still say there is no millennial reign.
People will argue OSAS and it being not true if a person does not act Christlike.
Argue about a trinity or one God with no distinction of persons.
Argue about baptism for salvation and baptism for salvation.
Argue about Jesus and Paul acting as if they have opposing beliefs which this one is a weird one to believe because of course they would not have opposing positions.
Argue about the time of the resurrection even though the Bible says it cannot happen until there is a falling away first which is the condition of the world in response to the Gospel which they stopped the preaching of it on a world wide scale, and the man of sin claims to be God.
Which by them stopping the preaching of the Gospel of Christ and the believe in a personal God it caused the man of sin to rule over them.
Which the new age movement will cause this to happen which they believe people are still evolving to be spiritual, and Jesus is an ascended master in the occult, and there is no personal God, and the New Age Christ is the final teacher.
But they will still believe it will happen before that time the nations come together and the antichrist rules the world.
They argue about baptizing in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and baptizing in Jesus' name.
But Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are not names but titles and it states name as in singular.
And Jesus said He came in His Father's name, and the Son inherited the name from the Father, and the Holy Spirit comes in the name of Jesus.
And Jews, Gentiles, and Samaritans were all baptized in the name of Jesus, and those that were baptized by John had to be baptized in Jesus' name.
The Bible says there is no other name by which we are saved but by Jesus' name, and everything we do in word and in deed we do in Jesus' name.
But some people still want to believe we baptize in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
It seems like some people that claim Christianity like the denominations and the divisions in Christianity so they can have the attitude out of all the denominations that claim truth, we have the truth, we are the winners, which they do it out of arrogance.
Because there is a lot of people that like to argue their position, and be sarcastic, and belittle the people they are debating with which would only happen when they have an arrogant attitude.