Reactions received by benhur

  • posthuman
    posthuman reacted Agree to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    Salvation is not based on works. You cannot do enough good works to make your way into heaven. But, If you are a true believer you will...
  • posthuman
    posthuman reacted Useful to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    Very interesting to see how different translations of the bible can push you down a different path of believing. Philippians 2:5-7...
  • reacted Like to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    Sorry, VCO, do you wake up every morning in a contentious mood. Godsgrace101 says that we're all on the same side of the fence, and the...
  • GodsGrace101
    GodsGrace101 reacted Agree to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    Jesus is only going to be faithful to those that are faithful to him. Those that come to believe in him through the Holy Spirit, those...
  • reacted Like to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    You are exactly right. We are under no intellectual obligation to accept what science says because they do not know either. Their...
  • mailmandan
    mailmandan reacted Disagree to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    All of the branches mentioned in John 15:2 are IN HIM (saved people). Jesus is not talking about cosmetic Christians. Cosmetic...
  • mailmandan
    mailmandan reacted Disagree to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    Robertson interjected into John 15:2 a concept that twisted the scripture to get it in line with OSAS. He introduced 2 kinds of...
  • mailmandan
    mailmandan reacted Dislike to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    2 key words you leave out of every discussion of John 15:2+: They are IN HIM. Jesus is talking about those branches that are IN...
  • mailmandan
    mailmandan reacted Surprised to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    Please explain it again for me, I must have missed that part. It was surely not in your last post.
  • mailmandan
    mailmandan reacted Boring to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    I know that is what you believe. I and 1/2 of the other Christian population believe that you are saved only when you believe and have...
  • mailmandan
    mailmandan reacted Dislike to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    In John 15:2, Jesus is not talking about, "in the body of Christ (which usually refers to the church) under the New Covenant which was...
  • mailmandan
    mailmandan reacted Dislike to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    Sorry, but according to the scripture, I am right. Here is the scripture: John 15 King James Version (KJV) 15 I am the true vine, and...
  • mailmandan
    mailmandan reacted Dislike to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    When the scripture describes in John 15:2 "branches IN HIM", I assume these branches are people that have been born again, and have had...
  • mailmandan
    mailmandan reacted Dislike to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    As you have seen on this forum, if you are for OSAS there are scriptures that are twisted to make the OSAS position stronger. The same...
  • mailmandan
    mailmandan reacted Boring to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    What false prophet? Are you talking about John the beloved apostles of Jesus Christ? He is the one that recorded John 15:2 from the...
  • mailmandan
    mailmandan reacted Dislike to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    Well, ljs, I was just paraphrasing Christ himself as he spoke in the bible. See John 5:28-29. Like me and Jesus say, belief and faith...
  • mailmandan
    mailmandan reacted Disagree to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    Again you miss the point in John 15:2. You say: Amen! In John 15:2, Jesus said "no fruit" IN CONTRAST with those who bear fruit. Not...
  • mailmandan
    mailmandan reacted Disagree to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    You are reading the scripture wrong: those taken away are not the Non-Born Again, but they are the Born Again that are taken away. How...
  • mailmandan
    mailmandan reacted Dislike to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    NOWWHERE does the Bible say "baptized or condemned", but ONE PLACE in the Bible (Mark 16:16) says "baptized to be saved". You did a...
  • mailmandan
    mailmandan reacted Boring to benhur's post in the thread Not By Works.
    You left off part of my post for a purpose.