John 3:18
The one continuing to believe (Greek present tense) is not continually being condemned (Greek present tense); the one not continuing to believe (Greek present tense) has already been condemned with ongoing results (Greek perfect tense) because he has not believed with ongoing results...
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. John 3:36
Since you won't answer me, can I assume that you do believe that a person who is not believing in the atoning work of Jesus could die and go to heaven?
I believe all five points you gave and I believe the verse you gave. And I believe the Christian has no condemnation and has eternal life.
It depends what you mean by "none of us are perfect"? I think that all believers may occasionally sin, but because that sin is forgiven, in God's eyes...
Ah, yes hello! Penned - Hope you are doing well - I love you and your attitude and approach to life . . .
Of course - here we disagree - but that is OK -
Of course, all my sins were yet future when Jesus died - but my sins did not need forgiven when I had not committed any yet. When one...
No, Magenta, I do not believe that when one sins after being born again, that one's salvation is lost. That is not even close to what I believe.
If you look carefully at my previous post you will see I said that "at the very moment you sin, you are forgiven because of Jesus Christ." So...
I searched the entire thread here to see if anyone posted any Scriptural proof for the idea that the believer's future sins are already forgiven before he commits them. It is interesting that I did not even find any attempt from anyone to prove that idea from Scripture. And I suppose for...
"Sola Scriptura" is a church doctrinal statement that includes all the historical dogma and declarations that go with it. When someone says they believe in "sola Scriptura" it is a declaration that they agree and stand with all that that manmade doctrinal statement entails.
That is very...
Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
That verse does not say "Sola Scriptura" - not even close. It says that we don't live by bread (physical food). We live by every word that...
If one comes at this with predetermined doctrine, then that will determine the answer to the question.
I prefer to simply look at what the Scriptures say and take them at face value.
Yeah, you have good information there. And I would definitely tend to think that the long ending of Mark was in the original. But we don't have the original, nor is anyone alive who read the original. So there is no positive proof.
I have looked at this issues very in-depth and had many tell me every angle of it over the years. To "prove" (for example) that the disputed verses in Mark 16 were or were not in the original text is a difficult task. No one has the original manuscript so technically it is impossible to...