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  1. Skovand

    Not By Works

    I literally showed the connections and in the previous post.
  2. Skovand

    Not By Works

    That has nothing to do with a physical birth. It’s a common confusion. Being born of water and spirit is the same one baptism. Being born of water is not the flesh. It’s not a parallel or flesh and water and spirit and spirit. Being born of water and spirit is what happens in baptism...
  3. Skovand

    Is the teaching of Jesus before His crucifixion only for Jews?

    I say it’s the same because of the parable. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.biblegateway.com/passage/%3fsearch=Luke%2b16:19-31&version=NASB&interface=amp In the parable or Lazarus and poor man when they die they go to hades which is the grave. It’s not the same as hell. Hell is the lake of...
  4. Skovand

    Not By Works

    I agree that those who truly seek God will find him.
  5. Skovand

    Not By Works

    For me I just can’t take someone’s personal experience and hold it above God’s word. Gods word on doctrine trumps personal feelings and experiences. Baptism is a clearly taught event that is foreshadowed repeatedly throughout the Torah and bleeds into the New Testament synchronizing the...
  6. Skovand

    Is the teaching of Jesus before His crucifixion only for Jews?

    also when something’s contains ,” I had a vision” it generally means very symbolic , no literal imagery.
  7. Skovand

    Is the teaching of Jesus before His crucifixion only for Jews?

    This is the problem. I’m tired so I’m not going to dig deeply into this. The main problem is that it simply does not fit systemically. For that view to fit, almost all the other relevant verses have to be ignored. First paradise is not a literal place. It’s a term used for a positive outcome in...
  8. Skovand

    Is the teaching of Jesus before His crucifixion only for Jews?

    I don’t see enough evidence that paradise is the third heaven since we are asleep until the resurrection. It also says for three days Jesus was in the grave.
  9. Skovand

    Not By Works

    It’s without a doubt about water baptism. There is not a single thing to think it’s about anything different. Same as in when Jesus was baptized in water and then the Holy Spirit landed on him. It’s the same as when the eunuch was baptized in water in acts 8, when the Samaritans were baptized...
  10. Skovand

    Not By Works

    I’ve posted several up above already
  11. Skovand

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    I’ll start with the claims by AT. Robertson and as time permits to the rest. He does not understand Eis perfectly. Part of that is shown by his confusion with Eis and en since both means into but with different nuances. They are different words in Greek. It’s also shown by his confusion on Eis...
  12. Skovand

    Not By Works

    I’ll try to respond to this soon.
  13. Skovand

    Not By Works

    The kingdom of God is the body of believers. We are the church. What he was told is true. You must be born of water and spirit, ( being baptized into Christ and receiving the Holy Spirit) just like acts 2:38 says. You do that to be forgiven of your sins, receive the Holy Spirit and be added to...
  14. Skovand

    Not By Works

    I’m not contradicting myself. I already explained it in other parts. The salvation being lost, and the salvation being gained, is salvation when they are saved from sin and judgement at the white throne judgement. We are all saved at once, not multiple times. In scripture when talking about...
  15. Skovand

    Not By Works

    I would suggest reading all of chapter 11 to understand that statement. Such as verse 20.....
  16. Skovand

    Not By Works

    When I’m off work and sometimes over the next few weeks I’ll have time to answer all the questions again.
  17. Skovand

    Not By Works

    If you are choosing to do something or believe something it requires work. Even when you get verses about god working in ur for faith, when you place those verses in context of everything else there is a clear understanding. Faith is never free will be stripped away and forced to believe in...
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    Does the Tanakh teach how Cain killed Abel? A simple case study of contextual analysis and probability.

    The issue though that I have pointed out numerous times is this. Cain’s name does not mean acquired. It simply sounds like it. It sounds similar, but is not the same by any means. But it is spelled exactly the same as spear. The hebrew word for spear Is the same as Cain’s name. The word for...
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    Does the Tanakh teach how Cain killed Abel? A simple case study of contextual analysis and probability.

    Scripture determines it. Contextual analysis. It helps to understand science and ancient Mesopotamian world views. Jews were a tribe of Mesopotamia. We can find early writings by them and see what type of language they used. Same as how we can look at Greek culture and mindsets and see them...
  20. Skovand

    Not By Works

    Yet we still die and are later on resurrected to eternal life right? John 5:29 New American Standard Bible 29 and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment. So we do in fact know for sure we will...