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The real blasphemy is your comparing Jesus casting out demons to the stories, sleight of hand and parlor tricks of your ilk. They are not the same, apples to oranges. I am not a "sceptic" of the Holy Spirit but of the lame attempts to mimic the miracles of the 1st Century by modern day Simon...

This is a truly ignorant, foolish and asinine statement. The first century had the shadow of Peter (Acts 5:15), the apron of Paul (Acts 19:12) and the removing of roofs (Mark 2:3-11). Today Pentecostals offer stories, sleight of hand and parlor tricks. Their nonsense is a mockery of the...

Luke 17:20-21 20 Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, 21 nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is in your midst.” Unlike what...

You are simply surmising this from events in the distant past. Bringing up history does not prove current events. But it does show a grasping at straws to defend a weak argument. IOW, why are you bringing up events from thousands of years ago to prove they are happening today?

Baptismal regeneration is the work of the Spirit through faith at the moment of water baptism (Acts 2:38) not the product of some unstated level of belief. Water baptism is no more a "ritual" than the walking around the walls of Jericho was a ritual. The walls fell when the Hebrews obeyed not...

The issue of what is "affirmed" is not being debated. The issue is simply this, is there a need for action in order to receive the remission of sins? I stand by my statement. The quote is accurate. You are implying that action "just" proves salvation and does not play a role in its granting...

"Just"??? Our actions don't matter? Is this what you are claiming?

This has always been the MO of mailmandan. James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. Where is belief?

There is no point in Jesus adding "water" into this passage if the water simply symbolizes salvation. As a believer in faith alone regeneration theology you are forced into this thinking. If believing is the only thing needed for salvation then the verbiage used in Mark 16:16 is wrong.

I am not suggesting you are a bot, so please do not suggest that I am studier. Faith alone regeneration theology is a theology without an example, in a text that should overflow with examples.

I was thinking the same thing. Your efforts are noble and needed. This nonsense should be rebuked.

Agreed but faith alone regeneration theology most certainly is. True faith walks around Jericho in order to receive the blessing and does not second guess the motive for the need for obedience. Obedience to God is never optional regardless of grace. I am willing to state my belief in...

"Because of" and "so that/for" are very different. eis has always been translated in Acts 2:38 as "so that" or "for" and never "because of". Phrases such as "semantically flexible" are not convincing. Acts 2:38 is a rather easy verse to translate from the Greek hence the total agreement of...

Your argument is one based on "might and maybes". With this line of reasoning nothing in the Bible would be safe. There are 1000's of Bible translations and all of them use eis in the future tense (for, so that) and never because of. For every one of your "examples" of why eis should be...

This is bogus. There are no translations of the Bible that uses eis to mean "because of". None, not one. Regardless of the time of publication, old or new. There are no translations of the Bible in any language that uses eis to mean "because of". None, not one. Regardless of the language...

That's like saying: So what do you do if you are a bachelor and realize you are still married?

And this is the crux of the matter. The "If". If we are in Christ. All of this talk is meaningless if we cannot prove our being "in Christ". We all assume that will are in Christ but this is but an assumption and an assumption is not assurance. Where there is false assurance there cannot be...

So because you feel that your assurance is not false that means you have the "right Jesus" but others who you believe have a false assurance have a "wrong Jesus". Am I correct?

Regardless of what you think about the validity of the Mormon faith, this is about their assurance in it. Whatever Joseph Smith added to 1st Corinthians is moot, they believe it. Their assurance is extreme, well beyond most other groups and on par with Muslims. They are both assured of the...

I can personally attest to the fact that the Mormons are by far the most assured group of people on the issue of their personal salvation and relationship with God. I have worked with a number of them and I doubt that anyone here can match their sincerity and enthusiasm on this subject. Ask...