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Yes, this article has some very good points about faith. And I agree with most of it. But we could also, write about the simplicity of “repentance” or the simplicity of “confession” or the simplicity of “baptism.” Because the scripture 2 Cor. 11:3 talks about the simplicity THAT IS IN...

This passage in Mark 5 is about a man named Jairus whose daughter is at the point of death and he begs Jesus to come heal her. What Jesus overheard was a servant telling Jairus not to bother Jesus anymore because his daughter was dead. Jesus tells Jairus not to worry, “only believe”. What...

Of course He gives eternal life to His sheep; they are the “saved.” In that passage He talks about “thieves” and “robbers” stealing the sheep and reassures us that no one ( person, thief, robber, any man) can take them away from Him. However, Luke 15 is another illustration about Jesus and his...

if Acts 10:43 says you have remission of sins as soon as you believe, then that contradicts Acts 2:38 that says you have remission of sins when you are baptized; and it also contradicts Acts 22:16 that says baptism “washes away sins;” and also contradicts 1 Peter 3:21 that says baptism saves...

Mailman, the order of salvation in Acts 16 was by the Holy Spirit—not me. The way the Holy Spirit tells it, is they 1) “heard” the word of the Lord, 2) they believed what they heard, 3) he washed their stripes ( perhaps he was the one who had also beaten them) regardless, it is evidence of his...

When people in the New Testament were saved, the scriptures almost always say they REJOICED! Why wouldn’t they? Ecclesiastes says that God has put “eternity” in the hearts of men. Eternal salvation is the most important thing in this earthly world!! It means “peace”, “satisfaction,” we are...

Over and over again in the New Testament people were told to believe. But what were they to believe? When Peter preached his sermon in Acts 2, it was to convince the unbelieving Jews that Jesus, the man they had killed was the Messiah divine, the Son of God. He was not trying to convince them...

There are many ways to honor Christ. Wearing the correct name is only one of them. For example, if someone asked me what I am religiously and I say “I am a Lutheran” that is NOT honoring Christ—that is honoring Martin Luther. It doesn’t matter that you don’t intend it that way—that is just the...

If faith and repentance are a “two sided coin” as you have made up, then you cannot possibly be saved by faith alone. I am amazed at how you make up these explanations —not from the Bible— but then refuse to accept the consequences of them. How can you be saved by “faith alone” if repentance...

There is no evidence from the scripture in Acts 10 that Cornelius and his house were saved before baptism. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit was never for the purpose of saving anyone, but was a “sign” used to convince the Jews that 1) What the apostles were preaching was truly from God in Acts...

Since I know you believe in faith alone for salvation, ( from reading your other posts), I m sure you do not agree with Peter in Acts 2:38 when he told those people to“repent” to be saved ( what must we do, verse 37), nor did you “confess” unto salvation as Paul says to do in Roman’s 10:10...

Yes, just like you believe you are saved by faith “in ADDITION to” repentance, trust, and grace. Just because you say you are saved by faith, does that mean then that you believe you are NOT saved by grace? Eph. 2:8. The Bible has never taught that we are saved by “only” one thing. The Bible...

Could it be Acts 17:11? “These were more NOBLE ( fair-minded) than those in Thessalonica in that they received the word with all readiness and searched the scriptures to see if those things were so.”

Psalms 119:160 - “ALL OF GOD’S word is TRUTH.” Or as the NKJV SAYS, “ The ENTIRETY OF GOD’S WORD IS TRUTH.” That means we must do EVERYTHING or ALL that God says to do. The Grace, justification, forgiveness of sins, salvation is God’s part—the part He promises to give to us. But we have a...

Matthew 15:14. After awhile it is evident that they do not want the “truth.”

“TRUTH”. The Bible is so plain about this. It’s not hard to understand.

The baptism of repentance that John preached is called “John’s baptism. Acts 19:3- “And he said to them, into what were you baptized? And they said to him, Into JOHN’S BAPTISM. Luke 7:29-“..having been baptized with the BAPTISM OF JOHN. (and more scriptures) It was the baptism for THAT TIME...

The New testament talks a lot about “doctrine.” I believe this is the answer to how we can tell who is a false teacher. 1Tim. 4:1- In the “latter” days—that’s right now; WE are living in the “last days,” Paul says “some will depart from the faith giving heed to deceiving spirits and...

Well, of course Jesus quoted from the old law of Moses. It was the only law of God in existence at that time. What else was He going to quote from? There was no “New testament at that time. Jesus had not yet died on the cross( Col. 2:14). His “New” covenant was not yet in effect; and the...

By OC do you mean “Old covenant”? If so, then yes, I believe what ever is contained in that old law is excluded from the law of Christ. However there are many “moral” principles that Christ has included in his law that were also in the law of Moses. Many people strongly object to doing away...