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It amazes me as to what lengths a person will go to to affirm their belief that their good works is what saves them eternally. If only they would interpret the scriptures correctly, and realize that the scriptures do teach that the good works of those that already have the promise of an eternal...

The natural man, according to 1 Cor 2:14, cannot receive the things of the Spirit, until he has been quickened to a new spiritual life, thinking them to be foolishness. Jesus gives us the example, in 1 Pet 3:18, when he died for the sins, of those that God gave him, He was quickened by the...

You are correct in that the world in John 3:16 pertains to "the world of believers", not the the world of all humanity.

The outcome of our choices is explained in Psalms 53:2-3.

God so loved the world of believer Jesus did not die to redeem the sins of all mankind, if so, all mankind would have eternal life, and even you know that the scriptures do not teach that. He only died for those that God gave him (John 6:37-39).

It is all in whether you are applying your wording of saved to eternally delivered, or to a deliverance that the eternally delivered receive, as they sojourn here on earth by doing good works. There is a one time eternal deliverance that was accomplished by Christ's death on the cross, for...

That is correct. and they responded to Peter, and the rest of the apostles, by saying, "Men and brethren, what must we do? God had already exchanged their heart of stone to a heart of flesh that could feel guilt. In Acts 7, when hearing Stephen preach the same sermon, the men who still had...

I am afraid that it is you that dose not understand that eternal salvation was accomplished by Christ's death on the cross. Period! Eternal salvation was finished on the cross for all of those that his Father gave him, (John 6:37-39) and there will be no other offering for mankind to accept.

Ezekiel 36:26 explains what God does when he quickens a person to be born again, saying "a new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you" 1 Cor 2:14 states that the natural ma receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him, neither...

Saul, when persecuting the church, said he did it "in all good conscience", thinking he was doing God's will, which tells me that he had already been born again. Saul, who became Paul, when struck by the bright light was told by God that it was hard for Saul to "kick against the pricks"...

The rest of the chapter doesn't seem to explain away verses 26 through 29. If you believe these verses are a fatalistic view, why did God inspire them to be in his words of the bible?

Concerning Acts 2 - When a person is born again, spiritually, God exchanges their heart of stone to a heart of flesh (Ezk 36:26) that can be "pricked" to feel guilty of breaking God's law, indicating that they were already born again. (Act 2:37-38) (Psalms 73:21). Verse 38 - Peter instructed...

Sense you lead discussion, and are discussing John chapter 10, How do you interpret verses 26-29?

If we do not consider harmonizing the scriptures, we will not be able to interpret them, by rightly dividing the word of God. The natural man, according to 1 Cor 2:14, will not, and indeed, can not, have faith in the things of the Spirit. Only those that have been born again spiritually...

Hearing and believing is not the cause of eternal salvation=deliverance, but it is the cause, of those who have already been promised of an inheritance of heaven ((Heb 9:15), to be delivered=saved, as they sojourn here on earth, when they come unto a knowledge of the truth (Rom 10:1-3).

The promise is the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, which is a quickening Spirit. Ephesians 2 explains the new birth. Verse 5 says "even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ". Acts 2:38 Peter says "repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus...

If you don;t mind, let me start in Romans 10:9-10; In verse 9, the word "saved" = "delivered" according to Strong's concordance of the Greek word "saved". Those that God gave to Jesus to redeem them from their sins were promised eternal salvation=deliverance. Those that have that promise...

I am with you. Scripture proves scripture, and if we reference other peoples input it, sometimes, will distort the truth.

You have changed the wording of John 3:16, by changing the word "beleiveth" to "will believe". If a person believes in spiritual things, they have already been born spiritually. Believing in spiritual things is not something that the natural man, before he has been born again will believe in...

Correcting you. You have miss-interpreting the scriptures to make them teach eternal deliverance by good works.