False teaching by separating Scripture from Scripture

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Not when Jesus Christ can't save and remit sins by Himself, without the hands of men doing their part.

Those men that have their part in the 'process' of salvation and newbirth, have their part in the glory and honor of God.

1Jo 5:21
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
Scripture reveals Jesus gave commands via the Holy Ghost:

"...Jesus began both to do and teach,
Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:" (Acts 1)

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers." Acts 2:38-42

Also Jesus said those who reject Him and receive not His Words will be judged by His Words:
"And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."
 
Commands established by God:

Circumcision - OT
Water baptism in the name of Jesus - NT

Hope that helps.

No, that hinders.

Considering context reveals that Spirit baptism = Accepting/loving Jesus as Lord is what God commands/desires (1Tim. 2:3-4, John 6:29)
now that the transition from the OT to the NT is complete/fulfilled (Eph. 4:4-6, 1Cor. 12:13, Acts 16:31, 2Cor. 4:5, Col. 2:6, John 8:42).

Thus the outward optional work/rite of water baptism merely portrays the required inner/spiritual reality of Spirit baptism,
just as physical circumcision portrayed spiritual circumcision (Rom. 2:25-29).
 
No, that hinders.

Considering context reveals that Spirit baptism = Accepting/loving Jesus as Lord is what God commands/desires (1Tim. 2:3-4, John 6:29)
now that the transition from the OT to the NT is complete/fulfilled (Eph. 4:4-6, 1Cor. 12:13, Acts 16:31, 2Cor. 4:5, Col. 2:6, John 8:42).

Thus the outward optional work/rite of water baptism merely portrays the required inner/spiritual reality of Spirit baptism,
just as physical circumcision portrayed spiritual circumcision (Rom. 2:25-29).
It shouldn't hinder at all.
God always does what He promises when people are willing to obey Him.

No matter how many times you choose to reject it, doesn't change the truth expressed in scripture. And that is, NT believers have their sin remitted when they believe God and obey His command to be water baptized in the name of Jesus. (Acts 2:38, 22:16)

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls."
Acts 2:38-39

"And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord."
Acts 22:14-16
 
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What set of commandments are you referring to?

Noah's law?

Exodus 20?

Commandments in the prophets?

Acts 15?

The commandments that Jesus gave in the gospels?

The apostle's commandments?

Commandments that churches teach?
We're Christians. We keep the commandments of our risen Lord Jesus Christ. He gave them to His apostles to give to us.

Jhn 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Rev 14:12
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.


Act 1:1
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

We can learn the commandments of our Lord by reading those things commded by the apostles to the churches of God.

I we are keeping the great commandments with a pure heart, then we can be assured of keeping them all, and not transgressing any.
 
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Born-again believers still sin because indwelling sin remains in our earthly nature,
We have Jesus Christ the righteous, who has no sin. We have God dwelling in us, not the devil.

1Jo 3:5
And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him is sinning not: whosoever is sinning hath not seen him, neither known him.

2 Cor{6:14}
What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God;


We have the divine nature of Jesus Christ, not the lusting nature of the devil.

1Jo 3:9
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

We have natural bodies made by Jesus Christ, for us to dwell on earth. The nature of earth is neither righteous nor sinful, but only dust and grass.

1Pe 1:24
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

God makes no natural thing in this world with sin, but only with natural mortality.

sanctification is an ongoing lifelong process rather than an instant perfection, and believers still live in a fallen world.
Sanctification is the new birth of a whole new creature of God.

2Co 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

Neither washing, sanctification, nor justification is our process, but the work of the Spirit:

Heb 4:12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

We don't sanctify our lives in time, but keep the Spirit's sanctification free from sins of the world and the devil:

Jas 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

1 John 5:18
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

Regeneration (the new birth) breaks the ruling power and dominion of sin, but it does not completely erase the presence of the sinful nature from a person's mortal body.
Already quoted Scripture: We are servants to sin and the devil, if we are committing sin with the devil.


Justification is immediate, but sanctification—becoming holy and being conformed to the image of Christ—is a progressive, lifelong work of the Holy Spirit.
Already quoted Scripture: We are washed, sanctified, and justified. Not washed, becoming sanctified, and justified.

1 Peter {1:15}
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.


We are commanded to be holy in all our manners, not become holy in our own time.

Now we are holy newborn sons of God, now we live holy as newborn sons of God.


Believers still stumble as we learn to put off old habits.
We are commanded to repent of our transgressions, not learn to do less transgressions.





Christians inhabit un-glorified bodies while facing ongoing temptations from the surrounding fallen world and Satan.
True. And by the divine nature of the Holy God, we endure and overcome all temptions, as Jesus walked.

If we fall by transgression, we make ourselves transgressors of the world in need of repentance for forgiveness, sanctification, and justification from transgression.

1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1Jo 2:1
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.



While true believers still commit individual acts of sin,

We are newborn believers in Jesus Christ doing His righteousness, not true believers committing acts of the devil.

1 John{2:29} I
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that is doing righteousness is born of him.

1 John{3:7}
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that is doing righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.


1Jo 3:8
He that is committing sin is of the devil; for the devil is sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.



the new birth ensures we do not practice sin as an unbroken, unrepentant lifestyle or master.
Already quoted the Scripture: God's righteousness is at all times. Man's righteousness is the moral relavance of our own works of good and evil.

1 Peter {1:15}
Be ye holy, for I am holy. And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:


God's judgment is of our work, not of our record of good vs evil works.




When we fall (like King David or Peter), the Holy Spirit convicts us, leading us to genuine repentance.
When is for unsanctified sinners. If is for holy saints.

If we fall, the Lord commands us to repent and confess the same as all sinners.

If we are tempted, the Holy Spirit convicts our pure hearts to do good the same as all saints.
 
Sanctification is the new birth of a whole new creature of God.

2Co 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
It appears that you haven't read Romans 7 lately:

14 For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold into bondage to sin. 15 For I do not understand what I am doing; for I am not practicing what I want to do, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 However, if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, that the Law is good. 17 But now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me. 18 For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. 19 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. 20 But if I do the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me.

21 I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. 22 For I joyfully agree with the law of God in the inner person, 23 but I see a different law in the parts of my body waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin, the law which is in my body’s parts. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.
 
Hebrews 10:26 doesn't say anything about believers, so I was wondering what compelled you to remove the word "we" and insert the word "believers" in it's place?
Heb 10:26
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
 
Commands established by God:
Circumcision - OT
Water baptism in the name of Jesus - NT
Flesh circumcision - OT
Water baptism - NT

And so once again, we establish that both are commanded works of God, first for the OT, and then for the NT. That is not the argument.

Once more: The argument is if a commanded work of God, performed by men, is necessary to become born again in the NT of Jesus Christ.

I.e. His newbirth covenant is not established with any believer in Jesus Christ, who have also already recieved the Spirit of Christ, until water baptised with the hands of men.

I've given the arguments of Scripture, showing that is the same error of commanded law, as that of flesh circumcision, that was preached to the new believing converts in Jesus Christ. Such works of the law are not necessary before the converted believer can be born again.

I'll not go over this again with you, unless you acknowledge the argument at hand, and show you understand it enough to offer an argument against it.
 
Proof: Newbirth covenant by Jesus Christ is before water baptism.


We can make a comparison between both Testaments and their commanded works, to prove newbirth of Christ is before water baptism, as well as before keeping any other commanded work of the covenant:

Gen 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

First in the OT, the covenant with Israel was first established by birth, both male and female, which was necessarily before circumcision of the newborn male child on the 8th day after birth.

Gen 17:14
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.


We see in the OT, that God's covenant first established by birth, would be cut off from any male child not circumcised by law: Birth was not by flesh circumcision, but circumcsion was by birth.

Being circumcised did not establish the covenant, but not being circumcsied would break the covenant alreay first established by birth.

And also, flesh circumcsion was only the first commanded work, that must be obeyed to continue in covenant with God. The other commanded works included eating unleavened bread during the Passover week, keeping the Sabbath, not eating of blood, proper hanlding of the sacrifice, and finally any commandment against the abominations of the heathen...Not keeping any of those commanded works also cut off the birth covenanted people from the covenant of God.

The same is for the NC: Recieving the Spirit by faith in Jesus Christ is the newbirth before water baptism. And like the OT, water baptism is only the first work commanded to the new covenant convert. If the commandments of the Lord are not obeyed, then likewise we can be cut off from the new covenant people of God.

The covenant is established by birth first, before obeying any commanded work of the covenant. Not keeping any such commandment by disobedience, cuts off the converted believer from the covenant with God.

Even as the OT was established by flesh birth of the natural seed of Abraham, so also is the NT established by newbirth of the seed of faith and promise, which is Christ.

Not keeping the commandmnets of the Lord, including the first command of water baptism, does cut us off from Christ. But the newbirth by the seed of Christ is not disannulled, until being water baptised, even as being born of Abraham was not disannulled before circumcsion on the 8th day.

Natural birth by seed of Abraham was before flesh circumcsion. And newbirth by seed of faith in Christ Jesus is before water baptism. The covenant of Goe is established by birth, and the covenant of God is broken by disbobeying His commandments.
 
It appears that you haven't read Romans 7 lately:
It appears that you don't believe 2 Cor 5.

Romans 7 does not cancel a whole newbirth of the Spirit, but only shows that whole repentance is necessary, for Jesus Christ to come and take away all our sins and trespasses.

Jesus Christ does not come to cleanse only half our heart.


14 For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold into bondage to sin. 15 For I do not understand what I am doing; for I am not practicing what I want to do, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 However, if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, that the Law is good. 17 But now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me. 18 For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. 19 For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. 20 But if I do the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me.

21 I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. 22 For I joyfully agree with the law of God in the inner person, 23 but I see a different law in the parts of my body waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin, the law which is in my body’s parts. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.
Yes, we all know about the double hearted Christian in Romans 7. Double mindedness can also be forgiven and washed away in a whole newbirth of God.

Rom 7:24,
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.


While Christ in Romans 7 is showing empathy for the double minded, Christ later in James 4 is more much more emphatic, and simply commands us to repent of all our transgressions, and not just those we don't mind repenting of.

Jas 4:6
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

And later in the last book, Christ finally says without whole repentance, He'll cut us and our double hearts out of His body altogether.

Rev 3:15
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.


Our own partial repentance leads to having double hearts and lukewarm works.

So, in this life we can certainly be double minded in the faith of Christ, and He certainly shows He understands the wrestchedness of trying to serve Him with half a heart. But in the end only the whole and pure hearted saints of God will be raised from the dead unto everlasting life.

We certainly must walk like Jesus in this life, if we are to be resurrected like Jesus in the next.

1Jo 2:6
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

1Thes 41
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

If we seek to abide in Jesus Christ and please God, then we certainly can't walk as He walked, if our heart and works are divided between doing good and also doing evil. Even if we are doing more good and less evil, our hearts are still divided by lack of whole repentance.

Since Jesus whole heartedly died once for all our sins and trespasses. We certainly must also wholeheartedly repent of all our transgressions once for all.
 
We're Christians. We keep the commandments of our risen Lord Jesus Christ. He gave them to His apostles to give to us.

Jhn 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Rev 14:12
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.


Act 1:1
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

We can learn the commandments of our Lord by reading those things commded by the apostles to the churches of God.

I we are keeping the great commandments with a pure heart, then we can be assured of keeping them all, and not transgressing any.
What set of commandments are you referring to?

Noah's law?

Exodus 20?

Commandments in the prophets?

Acts 15?

The commandments that Jesus gave in the gospels?

The apostle's commandments?

Commandments that churches teach?

Care to name the commandments that we have been given?
 
The Scriptures of Christ are all one perfectly unified word, even as the Godhead of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Therefore, every Scripture must be taught in context of all other Scripture, not just from verse to verse within a chapter of Scripture. To rightly teach any Scripture, we must do so in context of all Scripture taken together as one complete word.

If we separate one Scripture from other Scriptures, not just verse to verse within a certain chapter, but also from other chapters and books, then we are falsely teaching Scripture out of context. The end result with be contradicting the unity of Scripture written for doctrine and prophecy of God.

This is commonly done by unbelievers seeking fault with Scripture, to say God's words are not inerrant.

Isa 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

From this one verse alone, anyone could teach that the God of the Bible is the creator of evil things, and so is an evil creator doing evil things. However taken in context of all Scripture together:

Jas 1:13
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:


Here we see that God cannot do evil, because He can't even be tempted with evil. Nor does He tempt anyone to do evil. Therefore, Is 45:7 must be read and taught in context of James 1:13, that the God of the Bible cannot be an evil Creator creating and doing evil. Such as the pagan God Moloch.

Such false accusations against the God of the Bible, however is also done by believers, in order to teach their own false doctrine.

Eph{2:8}
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:


By this verse alone, anyone could say that salvation is only by faith through faith, to the exclusion of repentance and works.

By that rule of exclusion from other Scriptures:

Gal 2:16
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ,


By this verse alone, anyone could say that justification is by faith of Jesus Christ alone, to the exclusion of repentance and works and grace.

Titus{3:3}
But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;


And by this verse alone, anyone can say that salvation is by the mercy of God alone, to the exclusion of repentance and works and grace and faith.

However, taken in context of all Scripture together, not only unifies the gospel of Jesus Christ into one principle doctrine, but also does away with the ad absurdum of isolating one Scripture to the exclusion of others:

Mark{1:15}
The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

Heb {6:1}
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

Acts 3:19
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

2 Cor 7:10
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of:


Repentance is principally necessary for salvation by grace through faith toward God.

James{2:14}
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?...Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

James{2:21}
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?...Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.


And works are necessary to be saved and justified by grace through faith of Jesus Christ.

And so, when we read any Scripture, we must always include all Scripture pertaining to the same thing, in order to know the unified principle gospel and doctrine of Jesus Christ.

Anyone teaching falsely from any certain Scripture, but excluding other Scripture pertaining to it, is advocating for a gospel and doctrine of another Christ, not the Jesus Christ of Scriptures.

Gal 1:6
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel. Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

Mark 13:22
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
I agree with much you have said however, the authorial intent is needed to be looked for. Also interpretation is not application.

There are verses which one can apply as a normative with in that one verse. Example would be John 14:6

This verse is fully authoritative as it is in that one very.

Jesus is the Way, Truth, and life. No one goes to the Father But through Him. The truth that is Jesus speaking His words are supreme when ever He is speaking. The authorial intent we seek is: Who was Jesus speaking to , what timeframe was it when he said it, how did they apply it then? And how do we apply it today. With Genises to REV.

we can interpret John 14:6 to mean Jesus is the only way the only truth and the only eternal life for one to have salvation and go to the Father.

The diminishment of the Lord Jesus Christ today and abandonment of him over foolish doctrine have led many to stumble.

I believe the church is less Biblical because they have given up the Bible for a I Phone and AI. They don't pray, they read prayers on Social media and FB what ever group chat. Many regurgitate prayers they heard on AI videos and impress AI Biblical teachig with animation that are not even biblically accurate.

One cannot properly interpret the word of God until one remove the worldly filters. Seek Christ, Pray and study you Bible.
 
Flesh circumcision - OT
Water baptism - NT

And so once again, we establish that both are commanded works of God, first for the OT, and then for the NT. That is not the argument.

Once more: The argument is if a commanded work of God, performed by men, is necessary to become born again in the NT of Jesus Christ.

I.e. His newbirth covenant is not established with any believer in Jesus Christ, who have also already recieved the Spirit of Christ, until water baptised with the hands of men.

I've given the arguments of Scripture, showing that is the same error of commanded law, as that of flesh circumcision, that was preached to the new believing converts in Jesus Christ. Such works of the law are not necessary before the converted believer can be born again.

I'll not go over this again with you, unless you acknowledge the argument at hand, and show you understand it enough to offer an argument against it.
The NT rebirth has not become a reality unless one's sins are remitted:
"And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord." Acts 22:16

No need for a response. Scripture speaks for itself.
 
It appears that you don't believe 2 Cor 5.
What's your point. I don't see the issue.

Romans 7 does not cancel a whole newbirth of the Spirit, but only shows that whole repentance is necessary, for Jesus Christ to come and take away all our sins and trespasses.

Jesus Christ does not come to cleanse only half our heart.

Yes, we all know about the double hearted Christian in Romans 7. Double mindedness can also be forgiven and washed away in a whole newbirth of God.
Oh how you reframe Scripture to suit your eccentric soteriology.

Since Jesus whole heartedly died once for all our sins and trespasses. We certainly must also wholeheartedly repent of all our transgressions once for all.
You don't seem to understand this passage, and your addition of "whole heartedly" just doesn't fit.

Jesus died once.

He died for all. All persons. All sins.

We don't repent for others at all, let alone for all.
 
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We have Jesus Christ the righteous, who has no sin. We have God dwelling in us, not the devil.

1Jo 3:5
And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him is sinning not: whosoever is sinning hath not seen him, neither known him.

2 Cor{6:14}
What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God;


We have the divine nature of Jesus Christ, not the lusting nature of the devil.

1Jo 3:9
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

We have natural bodies made by Jesus Christ, for us to dwell on earth. The nature of earth is neither righteous nor sinful, but only dust and grass.

1Pe 1:24
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

God makes no natural thing in this world with sin, but only with natural mortality.


Sanctification is the new birth of a whole new creature of God.

2Co 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

Neither washing, sanctification, nor justification is our process, but the work of the Spirit:

Heb 4:12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

We don't sanctify our lives in time, but keep the Spirit's sanctification free from sins of the world and the devil:

Jas 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

1 John 5:18
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.


Already quoted Scripture: We are servants to sin and the devil, if we are committing sin with the devil.



Already quoted Scripture: We are washed, sanctified, and justified. Not washed, becoming sanctified, and justified.

1 Peter {1:15}
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.


We are commanded to be holy in all our manners, not become holy in our own time.

Now we are holy newborn sons of God, now we live holy as newborn sons of God.



We are commanded to repent of our transgressions, not learn to do less transgressions.






True. And by the divine nature of the Holy God, we endure and overcome all temptions, as Jesus walked.

If we fall by transgression, we make ourselves transgressors of the world in need of repentance for forgiveness, sanctification, and justification from transgression.

1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1Jo 2:1
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.





We are newborn believers in Jesus Christ doing His righteousness, not true believers committing acts of the devil.

1 John{2:29} I
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that is doing righteousness is born of him.

1 John{3:7}
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that is doing righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.


1Jo 3:8
He that is committing sin is of the devil; for the devil is sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.




Already quoted the Scripture: God's righteousness is at all times. Man's righteousness is the moral relavance of our own works of good and evil.

1 Peter {1:15}
Be ye holy, for I am holy. And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:


God's judgment is of our work, not of our record of good vs evil works.





When is for unsanctified sinners. If is for holy saints.

If we fall, the Lord commands us to repent and confess the same as all sinners.

If we are tempted, the Holy Spirit convicts our pure hearts to do good the same as all saints.
You may not believe it, but Gods Word reveals that all past, present, and future sins of a believer are definitively and legally forgiven at the cross and applied at justification.

Texts like Colossians 2:13–14 (which says God forgave all our trespasses and cancelled the record of debt).

Hebrews 10:14 (which states that by a single offering He has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified).

Romans 8:1: There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 9:12: He entered once for all into the holy places, having secured an eternal redemption.

All sins (including future ones) were future when Christ died. Legally, the judicial penalty for all the elect's sins was paid once for all on the cross. When a person is joined to Christ by faith, their eternal standing changes from guilty to fully righteous, meaning future sins will never bring back judicial condemnation.

While a believer's legal standing as a child of God never changes, their daily fellowship with God can be hindered by sin. Believers still pray the Lord's Prayer ("forgive us our debts") and confess ongoing sins. This is not to re-secure salvation or reverse eternal condemnation, but to clear the relational barrier and experience the Father's familial cleansing.
 
Heb 10:26
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
So what compelled you to remove the word "we" and replace it "believers". It's never a good idea to add or remove words from Gods Word.
 
Care to name the commandments that we have been given?
Once again:

Act 1:1
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

We can learn the commandments of our Lord by reading those things commanded by the apostles to the churches of God.

So, any commandments preached by the apostles to us following Acts 1:1, are the commandments of our Lord Jesus given to us to keep.

We can both read the Scriptures from Acts-Revelation, and know the commandments for ourselves. Which also ensures we aren't taught other commandments, that are not written by Jesus' apostles to us.

Act 17:11
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

Mar 7:7
Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

Tit 1:14
Not giving heed to commandments of men, that turn from the truth.


We only want and love to keep the commandments of our Lord Jesus, not the commandments of wannabe lords. I've personally learned that lesson the hard way.

1Pe 5:1
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready heart; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.


When we are saved and begin keeping the Lord's commandments from the heart, we was to ensure we are keeping His commandments, and not that of others.
 
I agree with much you have said however, the authorial intent is needed to be looked for. Also interpretation is not application.

There are verses which one can apply as a normative with in that one verse. Example would be John 14:6

This verse is fully authoritative as it is in that one very.
If you mean there are single verses that are authoritative and need no contextual or supportive Scriptures to clarify and prove, then I completely agree. I.e. there is only one interpretation without any other possibility.

John 14:6 is one. Another is John 1:1. The Word was God.

And so, when the Word was made flesh, then God was made flesh. And so, God made flesh is Jesus Christ.

1Jo 4:2
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

However, so far as 'interpretation is not application', I don't agree. If we don't interpret John 1:1 as written, then we will not worship Jesus Christ as God.

There are of course people who do purposely change John 1:1 into the Word was a god. And so, they do not worship Jesus Christ, but instead worship a false god.
Jesus is the Way, Truth, and life. No one goes to the Father But through Him. The truth that is Jesus speaking His words are supreme when ever He is speaking. The authorial intent we seek is: Who was Jesus speaking to , what timeframe was it when he said it, how did they apply it then? And how do we apply it today. With Genises to REV.
This is a larger matter of contextual teaching, than the rule itself.

The rule ensures that the Scripture is first understood correctly. From there we can then begin to expand the teaching into contextual doctrine and prophecy.

However, there is also a simple rule for such context of the intended audience. First, if Scripture includes a specific audience.

2Ch 7:14
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

This command with promise does not extend to the heathen that know not the LORD God of Israel. So far as the NT people of God called by Jesus Christ, we certainly can confirm the first promise personally, but not necessarily the latter to all the land.

3Jo 1:2
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

The people are the same in faith, prayer, and godly living. The land however is no more the OT nation of Israel.



we can interpret John 14:6 to mean Jesus is the only way the only truth and the only eternal life for one to have salvation and go to the Father.
We can only interpret it that way: There is no other way than Jesus Christ.

One cannot properly interpret the word of God until one remove the worldly filters. Seek Christ, Pray and study you Bible.
While we can't seek Christ and pray through AI. We can certainly read, search, and study the Scripture through AI. As well as study and dispute prophecy and doctrine, as here.(y)

But of course, you're talking about loving more time with AI entertainments, than good old Bible reading.

Rom 15:4
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

I would say that AI is simply a more readily accessible dtstraction, than the fact of entertaining distractions. It's always a matter of spending most time with what we most love. If we love the world, there's plenty of it to go around. If we love the Bible, there's plenty of Bibles to go around too.
 
Once again:

Act 1:1
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

We can learn the commandments of our Lord by reading those things commanded by the apostles to the churches of God.

So, any commandments preached by the apostles to us following Acts 1:1, are the commandments of our Lord Jesus given to us to keep.

We can both read the Scriptures from Acts-Revelation, and know the commandments for ourselves. Which also ensures we aren't taught other commandments, that are not written by Jesus' apostles to us.

Act 17:11
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

Mar 7:7
Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

Tit 1:14
Not giving heed to commandments of men, that turn from the truth.


We only want and love to keep the commandments of our Lord Jesus, not the commandments of wannabe lords. I've personally learned that lesson the hard way.

1Pe 5:1
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready heart; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.


When we are saved and begin keeping the Lord's commandments from the heart, we was to ensure we are keeping His commandments, and not that of others.
So which commandments did the apostles teach?
 
If you mean there are single verses that are authoritative and need no contextual or supportive Scriptures to clarify and prove, then I completely agree. I.e. there is only one interpretation without any other possibility.

John 14:6 is one. Another is John 1:1. The Word was God.

And so, when the Word was made flesh, then God was made flesh. And so, God made flesh is Jesus Christ.

1Jo 4:2
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

However, so far as 'interpretation is not application', I don't agree. If we don't interpret John 1:1 as written, then we will not worship Jesus Christ as God.

There are of course people who do purposely change John 1:1 into the Word was a god. And so, they do not worship Jesus Christ, but instead worship a false god.

This is a larger matter of contextual teaching, than the rule itself.

The rule ensures that the Scripture is first understood correctly. From there we can then begin to expand the teaching into contextual doctrine and prophecy.

However, there is also a simple rule for such context of the intended audience. First, if Scripture includes a specific audience.

2Ch 7:14
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

This command with promise does not extend to the heathen that know not the LORD God of Israel. So far as the NT people of God called by Jesus Christ, we certainly can confirm the first promise personally, but not necessarily the latter to all the land.

3Jo 1:2
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

The people are the same in faith, prayer, and godly living. The land however is no more the OT nation of Israel.




We can only interpret it that way: There is no other way than Jesus Christ.


While we can't seek Christ and pray through AI. We can certainly read, search, and study the Scripture through AI. As well as study and dispute prophecy and doctrine, as here.(y)

But of course, you're talking about loving more time with AI entertainments, than good old Bible reading.

Rom 15:4
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

I would say that AI is simply a more readily accessible dtstraction, than the fact of entertaining distractions. It's always a matter of spending most time with what we most love. If we love the world, there's plenty of it to go around. If we love the Bible, there's plenty of Bibles to go around too.
The contextual rule is Christ is supreme whenever he is Speaking. Is there another way over Christ? No. There is nothing in the whole Bible that says there is another way of Salvation apart from Christ. Yes, there are many other verses to support that too you are correct.
Context also takes to account who is speaking. There is nothing Paul said that contradicts Christ. AI I agree and other media outlets have hurt the church to where we are biblically illiterate.

Now an interpretation is one I believe how ever there can be more applications of the text or passage.