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The Worker Vs. The Non-worker Who Believes Rom 4:4 "Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt." Rom 4:5 "But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness." The workers reward is of debt and...

Calvinists, in trying to prove John Calvin's idea of a limited atonement, will sometimes avoid the primary meaning of the word 'all' (pas). The primary meaning of the word all means each and everyone universally but Calvinists try and use a secondary meaning as in 'all of a certain group'...

--is repentance just saying I am sorry? --is repentance making amends for wrongs you have done? --is repentance just a change of mind or a change of mind and actions?

Can people or groups of people hold to contradicting beliefs on how to become a Christian/how to be saved [and other bible issues] yet all of them be biblically right/be "in truth" amid that contradition and conflicting beliefs?

At what point or verse in Acts 2 did Peter's listeners come into a saved position? :chin

Repent metanoeō : Thayer's Lexicon: --To change one's mind, --Used esp. of those who, conscious of their sins and with manifest tokens of sorrow, are intent on obtaining God's pardon --To change one's mind for the better, heartily to amend with abhorrence of one's past sins --Conduct...

Phil 3:13-14 "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." 1 Cor 9:24-25 "Know...

Mt 7:21 "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. " Mt 7:24 "Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house...

On the way to work this morning I was scanning through the radio dial and came across a program where someone (Adrian Rogers I think) was teaching on eternal security. His "proof text" was Jn 10:28 "And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any [man] pluck...

2 Thess 1:8 "In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:" 1 Pet 4:17 "For the time [is come] that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if [it] first [begin] at us, what shall the end [be] of them that obey not the...

This thread came about as a result of a post I made in another thread: "The only way one can make his salvation something earned/something of debt and not of grace is by keeping God's law sinlessly perfect. But Abraham and David both sinned so they could not earn salvation by works they needed...

Some are under the wrong impression that God's grace must be unconditional else man would be trying to earn grace by "working" a condition. Is that the case? Namaan was told to dip in the Jordan river 7 times and he would be cleansed of his disease. 1) it's undeniable that his cleansing...

Rom 4:4 "Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt." Rom 4:5 "But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness." The workers reward is of debt and not grace. This means the worker is one...

"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." Can one be a Christian yet not walk in those good works which God before ordained Christians to walk in? Can one go through their whole life with faith only...

On another forum, I made the argument that the very idea of repentance requires restitution/reparation. So if you steal your neighbors horse and repent, then true repentance requires you to return the stolen horse else you have not truly repented/changed. If you do not have to return the horse...