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The man in Romans 7:14-25 is trying with all his might to keep the Law. That is NOT something that Christians do—it is something that Jews do. In this passage, Paul is using the literary device known as “speech in character,” and the character in Romans 7:14-25 is an unregenerate but devout Jew...

I am saying that Peter taught that water baptism is efficacious for salvation.

Peter taught that water baptism is efficacious for salvation. He did not teach nor imply that water baptism is necessary for salvation.

Clarke had a gift for recognizing truth wherever he found it. In his commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, he quotes at length (23 pages) Dr. John Taylor’s “A Key to the Apostolic Writings; or, an Essay to explain the Gospel Scheme, and the principle words and phrases which the apostles have...

In this part of your post you are not quoting from Adam Clarke but a quote in his commentary from James MacKnight (1721-1800), a minister in the Church of Scotland—a staunchly Reformed denomination that strictly adheres to the Westminster Confession of faith. That quote is from the following...

The Bible says, 21 ὃ καὶ ὑμᾶς ἀντίτυπον νῦν ⸃ σῴζει βάπτισμα, οὐ σαρκὸς ἀπόθεσις ῥύπου ἀλλὰ συνειδήσεως ἀγαθῆς ἐπερώτημα εἰς θεόν, δι’ ἀναστάσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, 1 Peter 3:21. And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as a pledge to God from a...

Christians, with the exception of those whose theology is Baptist (with or without add-ons), believe that the grace of God for salvation is normatively conferred upon the believer through water baptism. And this was the virtually the unanimous view of the Church for 1600 years—even surviving the...

Not true! The truth can be found here: https://www.google.com/search?q=biblicist+vs+calvinist&oq=Biblicist&aqs=chrome.3.69i57j0i512j0i10i512j0i512j46i512j0i10i30j0i30l4.8430j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

In truth, this brief paragraph should read, I'm a Calvinist; but I call myself a Biblicist. I'm just a mere mortal man, and all I can do is present to you a Calvinist interpretation of Scripture. If you cannot, or rather will not, submit to Calvinism, then there's nothing I can say to change...

A Plea for Honesty and Objectivity Facts matter: Most of Gottschalk’s writings have been lost. The only writings of his that have survived are (hand-written in Latin): Some of his poetry Two short treatises that do not expound clearly upon his teaching on predestination. Some fragments of a...

Since the protestant Reformation, only one exegetical commentary on the Greek text of Romans written from a Reformed perspective has been published by a publishing house or a university, Murray, John. The Epistle to the Romans. “New International Commentary on the New Testament series”. Grand...

All humans, including babies, do not die because of a curse; they die because they have sinned. Romans 6:23. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 5:18. So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all...

If God really revealed in His word these things, why did not anyone notice such concepts in the Bible before the 16th century? We have today a huge quantity of Pre-Reformation Christian literature that has been digitalized and very carefully studied, by persons representing a very wide spectrum...

Since the protestant Reformation, only one exegetical commentary on the Greek text of Romans written from a Reformed perspective has been published by a publishing house or a university, Murray, John. The Epistle to the Romans. “New International Commentary on the New Testament series”. Grand...

Rom. 5:12. Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned— 13. for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even...