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    John of Japan replied to the thread The Two Surrenders.
    I'm happy to answer. As a missionary, I learned that many Americans don't realize the importance of the resurrection. I have run across...
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    John of Japan reacted to Anthony Pritchard's post in the thread The Two Surrenders with Like Like.
    Brother, differing circumstances do not create differing kinds of salvation. A deathbed conversion, a roadside conversion, a childhood...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread The Two Surrenders.
    Did the thief on the cross believe he was a sinner? Check. Did the thief on the cross believe in Jesus? Check. Did he speak to Jesus...
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    John of Japan reacted to Anthony Pritchard's post in the thread The Two Surrenders with Like Like.
    There are no atypical salvation experiences, we are all saved the very same way, no exceptions. Salvation is inward, then, given the...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread The Two Surrenders.
    Correction: The prof's name was Arend Ten Pas, not Erend. Here is his pamphlet on Amazon: The Lordship of Christ: Or can a person be...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread The Two Surrenders.
    Personally, I trusted Christ as Savior at age 4. One of my Bible college profs (1972) was Erend Ten Pas, who wrote a pamphlet advocating...
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    John of Japan reacted to Anthony Pritchard's post in the thread The Two Surrenders with Like Like.
    Ascetic X, Bother, the thief on the cross is the clearest example of what I mean by “the heart turns to Christ.” He turned to Christ as...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread The Two Surrenders.
    Well of course. Yes, John MacArthur declared that the Sermon on the Mount is a salvation message, but it isn't. Nowhere in Matt. 5-7 do...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread The Two Surrenders.
    9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead...
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    John of Japan reacted to 360watt's post in the thread Biblicism with Like Like.
    Well, there is more and less extreme versions of Calvinism and Arminianism. I'd agree with receiving Jesus as Saviour. He doesn't...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread The Two Surrenders.
    No. The semantics (meaning) of "confess" and "obey" are not the same. "Confess" is well known as the Greek omologeo, "to say the same."...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread The Two Surrenders.
    Well, of course they do believe in regeneration. But I object to your "even more so." But here you missed my point about the Holy...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread The Two Surrenders.
    None of these refute my presentation of the Greek grammar. The KJV gets it right: "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread The Two Surrenders.
    But what does 1 Cor. 15 say the Gospel is? You are misquoting the verse, perhaps from the NASB? It does not say "Jesus is Lord,"...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread The Two Surrenders.
    About Paul Washer, when he gives his own testimony, he said he "believed" in Christ, but he doesn't say he "made Christ Lord" of his...
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