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You started off using the word 'surety.' Then you wanted to switch it to 'guarantee.' Now you want to say it's the 'assurance.' I think you should make up your mind. Enguos only appears once in the N.T., in Heb. 7:22, but I believe it is the word used in the LXX in Prov. 6:1-5 & 11:15, both...

Luther and Calvin, like everybody else, were sinners saved by grace because the Lord Jesus Christ had graciously taken their sins upon Himself and paid the penalty for then in full. The apostle Paul was by his own confession, a murderer (Acts 22:4; 26:10). Just as he was used in an...

OK. I think "guarantor" as in the ESV translation of Heb.7:22, is better as the Lord Jesus is the one who gives the guarantee. So here's my post again: What do you think a "guarantor" is? Well, to save time, I'll tell you. A guarantor is someone who takes on and guarantees the debts of someone...

A couple of points: Firstly, if you join a church that 'just believes the Bible,' you have no idea what it believes the Bible teaches, and no defence against it changing its mind. I do not foresee myself leaving my current church, but if for some reason I did, I would never join a church...

Yes. Read Psalm 22.

In my church we have two young(ish) men who serve as elders. One has four children; the other has five :)

Excellent! How is the cross, which Paul says is of first importance, the forgiveness of sins? We have had: Which sounds like an awful lot of work. How is the cross the forgiveness of sins? Why does the cross lead God not to count mankind's sins against them? I know, but I want to see what...

I am still not clear on what you consider the accomplished work of Christ to be, and how they lead to the forgiveness of our sins. Firstly, I have looked through your post #79 again and I can still see no mention of the Lord Jesus Christ (I think it's nice to give Him His full title sometimes...

I was saved at a chuch that 'just believed the Bible.' It seemed to me as a brand-new Christian to be a splendid thing, but the problem that soon came to the fore is that there is no agreement on what the Bible actually teaches. The result was an influx of people with a whole smorgasbord of...

Do you think we can make our own hearts new? As usual, no place for Christ crucified. Really, if you just left off the 'in Christ' bit, it would work just as well. I would love to hear your comments on 1 Cor. 2:2. Why did Paul resolve to know nothing but Jesus Christ and Him crucified?

Great post, Dave! The thing about Ezekiel 18 is that it reflects the law. 'Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourself a new heart and a new spirit....' (v.31). It's like the Lord Jesus telling Nicodemus that he must be born again. The natural man...

You have left out the Lord Jesus Christ. '"For My thoughts are not Your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD. "For as the heavens are higherthan the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts"' (Isaiah 55:8-9). Evideintly not for you.

None at all! His position as head of the C of E is entirely ceremonial. This has been the case, I think, since the Glorious Revolution in 1688, when the Roman Catholic king James II was thrown out. In the 18th Century, George III rebuked the then Archbishop of Canterbury for holding masked...

I'm going to leave the rather pathetic snidies, and get to the point. I am looking at Romans 3:25-26, which is the text you quoted and comparing Scripture with Scripture to get to the truth. Let's run through it again. I shall perforce be repeating myself a fair bit because I dealt with the...

This sort of stuff is just terribly sad, although it should be said that the allegations against this man have not yet been proved. Over here in the UK, the Church of England is a disaster area. Although there are many fine Bible-believing churches in the C of E, the hierarchy seems utterly...

Well I think you'll find that there is, but first of all, thank you for finally engaging with the text of Scripture. Never mind that I did in fact explain the text briefly in post #52, and you had nothing to say on the matter: here we are now and lets look at the text you quoted in a little...

That has sweet nothing to do with Calvin and everything to do with Romans 3:25-26. If Calvin agrees with me, that's great, but it has nothing to do with the truth of Romans 3:25-26.

When have I actually claimed to hold Calvin's view of divine justice? I don't even know what that is! 'The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.' I expect that people in generations to come will be amazed and scornful at some of our views and understandings. But what...

So how much do you agree with Paul then? 'Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, ...... concerning the law, a Pharisee; concerning zeal, persecuting the Church; concerning the righteousness that is in the law, blameless. But what things were gain to me...

This really is delightfully droll! :) @JonC has been saying for ages that he only looks at Scripture, but when he finds that Scripture does not support him, he has suddenly turned 180 degrees and now only wants to discuss philosophy - Scripture? Forget it! And not only that but he has found a...