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Human faith believes in Santa Clause. Biblical faith is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, one of the effects of being saved. Catholics have Santa Clause faith as do many Evangelicals and Baptists

Faith is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. = God must save you before you can believe.

Earning salvation through obedience.

You are teaching salvation by works. Pure and simple.

Decisional Regeneration? What about Billy Graham? Charles Finney? And today’s popular “alter call” approach to the Gospel? Jesus said, “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” John 3:36 (KJV...

Here it is in a nutshell. "Universal atonement" = faith comes first, salvation follows. "Limited atonement" salvation comes first, faith follows.

How did I find out Christ died only for me as a believer? I was in a 4 point Calvinist Church that taught universal atonement. Before that, I ran in Arminian circles. So I never knew about "Limited Atonement" until they began teaching against it. But in that setting, I heard the doctrine clearly...

This understanding has tremendous bearing on Paul's wood, hay, and stubble passage. “If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.” 1 Corinthians...

When I was 20, the Lord converted me over a period of 3 days. I began telling people that I didn't know what was going on but I think Christ is real and he is dealing with me. The joy of the Holy Spirit and God's love had become real and excited me. And I didn’t want it to stop but feared that...

I think it is a poetic reference to Christ. The Romans crucified many Jews but in this use, it has a special reference to Christ.

Most do not understand how salvation happens. First God imparts the new birth. The Spirit bears witness with our spirit causing us to believe, based on this experience. If someone pats you on the back, you received a pat on the back just as we received Christ. Any act of the will before...

“And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.” Matthew 19:9 (KJV 1900) Only death breaks the marriage bond. And they killed adulterers in the OT...

The innocent divorced wife and the man she marries commit adultery even though she was divorced from an adulterous husband. It takes two to commit adultery and Jesus calls the new husband an adulterer. “And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and...

There are no biblical grounds for divorce let alone remarriage, in the NT. Why were the divorced woman and man she married called adulterers in Matt. 19:9, when she was divorced from a husband who committed adultery against her? The "except clause" does not work for you or any other church...

Does your church believe it's OK to divorce and remarry? All of them in my area do promoting adultery in their membership. I can prove it is adultery no matter how they try to get around it. The news article speaks for many in this area; Millions of Evangelical Christians Want to Start World...

“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” Hebrews 10:25 (KJV 1900) My wife and I constitute a church. “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in...

The Six Days of Creation. In Hebrews 11:3 the writer says; “By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.” Calvin translates it; “so that they became the visibles of things not visible,” or, not apparent. And...

All the Father gave to Christ will come to him. So it takes skill to witness and preach the gospel. Most get it wrong. They go about presenting God as a bully who demands they "say uncle" or whatever condition they come up with for them to meet in order to save themselves. Are you wasting your...

I think even the best of us are like Jesus said of the Pharisees. "Graves that appear not". I think of Facebook and other social media resources as the Pharisee's playground. My how good we look when marketing ourselves.

You are bearing false witness too. You need repentance. I already said we shop at Walmart grocery pick-up. I do not socialize and just told some family members not to visit over the holidays. Yikes, do you hate me?