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Here is what I am going to do with your post. Since sola scriptura is only valid when context is taken into consideration, and the context here is the believers of the NT, I am going back to your post and wipe out all OT scripture, for they don't speak of the NT believer. That is step one. Now...

IF (and we are not) commanded to commemorate any day of the week it would be the first day of the week, the day that Christ rose from the dead. That is the day that the apostles kept (Acts 20:7; 1Cor.16:2). There is no evidence that any NT believer kept the Sabbath. But you follow that...

My definition of sola scriptura is a bit different than that of the Reformers. It has been refined by the Baptists. "It simply states that the Bible is our final authority in all matters of faith and practice." Of course that excludes being an authority in Math and science and other secular...

Sticking with sola scriptura is one part of the answer. Sticking with scripture within the context that it is written is the other part. You do use scripture but miserably fail with the context in which the scripture is used. You have nothing at all. There is not one Scripture that gives a...

Why are you upset? I never claimed it what there for me to agree with. I simply answered the OP. I answered why I shouldn't hold the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith. I gave the reasons why. Baptists believe in soul liberty. We are not Roman Catholics that must adhere by force to one...

Thanks for the response. I'll just wait for what you were previously answering instead of adding anything new here.

I generally agree with what you say, but in the last point fail to see how, at the end of this age, the kingdom awaits "the full consummation of the kingdom." To me this implies things are getting better and better, when in fact the opposite is true. Not only are they getting worse and worse...

It was this statement that was confusing to me He’s revealed to us both through Scripture and through the Church, “which is his body, and the fulness of him which is filled all in all.” He’s revealed to us both through the prophets and through His miracles. It is a desperate fundamentalism...

It doesn't have to. The word has more than one meaning. Context determines meaning. (ESV) Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.

He doesn't like the answer given and he never will. If it disagrees with his stance he will not accept it, only argue with it. Consider the OP, and the answers given: The OP is very simple. It asks this question: I gave a simple answer in post 8, still on the first page: One cannot adopt a...

The incarnate Christ left this world at the time of His Ascension ca. 29 A.D. So that point is moot. It really has no relevance except that he left us His Apostles who in turn left us His Word. When you define "Church" as the RCC you are simply speaking of mysticism and superstition, and are...

Good idea. But that is as far as it goes. There is a matter of linguistics, and second a matter of "professing." Linguistically, everyone from J.W.'s, Mormons, and even Hindus use the word "god." But that doesn't make any one of them "Christian." To "profess" to be a follower of the "true...

Then step away from the Board Icon, Take a deep breath. Clear your mind of all bad thoughts and pray. Make sure you don't post anything you regret.

That is just a cop-out. No matter where on earth you live you must submit to the authorities above you. I will make this simple for a child-like mind. You are now in grade three. Your teacher is your "lord," master, teacher, authority figure. You are the pupil, student and even servant. You...

I don't remember your answer to: Why did you feel compelled to add this statement to your Confession, when something so obvious did not have to be mentioned in the 17th Century Confessions. "That marriage must be between one man and one woman."

Have you ever posted your personal testimony Icon? How you were saved?

That was your foolish implication. Who is the ruler of this world? Christ or Satan? What does Christ say about our part in this world? John 17:14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. --Here Christ says...

You go on in a foolish rant not even bother to read what has already been posted. SG never answered my question. You probably never read his post, and no doubt can't answer the question either. But then you haven't read the entire thread have you? I will recap for you. SG did for you what I...

My problem is not with salvation per se, except that I am not a Calvinism. I don't call you unsaved for that and I trust by your remark that you are not implying I am unsaved. My problems with the Confession I have listed elsewhere. Briefly some of them had to do with eschatology, the Sabbath...