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The fact is that Greek experts and seminarians are divided on this verse, and probably will be until our Lord returns. The sad thing is that the commentators seem to be split down party lines. It is true that touto ['that'] is in the neuter, while pistis ['faith'] is feminine. But charis...

It is probably not going to be possible for me to answer all your points within the timescale available. I have a life outside of this thread and a busy day in front of me. However, you may start another thread on the same subject if you wish to and repeat your questions. I have to say that I...

You will understand that I don't know anything about you. It did not appear to me from your previous posts that you have studied Calvinism, so I thought a quotation from the 1689 Confession might be helpful. OK. Yes. No. She sinned of her own free will as the Bible tells us (Gen. 3:6)...

It isn't a problem for me, and it isn't a problem for Calvinists generally. I think you would do well to study Calvinism before you make adverse comments about it. Here is the 1689 Baptist Confession on Free Will. I offer it, not because I think it's infallible or anything like that, but to...

It would be really worrying to have to be justified by your own works. Deut. 27:26. 'Cursed is the one who does not confirm all the words of this law.' All of them. See Gal. 3:10. James 2:10. 'For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all.'

Gal. 2:16. 'Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified. Does it not...

Here, unfortunately, you show your ignorance once again. The Doctrines of Grace did not originate with Calvin, as I and others have stated many times. Obviously, they are found all over the Bible, which is all I care about, but let that pass for the moment. Look down at my signature at the...

I think it is good sometimes to meditate upon Psalm 37. 'Do not fret because of evildoers, nor be envious of the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb............ I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a...

I find myself unable to recall any of the times when anybody on this forum has put up Calvin as a great theologian. Perhaps you would kindly remind me of two or three and give me the threads and the post numbers? Thanks!

Whatever James 2:24 means, it cannot contradict verses like Romans 4:4-5. 'Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace, but as debt. But to him who does not work, but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.' God doesn't justify...

Well actually, I got it from you. Clearly you believe that someone can be born again, made a new creation one moment, and then 'de-created' the next. I'm somewhat relieved that you don't think that the process can go on indefinitely, but do you really think that the New Birth is reversible? 1...

Matt. 7:16-17. "You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear...

If someone is one of Christ's sheep, he may, for a time, lose his way, but the Good Shepherd will come and find him and bring him home. If the Good Shepherd doesn't come and find him, that is an indication that he was never one of Christ's sheep I think OSAS - Once Saved, Always Saved - is a...

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Thanks to @Paleouss and @DaveXR650 for some helpful comments. For the benefit of @kyredneck I will deal with the texts he has brought up in due course. Perhaps we can start with a definition, from the Baptist Catechism ("Keach's") of 1690. Q. What is Justification? A. Justification is an act...

I am currently on holiday, and have been doing a bit of study. I am interested to know what folk here think about Justification. So firstly, how does justification differ from forgiveness? Secondly, in the Book of Romans, Paul tells us that we are justified by three things: 1. We are...

Matthew 7:21-23. "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. but he who does the will of My Father in heaven...." OK, so what is the will of the Father? John 6:28-29. 'Then they said to Him, "What shall we do that we may work the works of God?" Jesus...

I have never heard of them before, but browsing through their beliefs it appears that they deny the Trinity inasmuch as they deny the deity and personality of the Holy Spirit.

It may be helpful to compare 2 Thes. 2:13 with 2 Tim. 1:9. '[God] who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.' The salvation and the calling come in time...