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@Alan Dale Gross @Brightfame52 @David Lamb Who are we placed into when we receive the indwelling Holy Spirit. We're placed "In Christ" right? Romans 12:5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. 1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and...

Colossians 1:15-20 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him...

Jesus is the One True Church The Church always existed, because Jesus is the Church, and He always existed. It's a spiritual body, the Body of Christ. Pentecost marked what we call the the birth of the church because that's when believers were first "placed into", or 'baptized into' Christ by...

Understanding the Contrast of “Law” and “Promise” in Galatians 3 https://www.paramountchurch.com/blog/post/understanding-the-contrast-of--law--and--promise--in-galatians-3 I stumbled across this link when pondering the idea that the word "faith" in Scripture is used to mean so many different...

In Hebrews 6:14-20, Abraham received the promise in type, Isaac, but not the spiritual realization of it in Jesus. A very profound statement here in Galatians 3 Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Romans 4:14...

I believe that it's Jesus Who was elect from the foundations of the world. We become elect with Him [from the foundations of the world] when we are placed into Him spiritually as a result of believing and receiving the indwelling Holy Spirit. If we're literally "in Him" from the foundations of...

BTW, "the faith of Christ". Lets get into that. The idea is that's it's Christ's faith, and not ours, right? And it actually is a faith that is a gift, so literally, it's His faith.....But :) we must understand the context of that statement, for without that context, we would end up with one of...

If you have the Spirit indwelling, you are "in Christ" (1 Corinthians 12:13). That same baptism that places us into Christ makes us born again. To say it another way, that same Spirit baptism that places us into Christ, also places us into His death and resurrection (Romans 6:3-11). Making us...

Hey Dave OK good. I really don't like when people hold to that temporal argument. God may not be bound by time, but that does not override all time sensitive Scripture as they try to do. Then we agree that Abraham's salvation was not a reality, because salvation/justification can only a...

Hey Dave Do you believe that every believer, including Abraham, was "in Christ" from the foundations of the word, even before they were dead in Adam? Does that mean that Jesus is the first Adam? does that also mean that Jesus did not need to come in His incarnation, because if He died from the...

Hi Martin I was also only speaking of Abraham. Implied was that He is justified just like everyone else in the OT, by what Jesus did. So in that sense, it's everyone in the OT, right? I know Abraham never made sacrifices for sin, that was later. If Abraham was justified in that moment, the...

Hey Martin What if the word "credited [with righteousness]" has a bigger meaning than we realize? They did continue with the Levitical sacrifices to cover sin according to the Law, which would be odd if they were already forgiven once for all. I'm thinking Hebrews 10:9 through...about verse...

A) The foundations of the world. B) When his faith was credited as righteous. C) When Jesus died on the cross. D) When Jesus descended and preached to the spirits in prison, then ascending, leading captivity captive. E) Other

It's my belief that many of what I would call 50/50 passages, that is, passages that can equally be translated two different ways, were translated wrongly. The word "eis" can mean "for," "unto," or "in regard to". The grammar allows for multiple angles. That's a fact. But, I'm only making the...

I'm just thinking out loud here. I wanted to write this down before I forgot my train of thought. Jonah, when at Nineveh, had the "Word of God" with Him. Is that Jesus' presence before the Word became flesh? In the beginning was the Word, and the Word became flesh...(John 1:1-3, 1:14). It reads...

Hey Rob Thanks for the reply I think it's interesting that at Pentecost, the Proselytes and dispersed Jews who gathered there from all the [geographically] Gentile nations that were listed, took that presence of God and the Gospel with them back to those same Gentile nations, because they...

Covenant promise made to Abraham in the OT dispensation. Genesis 17:4 "As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. Covenant promise made to Abraham and fulfilled and ushered in the NT dispensation. Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and spoke to them...

I like to think of what is called 'losing salvation' as an evidence. True faith preservers. So if you walk away, what are you evidencing that you're walking away from? Too many promises by God would need to be broken for one to lose a genuine faith. Jesus is the Author and finisher of our life...

The whole Bible is a constant, our opinion as to what it says is the variable. Bad translations don't help.

That's only one of many magic bullets contained in the Bible that refute you my friend. The rest were assumed. When you refute that one, we can get into the others if you like. Your magic bullets are John 3:5, John 1:12-13, and 1 John 5:1, and you'll rewrite the entire Bible based on those poor...