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  1. Alan Dale Gross

    Justification in The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith.

    Just seeing what that does for you. Justification, Chapter 11 The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith. Paragraph 1 Those whom God effectually calls, he also freely justifies,1 not by infusing righteousness into them, but by pardoning their sins, and by accounting and accepting their persons as...
  2. Alan Dale Gross

    The "scriptures" are said to be "Given by the Inspiration of God", and I, therefore, say "The Bible we hold in our is Inspired."

    In 2 Timothy 3:15, we see these words: Then, some similar words are mentioned in the next verses 2 Timothy 3:16: The 'scriptures' that those verses are talking about are Alive, "Because the Word of God is Quick, and Powerful, and sharper than any Two-edged Sword, Piercing even to the Dividing...
  3. Alan Dale Gross

    Our Scriptural Confidence is that We have a Pure, More Sure Word of Prophecy.

    And in the case of original language manuscripts persevered through the centuries by God's people being used as the source for translation, we are assured that the initial autographs came from a Divine Source and, therefore, those original language copies, by comparison with the majority, also...
  4. Alan Dale Gross

    The Women Prepare the Spices and Ointments 'AFTER the SABBATH' and Bring them to Jesus' Grave 'ON the SABBATH'(?)

    "The One Intermediate Day between the Two Sabbaths." "The 4th scientific proof that Jesus Rose from the dead on a Sabbath morning: There is a clear biblical fact that the conventional opinion that Jesus was crucified on Good Friday and rose from the dead on Easter Sunday cannot be true at all...
  5. Alan Dale Gross

    "Sacred Writings: Preserved or Reconstructed? The Nature of the Greek New Testament" by Adam Boyd.

    "Sacred Writings: Preserved or Reconstructed? The Nature of the Greek New Testament" by Adam Boyd. I found this 1.5 hour presentation to be perfectly understandable at the 1.5 speed, which wound cut you viewing time down considerably. Check this out. You want the Original Autographs? Go...
  6. Alan Dale Gross

    Baptism: A Figure Like Figure.

    From Baptist History Homepage. Baptism -- A Figure by Rosco Brong Honest Reading of Scripture Shows That Salvation is in Christ -- Not in Baptism "... when once the Longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the Ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by...
  7. Alan Dale Gross

    What is a Baptist?

    What is a Baptist? The Eight Baptist Distinctives, below, will mark or categorize an organized congregation as being Baptist, as well as identify those without all Eight of these Distinctives and give them the opportunity to check themselves, with regard to contending for the Faith in a way that...
  8. Alan Dale Gross

    Disobedience to Divine Commands is not a Work of the Holy Spirit.

    "There is . . . one baptism." (Ephesians 4:4, 5.) "Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into (with reference to) Jesus Christ were baptized into (with reference to) His death?" (Romans 6:3) "Our fathers . . . were all baptized into (with reference to) Moses in the cloud and in...
  9. Alan Dale Gross

    How can Man be Responsible for not fully Obeying the Law of God and for not Receiving the Gospel when it is said he is unable by Nature to do either?

    "HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY AND MAN'S SPIRITUAL INABILITY." "Another question concerning man's Responsibility is, How can man be Responsible for not fully Obeying the Law of God and for not Receiving the Gospel when they hear it, when he is unable by Nature to do either of these? "For proof of...
  10. Alan Dale Gross

    How can Man be Responsible for his Actions when all that he does has been Ordained and Decreed of God?

    "WHY MAN IS RESPONSIBLE?" "The question is, then, how can man be responsible for his actions when all that he does has been Ordained and Decreed of God? This is not a new question. It is at least as old as the New Testament, and probably much older. "Paul anticipated this question from his...
  11. Alan Dale Gross

    Our Advocate in Heaven. "...Behold, my Witness is in Heaven, and my Record is on High.” Job 16:19

    Our Advocate in Heaven “Also now, behold, my Witness is in Heaven, and my Record is on High.” (Job 16:19) “It is significant that here, in what is probably the oldest book in the Bible, two vitally important New Testament Truths are anticipated. God had Revealed Himself to Job, where Job knew...
  12. Alan Dale Gross

    The First Cause of all things must be an Infinite, Eternal, Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Omniscient, Spiritual, Volitional, Truthful, Loving, Living Being

    The Logical Implications Applying the principles of cause and effect, it is clear that scientific logic indicates that the Cause for the universe in which we live must trace back to an infinite First Cause of all things. Random motion or primeval particles cannot produce intelligent thought...
  13. Alan Dale Gross

    Have you ever observed the speed limit? "AN UNLETTERED EXAMPLE #1: MARK 6:20 on "an holy, and observed him"

    From Top 10 Problem Passages for the King James Bible Translation by Craig Lantz, ThD, PhD, Theologian, Author, and Friend of Jesus. So, for the Bible to say, "a just man and an holy, and observed him" are a couple of the top ten Problems Passages in the King James Translation, is being a...
  14. Alan Dale Gross

    What does God mean when He's Speaking someone being "The Natural Man?"

    1. What does it mean to be a Natural Man? Answer: To understand the meaning of being a Natural Man we must first examine the term “natural”. A.– Natural means- of or pertaining to one’s Nature or Constitution; Inborn. (Webster Illustration Contemporary Dictionary pg. 482). Merriam Webster...
  15. Alan Dale Gross

    The Efficient Cause of Reprobation in The Doctrine of Reprobation is God.

    I. The Term “Reprobation.” "The term “Reprobation” derives from the word reprobate. Reprobate means abandoned, forsaken, left behind. "I make use of the word "rejection" in this article, partly because it is a scriptural phrase and ascribed to God, and partly because it is that act of God...
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