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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...

Believe (decides), and then become alive (everlasting life). Is John 3:16 taken out of context? That's the core of the Gospel, right? John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. The Spirit is...

III. Faith, not works, the way of salvation, as proved by instance of First Testament saints (11:1-12:2) 1. Faith defined (11:1-3) 2. Faith illustrated (11:4-40) 3. Faith exhorted (12:1,2)] IV. Final Warnings and Exhortations (12:3-13:25) 1. If these Jews remain under the chastening hand...

II. The New Testament is better than and takes the place of the First Testament, (8:7-10:39), because... 1. It was prophesied to be better (8:7-13) ....a. The First Testament faulty in that it did not put away sin (v.7) ....b. New Testament made with Israel and Judah (v.8) ....c. First...

HEBREWS Analysis by Kenneth S. Wuest Wuest's Word Studies From the Greek New Testament I. The New Testament is better than and takes the place of the First Testament because its Founder, the Messiah, is better than... (1:1-8:6) 1. The prophets (1:1-3) since Messiah is... ....a. God the Son...

Who said that Gospels are the NT? They speak of the NT, and show the transition into the NT from the OT, but are not the NT until the cross. Do you know who gave that Title 'New Testament' and placed Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John as first under that heading? Those who formed the cannon of...

And yet there were 'none righteous, no not one, none good, no not one.' Your answer is a Catholic answer. You probably want to read Romans 4 again. I went over this already. Job 9:29-33 If I am condemned, Why then do I labor in vain? If I wash myself with snow water, And cleanse my hands with...

...........Romans 4:4-7 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, just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes...

All the types of the OT pointed to NT reality. Jesus said that if they believed Moses, they would believe Him, that Moses wrote about Him (John 5:46). The Gospel always was, even in the OT. So it's not the Gospel being preached that indicates when the NT begins. It when the ingredients of that...

Exactly! And that credit was realized when Jesus died, rose, and ascended as Romans 3:25-26 tells us. It's literally the same come context. God would not need to pass over sins, or to demonstrate His righteousness (through Jesus as fully man, what is imputed to us), that He might be just and...