Wow
@mailmandan you got BH to write a book..lol
Its to bad it is full of mistakes and and attempt to get to God through the back door of self righteousness
The fact is we have been saved by Grace (eph 2: 8)
The fact is, it is not by good deeds which we have done, But by Gods mercy Titus 3: 5
The fact is we have been washed by the washing of water by the word, - eph 5: 26
The fact is we are made a child of God by receiving him - John 1: 12
the fact is all this is accomplished THROUGH faith.
It is by faith we recieve him, It by by faith in the word we come to him (john 6)
It is by faith we take in the bread from heaven and believe (john 6)
It is by faith we hear the words and believe (john 5)
It is by faith we ask for the living water, (john 4)
It is by faith we look to the cross as they looked to the serpent in Moses day to live (john 3)
John makes it clear in all these passages, all who trust him will never perish, never hunger, never thirst, Live forever. Have eternal life, Have passed from death to life. Shall not come into judgment, and will be raised on the last day.
We are saved BY GRACE, through the love of Christ who gave his ife for us.
It is in this LOVE we have recieved that we are saved, and made new creatures.
It is out of this love, we have recieved, we now have the ability to love others (we love because he first loved us We can not love him BEFORE re recieve his love, and we can not earn his love by works.
We produce fruit because in being born again, he attaches us to the vine, We can not produce fruit (works) apart from CHrist.
so anyone sho says we can work our way to eternal life is misled. As misled as the jew was who crucified Cheist because Christ said their works were worthless also.
I have learned through my many years in christian chat a few things.
1. No one reads long winded cut and past posts.. He may have written these words. But he still cut and pasted from a source he wrote it on. There is no way he could type that fast.
2. people usually post these long winded posts in attempt to destroy someone elses argument, Because they are unable to do it with just a few words.
3. They usually do it. Because their belief is so out there. They need to make sure they add every point.. because if you miss a few points, their belief falls apart.
4. They also know n one is going to take the time to answer every point, it would take way to long. So they use the non answer as a victory march that hw was right, because the other person can not answer him (which is not true)
5. Even when you are discussing a passage of scripture. You should not put everything down all at once. Because NO ONE reads every word. Do it a few verses at a time, and discuss before you move on.’
You were right Dan, All this time he was writting a huge eisegesis document in an attempt to prove you wrong.’
The sad part is, after all this time, he failed.