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You are right. Some people see "commitment" as a key ingredient to a person's salvation. But they are wong. When I see "commitment" as a pre-condition for salvation, I see ancient Israel's commitment. They told Moses, You go near and hear all that the LORD our God may say, and tell us all that...

LOL, I call it "Spiritual DNA", with "DNA" standing for "Divine NAture".

Very Good! I would just wordsmith your final statement. It is not our faith that saves us. It is God who saves us from His wrath and gives us eternal life because we believe... For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching...

I have listened to Dave Ramsey for many years. His advice is generally solid. The only flaw I see in his financial advice is that he almost always advises his callers to liquidate their investments and pay off their debt. The better approach is to weigh the long-term financial position of all...

I can't tell whether you disagree with the principle itself or the application. Do you agree that people get new hearts when Jesus comes to live in them or do you think they get new hearts by some other way?

People receive a new heart when Jesus comes to live in them.

The new man is rightly aligned with God in every respect and cannot be corrupted by sin. He is in Christ, he is joined with Christ, and he is one spirit with Christ. If you are saying that the Holy Spirit causes the new man to always obey God, then I agree with you. The new man always obeys God...

Everything God wants and expects of us exists in Christ and is written into our divine natures by virtue of our union with Him. That's why we love God, the things of God, the people of God, etc, and hate sin. Therefore, if anyone wants to find sinless perfection in this life, then he must look...

From my book... Jesus said that the greatest commandment is, “ ‘And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment” (Mark 12:30). Now that Jesus lives in us, we love God with all our...

I deleted my reply by accident. Basically, I said Romans 3:25 isn't stating a requirement for salvation but is stating the fact that God laid on Him the iniquities of us all (like Isaiah 53:6). But on further reflection, it could be argued that part of the gospel is that Jesus died for our sins...

You are correct. Your question about the gospel being the object of our faith in "Mark 16" is a misunderstanding of yours. It is not telling us we must have faith in the gospel. It is saying we must have believe what the gospel is saying about Jesus. In other words, we must believe that He died...

These are good questions. As you asked, I will address your concerns individually. But I would like to give an overview first to provide context for my detailed comments that will follow. Trusting in Jesus leads to salvation. But trusting in Jesus is not what saves us. God personally exempts us...

Easter is about Jesus entering the strong man's house, destroying him, and plundering his goods... 14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil...

I accept the notion that the Bible is inspired and that the originals are without error. Even though we do not have any of the originals, what we do have is so much in agreement that almost nothing of consequence is in question. To me, the big uncertainty is what we make of it. And to get it...

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (Jn 3:6) You are right that everything reproduces after its own kind. God giving birth to us from out of His Spirit does not make us new human beings. It makes us offspring of God. We literally become His...