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In that post I was responding to Phoneman’s assertion that someone who climbs down or deliberately continues in sin could have once been saved. 1 John 3:6 makes it clear that that is not the case. Lets look at the context to understand the first part of the verse. “And every man that hath...

Post #151357 explains both parts. Both are true. Christians have their hope and faith in Christ and they continuously struggle against the sin in their life. We know the Apostle Paul was a Christian. We know also that he continued to have sin in his life due to the weakness of his flesh, as...

No of course not. I accept the whole thing. A person who continues in sin without remorse and without struggling against it has never known Christ. None of us are ever able to stop sinning completely, this is the struggle that Paul was talking about. Notice how Paul puts it. “For we know...

“For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that...

“Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭3:6‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/1jn.3.6.kjv I think this makes it clear. A person who continues in sin has never known him.

One point here. “He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭2:4‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/1jn.2.4.kjv This verse clearly indicates that this person does not know Christ, and was never “once saved“. So, using your...

1 John 5:1 once you believe in Jesus, you have been born of God. “Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭5:1‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/59/1jn.5.1.esv

Ephesians 1:13 covers it. “In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1:13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/eph.1.13.nkjv The only requirements given...

I have a different understanding of Acts 2:38 than most. Not necessarily correct, but it makes sense to me. Most people see physical water baptism in Acts 2:38. To best relate what I mean I’ll start with Matthew 26:28. “And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them...

The Greek word eis means into. It is often translated “for”, but I don’t think ”for” conveys the entire meaning of eis. Metanoian is translated as “repentance”. It means a change of mind in Greek.

I agree. You can see the same message in Luke 24:47. “Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then He opened their minds to...

Matthew 28:19 has the same Greek word for nations, just like Luke 24:47 and Gentiles from Acts 15:3. I don’t think they forgot. I think they allowed the Holy Spirit to guide the process.

I think its encouraging for us to see that the Apostles suffered from a lot of the same issues that we have today. The verse I was referring to was Luke 24:45 where it says: “Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭24:45‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬...

In Luke the term isn’t limited to Jews only. So, I still believe the Apostles knew that the Gentiles would receive the promise. If they didn’t then their minds were not opened to understand as Luke 24 says. That doesn’t mean that there wasn’t an order to things and it wasn’t yet time to take...

The Greek word translated nations in Luke 24:47 is the same word that was translated Gentiles in Acts 15:3.

I went back and reread Acts 10, 11, and 15. I don’t really see Peter as surprised about going to the house of Cornelius. He was surprised that the restrictions on what was considered unclean to eat under the law had been removed. I think in Acts 10:43 he may very well be reflecting back on...

Didn’t the Apostles know here. “Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to...

These passages seem relevant to this discussion. “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”” ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭8:22‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/59/gen.8.22.esv ““But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the...

I see it as a confession of faith and I am not trying to eliminate it. I do believe we are saved by grace through faith and not by things we do. The mystical comment makes me think of John 3:8.

I agree it means to immerse. Not to immerse in water. Thayers Lexicon says that baptizo is used in conjunction with eis to indicate the medium into which immersion occurs. That is the principal I was applying in my previous post #361 in reference to Acts 2:38.