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If a "saint" was never saved then he was never a saint. :) But I don't think false professors are in view in 1 John. (see previous post) 2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 11...

It could be that the "us" refers to John and his co-workers in the gospel. The antichrists went out from "us" and came to you teaching things that are contrary to what "ye have heard from the beginning" from us (vs. 24). He's warning his readers not to be seduced by them (vs. 26). There seems...

Of course he's dead - physically. No one's disputing that. You're quoting the unbelieving Jews in John 8:52. But look at what Jesus said in that same passage: 49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. 50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one...

Mark 4:11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: Jesus didn't mention "subcategories" of outsiders, future-saved outsiders & permanently unsaved outsiders, in this passage. He...

12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. 14 Jesus answered and said unto them...

KJV Mark 4:1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine...

Jesus said many things to the Pharisees and unbelievers that weren't parables. An example would be John 8:12-59. So your "proof" fails.

i shall now give the answers to what were my rhetorical questions: Outside of the parable, what does the Bible tell us about the sower who sowed seed in the 4 types of soil? Nothing. Outside of the parable, what does the Bible tell us about the woman who hid the leaven in three measures of...

28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. In your scenario the 5 brothers would already be in this place of torment at the same time the rich man was; because you're placing the story at the resurrection of the unjust. But the...

You're misquoting me. I said that there's no literal history attached to the characters in the parables, not the parables themselves. Learn to read. "The characters in the parables are unnamed, were never mentioned before in the Bible, and never get mentioned again. They have no literal...

Jesus wasn't the one who brought the lost sheep into His fold. "A man" did that (Matt. 18:12) That's the parable - the earthly story. "Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish." That's NOT the parable; that's the meaning of the...

The absence of proper names in parables isn't a rule; it's an observation. Parables can be seen as fictitious and they still make their point without taking away from the credibility of the one telling them (Jesus). Are they not all "earthly stories (sower, coin, an attacked traveler, a...

No one in the history of proving has ever proved that this is a parable. Actually the context is the covetous Pharisees deriding Jesus. They had the bucks like the rich man. They didn't like the idea of not being able to serve God & mammon. They apparently made money teaching that it's OK to...

Do you know the difference between a vision and a hallucination? The 2 men were real; standing (Luke 9:32) and talking. One of them, Moses, had died; he was dead. Once upon a time one dead guy said to another dead guy, "Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will...

It sounds like you don't believe in the Trinity (one God, three distinct Persons).

I'm not sure what you're asking. Flesh, objects, space, & mass have nothing to do with it because the person's spirit and the indwelt Holy Spirit are non material. I have my spirit and I have the indwelt Holy Spirit. I'm not Him and He's not me.

I'm both. A saint is a saved sinner.

Every time we read 2 Peter or any other part of the Bible we are reminded of its contents. We need to be reminded regularly because we do forget. Peter and the other human writers of divinely-inspired Scripture left these reminders in written form only.

"I will come to you" is a reference to Jesus' resurrection. The Holy Spirit now indwells living believers. Jesus now is in heaven at the right hand of the Father.

20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall...