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  1. Cameron143

    James 2:14-26, A verse by verse study

    Obedience is the outcome of faith. That faith is evidenced in obedience means salvation has already occurred.
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    Understanding God’s election

    Sure it is. Animals largely run by instinct. Preprogramming. Humans maintain the ability to think and reason, but their cognitive processes have been made subject to corruption. They maintain the ability to choose, but their choices are markedly different given the corruption.
  3. Cameron143

    James 2:14-26, A verse by verse study

    Or...that obedience is the result of salvation. Anything not of faith is sin, yes? So no one has been able to please God before faith is present in them. Faith leads to obedience. Obedience doesn't lead to faith.
  4. Cameron143

    James 2:14-26, A verse by verse study

    Sure there are prophecies in the OT that refer to future times, but all the promises of God are fulfilled in Christ. They all pointed to Him. Jesus has already come and done His thing. The old covenant is now gone and there only remains the covenant of grace wherein there is no difference...
  5. Cameron143

    James 2:14-26, A verse by verse study

    So James wrote to people who wouldn't exist for over 2,000 years and circulated the letter to his contemporaries? And this seems reasonable to you?
  6. Cameron143

    The Kerygma - God's Requirement for Salvation

    Well there you have it...you would rather mock than learn. You make a comment about not understanding a portion of scripture and someone offers help and you have jokes. This is a little surprising as you regard yourself as a teacher, but I guess teachers often forget they are also students.
  7. Cameron143

    Understanding God’s election

    Man certainly has a will, but it is no longer free. Adam and Eve and Jesus are the only ones whose wills were not encumbered because they were not under the bondage of sin. The rest of us, and Adam and Eve after sin, are subject to a sinful nature. That nature inherent in fallen man impacts all...
  8. Cameron143

    James 2:14-26, A verse by verse study

    When do you believe that tribulation to be?
  9. Cameron143

    Hal Lindsay dies at 95

    There is some right and some wrong here. But to suggest that parallel passages aren't talking about the same thing is simply wrong. I thought when you spoke of going deeper you meant into deeper understanding and not in piling up alot of scriptures and having them maneuvered to meet your present...
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    The Kerygma - God's Requirement for Salvation

    Or came. Revelation isn't difficult if you understand it is dealing with the end of a covenant...end of the age. God established a covenant with Israel with stipulations and sanctions for failure to keep those terms...Deuteronomy. When Isreal filled up the measure of their sin, God brought the...
  11. Cameron143

    James 2:14-26, A verse by verse study

    If James 2:24 means that works are necessary for salvation, the verse contradicts Ephesians 2:8-9. How do you reconcile the verses?
  12. Cameron143

    Understanding God’s election

    You don't see the ambivalence in your statement? Free means unemcumbered. Every question you have answered has acknowledged some form of exertion on the will of man. How then do you call it free?
  13. Cameron143

    The Pact for the Future

    I believe you are right about both the date setting and the ability to know. But knowing will only come by revelation. Revelation is a sure thing whether it is privately given or from scripture.
  14. Cameron143

    The Pact for the Future

    You may want to check out my last C drop in the Conspiracy thread.
  15. Cameron143

    The Pact for the Future

    The rapture that stole Christmas.
  16. Cameron143

    James 2:14-26, A verse by verse study

    Why do you believe these works are required for salvation and not the results of salvation?
  17. Cameron143

    James 2:14-26, A verse by verse study

    What are the soul-saving works you believe verse 14 is speaking about?
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    Questions

    Technically it was 3 licks and a bite and the question was how many licks and not how many licks and bites.