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Don't let Judaizers prevent you from acknowledging that all who have faith like Abraham are spiritual = Messianic Jews per RM 2:28-29. (Also, "don't let the devil have all the good music" :^)

I just explained: God is love and works lovingly through those who seek/repent/cooperate with His HS. What is YOUR explanation?

Yes, because most converts spoke the king's English, but surely that statistic has been changing ever since English changed or became more modern in the 20th century?

Yes, all babies need guidance in order to learn right and wrong and how to be saved, which is the role of parents. A&E apparently failed to do this effectively with Cain, whose first sin probably was not murder.

The only exception is when the person was baptized as an infant rather than as a profession of faith in Christ. This is why the first Baptists were called Anabaptists or rebaptizers, because many were converts from Roman Catholicism.

1CR 14:18 is one of those verses in Scripture that are problematic given the fact that the rest of the chapter attempts to downplay the importance of glossalalia and Paul never recommended it in other epistles.

Yes, this is why learning GW is important: so we will have a reservoir of truth in store from which the HS can draw when needed.

Because the essential aspect of being a human rather than a robot or subhuman creature is moral free will (MFW), which is what enables a person to experience love and meaning. This is what makes humans different from animals, whose behavior is governed mainly by instinct. This is what it means...

Yes, the purpose of the OT (like creation and conscience) is to prepare the way for Christ.

...or on ourselves, who would be as wicked to demand a sign (MT 12:39, 2CR 5:7).

The Bible's God is love and works lovingly through those who seek/repent/cooperate with His HS, but not through haters. I don't see the difference between this and being "righteous, and loving and merciful and compassionate".

Yes, salvation has three time components: we were saved at the moment of repentance/conversion, we are being/remaining saved as we grow toward spiritual maturity, and we will be saved when we are resurrected to heaven.

Even if we had a perfectly accurate source or translation, we would still have the problem of errant interpretation. Suppose God Himself wrote the inerrant message to humanity: “Thou shalt not lie, steal, murder or fornicate.” Suppose the first manuscript copier accidentally left out the comma...

Well, what applies to the minister also applies to every Christian and the sin of denominationalism is as serious as drunkenness (TIT 3:9-11).

OT passages are key because they have relevance per NT teaching, such as the one in HB that you cited.

This work is described in John as reproving the world of sin by exposing evil to the light of righteousness and judgment (JN 16:8, 3:20). And this light signifies the words of God’s Spirit, which give life (JN 6:63); the Spirit of truth, which testifies that Jesus is Messiah (JN 15:26) or...

PR 13:24. “He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who love him is careful to discipline him.” I don’t know if this recommendation of corporeal punishment applies equally to girls, but it does seem that boys may need to experience a little physical pain applied in appropriate cases and...

Look at post #207 on The HS and Salvation thread or at Lesson 3 on <truthseekersfellowship.com> which I now call our website because I invite everyone to submit content for me to consider adding at an appropriate place. (I wanted to add a lesson regarding the HS, because lesson 1 is mainly...

Salvation is not a thing that can be accidentally lost but rather a relationship/fellowship that can be intentionally divorced or repudiated, which is why there are so many exhortations to persevere and not commit apostasy (do I need to post the "sour 16" here?). Because such a person has...

I am noting that Paul said there is one baptism, which is by the HS into the body of JC, and that it occurs when sinners seek, repent and invite JC/God into their heart (which POS God predestined). Thus, WB must signify/symbolize/portray HSB in order for relevant Scriptures to be harmonized.