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Thayer, Strongs, and the KJ Bible dictionary all define it the same way, with one word—“belief.” Jesus did not have to “explain” faith to anyone when He used it in the New Testament. In James 2 the word faith did not have different meanings that had to be explained before people could...

Sorry, but you have not proved anything except that you are a follower of a man, John Calvin, and believe a a false doctrine. You cannot explain how people in John 12:42 believe on Him but are not saved. You based your answer on presumption and supposition. The fact that they would not...

There is NOT 1 scripture in the Bible that says, “that we are saved by faith ( that trusts) alone. Just the opposite. There IS one that says we are NOT saved by faith alone. There is not even 1 scripture that defines or qualifies faith as “Trust”. God has not qualified the word “faith” as...

It’s not a matter of understanding what you are saying; your doctrine does not align with the teachings of the Bible and I cannot accept your false doctrine.

Why not do a study to find out how people in the New Testament were saved? You can be sure that if you are saved the same way they were saved, you will have God’s approval and truly have salvation. The Bible is true, isn’t it? God does not lie, does He? Can’t we trust what the Bible teaches...

The Holy Spirit says that baptism is for Believers in Acts 8:37. Belief is only the first step but no one is going to ask to be baptized if they are an UNBELIEVER! That’s why baptism is not mentioned in a lot of scriptures on faith—faith must come first. But nothing in ANY of those...

There is not one scripture in the New Testament that says that Holy Spirit baptism “saves” anyone. Where as 1Peter 3:21 does say that water baptism saves us. The fact that the Samaritans (1) were saved in Acts 8:12 when they believed and were baptized, (2) the fact that verse 16 says that the...

Salvation is not found in just 1 verse. There are many scriptures that talk about salvation. You even have different answers to the same question, “what must I do to be saved?” When the jailer asked that question in Acts 16, he was told to believe. But when the Jews asked that question in...

There is more to “believing” than just mental assent. As James 2 suggests, belief must ACT in order to save people. Jesus puts it in the most basic and simplistic form—“He that believes AND IS BAPTIZED SHALL BE SAVED. Faith only or alone is condemned in James 2:24. InnActs 16:34 the Holy...

Actually, there are 5 baptisms mentioned in the New Testament. Baptism in the name of Jesus Acts2:38 John’s baptism Holy Spirit baptism. Mark 1:8 Baptism of suffering. Like 12:50 Baptism of fire. Matt. 3:11 this is eternal punishment—hell. You don’t want this baptism. Read the context. The...

It would be highly unlikely that the apostles would not have been baptized in water when their master and Savior was baptized in water and 1 Peter 2:21 says that Jesus left us an example that we should FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS. There is absolutely no evidence for us to suppose the apostles were...

God has had 3 different laws since the beginning of time. In Genesis, you have what scholars call “the patriarchal law”, which just means “law of the fathers”. It was named that because God spoke directly to the fathers of the household and revealed His will and then the fathers taught it and...

Because the Jews had been God’s chosen people and because the savior came through them, God chose to preach the gospel to the Jews FIRST. Romans 1:16 says it was for the Jews first and then also for the gentiles. This explains why in every city that Paul preached, he went to the Jews first...

please consider the fact that the baptism of fire is hell, final destruction. It is not to be confused with the “tongues” of fire that sat upon the apostles in Acts 2. That was called the baptism of the Holy Spirit, not a baptism of fire. They are two different baptisms. One is salvation and...

Truth does not fear investigation, but error does not like to be challenged. You really should read his posts. Be like the Bereans, Acts 17:11. They received the words of Paul (they listened) and then they searched the scriptures to see if those things were so. God called them “fair minded”...

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Read the next verse. Verse 32, then he spoke the word of the Lord to him—fulfilling Romans 10:17- “Faith comes by hearing the word of God”. The jailer would not have known what to believe or who Jesus was otherwise. He was a Roman, probably pagan. Read the next verse,33, (after hearing the...

Mark 16:16- “He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that does not believe shall be condemned.” I think Jesus credited us with enough common sense to understand that if a person does not believe , there is no way he is going to be baptized! Why would he be baptized in the name...

Do you know about Paul’s “thorn in the flesh”?2 Corinthians 12:7-10 - “And lest I should be exalted above measure,..a thorn in the flesh was given to me. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord 3 times that it might depart from me and he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my...