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  1. Jerry Shugart

    ECT Salvation Obtained by Faith Only

    According to this passage all who "believe" in the Lord Jesus have eternal life: "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life" (Jn.3:14-15; NASB). With these words in view how can anyone...
  2. Jerry Shugart

    Theology Club: J.C. O'Hair and John 5:24

    On the Berean Bible Website we read the following about MAD author J.C. O'Hair: "Pastor O’Hair was, without a doubt, the one person who, more than any other, was used of God to establish among believers what Paul, by inspiration calls, “the preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation...
  3. Jerry Shugart

    Theology Club: To the Jew First

    What "good news" of Christ which saved was first preached to the Jews?: "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek" (Ro.1:16). Can anyone answer this question, especially anyone...
  4. Jerry Shugart

    ECT Other Sheep...Not of This Sheep Pen

    Who are the "other sheep" which are mentioned by the Lord Jesus here?: "I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd" (Jn.10:16).
  5. Jerry Shugart

    Theology Club: Today Many in the Neo-MAD Camp are King James Only

    In the KJV we see a translation at Matthew 26:17 which says that the first day of the feast of unleavened bread preceded the Passover: "Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?"...
  6. Jerry Shugart

    Theology Club: The Rapture is Found in the Epistle of James

    Those believers who received the epistle of James are members of the Body of Christ. They were taught that the Lord Jesus could appear at the rapture at any moment, the same thing Paul taught. Paul Sadler, one of the chief spokesmen within the Neo-MAD movement, says the following about the...
  7. Jerry Shugart

    Theology Club: The Beginning of the Present Dispensation Was at Acts 13

    Here are three quotes from the pen of Paul where he speaks of a "dispensation" that has been committed or given to him: "If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me toward you" (Eph. 3:2). "Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which...
  8. Jerry Shugart

    Should Taste Death For Every Man

    Let us look at this verse and the Greek word translated "for": "But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for (hyper) every man" (Heb.2:9). In this verse the Greek word...
  9. Jerry Shugart

    Theology Club: "Free" and at "Liberty" Found in the General Epistles

    The Apostle Paul repeatedly used the words "free" and "liberty" when referring to the fact that those in the Body of Christ have been set free from the law: "And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that...
  10. Jerry Shugart

    Theology Club: Why Will No One in the Neo-MAD Camp Address John 3:16?

    Paul Sadler, the President of the Berean Bible Society and one of the chief spokesmen of the Neo-MAD view, says that salvation according to the gospel of circumcision could not be achieved apart from "works": "We should add that the gospel of the circumcision and the gospel of the kingdom are...
  11. Jerry Shugart

    Theology Club: Evidence that the Present Dispensation Began at Acts 9?

    I see no evidence that the present "dispensation of the grace of God" began at Acts 9. Here are three quotes from the pen of Paul where he speaks of a "dispensation" that has been committed or given to him: "If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me toward you"...
  12. Jerry Shugart

    ECT Free and at Liberty

    The Apostle Paul repeatedly used the words "free" and "liberty" when referring to the fact that those in the Body of Christ have been set free from the law: "And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that...
  13. Jerry Shugart

    ECT Elect...Through Sanctification of the Spirit

    "Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ" (1 Pet.1:2). The Greek word translated "elect" is an adjective and it describes those who are are "chosen" (Thayer's Greek English...
  14. Jerry Shugart

    Works Required for Salvation Under the Gospel of the Kingdom?

    Paul Sadler, perhaps the top spokesmen in the Neo-MAD community as well as the president of the Berean Bible Society, teaches that under the gospel of the kingdom works were required for salvation: "We should add that the gospel of the circumcision and the gospel of the kingdom are inseparably...
  15. Jerry Shugart

    The Throne of God and of the Lamb

    The following verse is speaking of only "one" throne: "And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him" (Rev.22:3). Here is what John saw and heard while he was at that throne, the throne of God and of the Lamb: "And he...
  16. Jerry Shugart

    ECT The Manifestation of the Sons of God

    What is the part in "bold" referring to in this passage?: "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the...
  17. Jerry Shugart

    The Hebrew Epistles: Where Do They Fit?

    There are some people on this forum who deny that the doctrine found in the Hebrew Epistles are for those in the Body of Christ. But were not all the believers who received those epistles in the Body? Let us determine to whom 1 Corinthians was addressed. Paul wrote: "Unto the church of God...
  18. Jerry Shugart

    ECT tetelestai and Matthew 24:30

    On another thread I said the following: Will the preterists answer the following question?: When and how was this prophecy in "bold" fulfilled?: "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man...
  19. Jerry Shugart

    ECT How Can the Preterists be so Blind?

    Let us look at this verse: "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory" (Mt.24:30). Well known preterist author Gary DeMar writes...
  20. Jerry Shugart

    ECT Matthew 24:30: Question For the Preterists

    Will the preterists answer the following question?: When and how was this prophecy in "bold" fulfilled?: "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power...
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