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We can see that from the point of time of the rapture onward those in the Body of Christ will for ever be with the Lord Jesus: "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then...

The proponents of 'Original Sin' assert that all men come out of the womb "made opposite to all good and wholly inclined to all evil": "From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all...

On another thread I said that the tenth chapter of the epistle to the Romans was written to believers. In response, glorydaz said this: "You SHALL BE SAVED" rules out your claim this is written to believers. Here is the verse which she was making reference: "That if thou shalt confess with...

The preterists say the following about Matthew 24:34: One of the meanings of the Greek word translated "generation" is "family": "genea, a/j, Ion. geneh,, h/j( h`, Ep. dat. geneh/fi: (gi,gnomai): I. of the persons in a family, 1. race, stock, family, Hom., etc.; Pria,mou g. Il.; evk geneh/j...

I will begin the by quoting this verse which speaks of the "church" at Acts 2: "Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church (ekklesia) daily such as should be saved" (Acts 2:47). The Greek word translated "church" is ekklesia and that word can be found...

There are some within the MAD community who believe that the baptism of repentance was in regard to the forgiveness of sins which is necessary for salvation. But let us examine whether that is true or not. First of all, the rite of water baptism served to "make ready a people prepared for the...

"But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference" (Ro.3:21-22; KJV). This verse speaks of the imputed...

In the book Things that Differ we can find MAD teacher Cornelius Stam's basic teaching in regard to his ideas of how a sinner obtained salvation in other dispensations. He writes: "We have no illusions as to man's utter inability to please God by works as such in any age. Man has always been...

Here is what Rome teaches about Mary: "As she suffered and almost died together with her suffering and dying Son, so she surrendered her mother's rights over her Son for the salvation of the human race. And to satisfy the justice of God she sacrificed her Son, as well as she could, so that it...

Lately there has been new DNA evidence which supports the fact that Aaron Kosminiski was Jack the Ripper: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Kosminski At the time of Kosminiski's arrest for these crimes Sir Robert Anderson, the father of systemized MAD, was the head of the Detective Bureau at...

The Calvinists teach that the elect are regenerated or given life PRIOR to believing. however, we can see in the following verse that life comes as a result of faith and not PRIOR to believing: " And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in...

Today one of the chief spokesmen for the Reformed view is Dr. R.C. Sproul and he says the following: "From all eternity God decided to save some members of the human race and to let the rest of the human race perish. God made a choice--he chose some individuals to be saved unto everlasting...

If the future is closed then the kingdom will not be "at hand" or "nigh at hand" until the Lord Jesus returns to the earth: "And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads...

While He walked the earth the Lord Jesus was certainly aware of the prophecies which foretold of His death. In fact, He said the following about His impending death and burial: "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three...

When we look closely at the verses which speak of "predestination" we will see that they do not speak of being presdestined to salvation: "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren" (Ro.8:29)...

The Bible teaches that God knows everything in the past, present and future. And since God cannot be wrong about what he knows, then all human actions will turn out only one way. And if this is true then how can people really have a will that can be called a "free will" since the future can...

During the 70's and 80's a financial service company advertised on television with the phrase, "When E.F.Hutton talks, people listen." When Hutton's name is mentioned by a young professional during a dinner party, his overheard words cause the loud party to cease all conversation to listen to...

On the "bob enyart LIVE" radio program there was a debate between Bob Enyart (dispensationalist) and Gary DeMar (preterist). They discussed the following verses: "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...

Bob Enyart teaches that the Jews were saved by "faith" plus "works". They call themselves "dispensationalists",but their teaching is the greatest assult on the dispensational method today!Over and over I am confronted by non-dispensationalists who say that they reject dispensationalism because...

ARCHIVE: The "Great tribulation" and the Testimony of the Early Church Fathers The following is the testimony of several of the early church fathers in regard to the “great tribulation” and the coming of the antichrist.First,we will examine the teaching of Irenaeus,who studied under...