Why do you suppose that God could do something so irrational?
I guess I can't see what God will or has seen as "rational" to a mere human.
Do you think parting the Red Sea, or the Jordan River, was "rational" ?
The universe is
EXTREMELY FINE TUNED, to the point where changing the laws even slightly would cause everything (yes, literally everything) to unravel.
Also, reality is an aspect of God's existence, not the other way around.
God cannot change reality, because to do so would be to change the fundamental aspects of Himself.
God made it all, by Jesus Christ, so He can "edit" or "redo" any part of it He wants.
Like He did when He caused the sun to stop moving in the sky for a day.
No. One God, who is three Persons.
Haven't you ever heard of the doctrine of the Trinity before?
I have heard of it.
The false church I once was a part of believed it.
If you love God, then why do you insult him by trying to work your way to heaven?
I love God so I will obey Him unto death, to get to heaven.
Compared to that, telling the truth, and remaining monogamous, are a breeze.
No, you haven't.
If you had, then you would actually trust Him.
I trust that what He had written in 1 Cor 10:13 is true.
That means that you wouldn't say things such as "you must continue to do good works, or else you won't be saved."
Your paraphrase is right on target.
If I quit trusting God, I will also quit feeding the hungry and clothing the naked.
How can anyone that trusts God let others go hungry and naked ?
If you had already put your trust in Christ, then you would affirm that His completed work on the cross was enough to save you and everyone else that has ever lived and is living and will ever live, because with His death we were reconciled, and "we shall be saved by His life."
I trust God, not the interpretations of men who still commit sin.
You seem to believe someone who told you you are already destined for heaven no matter what else you do, or don't do, during the rest of your life.
That sets off so many alarm bells that I can't hear.
Because it is through His righteous act, the free gift came to all men. It is through His and HIS OBEDIENCE ALONE we are made righteous.
There are no righteous liars, thieves, murderers, or adulterers.
His righteousness has made us free from committing sin.
Irrelevant, except to say that just because God won't allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able to bear doesn't mean that you won't fail to bear it.
I guess it just depends on from Whose seed one had been reborn of.
Only the devil's children will fail to seek, and use, God's promised escapes from temptations.
If you are not saved, then you are not a new creature.
They are synonymous.
Perhaps to you it is synonymous.
To me they are steps in a journey.
Water baptism doesn't save you. It just gets you wet.
Without it there is no remission of past sins, and no destruction of the old man, and no being raised with Christ to walk in newness of life.
And no being crucified with Christ, with the affections and lusts.
You present the perfect doctrine to keep on committing sin.
Be baptised with the Holy Spirit.
Thank you, I was.
My repentance from sin was true.
God's Spirit will not inhabit a polluted temple.
Hasn't happened if you aren't saved.
It happened to me when I was baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of my past sins.
Begging the question that you haven't sinned since then.
False premise, therefore your argument is falsified.
That unbelief is the fruit of your doctrine.
You can't see the truth that can make you free of committing sin.
