There is no other name under heaven in which we are to be saved.
What in the world does that have to do with what I said?
What do you think the distinction was?
Instead of answering my question with a question (especially since my question was intended for someone else, not you, GT), perhaps you could answer my question.
Does Paul ever distinguish between the Jews and the Christians?
Do you understand that all humans, no matter the nationality or ethnicity were ALL bound to the same place?
This ties in with my answer below.
They were ALL condemned to hell and are condemned to hell until they are saved.
See below
Do you not understand that means all Gentiles, Greeks, everyone, and Jews.
Romans 11:32 For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
It no longer means anything to be blood related to Abraham.
Does the way you worded that mean you admit that it meant something in the past?
If not, then you are not rightly dividing God's word.
John 1:3 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.
Read what is plainly written and believe it.
Children born NOT of natural descent, i.e. blood relations to Abraham.
I think you quoted the wrong verse. Please correct it, then make the point again.
How many times do you have to have it explained to you? Do you know what verbal abuse is? Verbal abuse is when you constantly and consistently call someone outside their name with an unflattering name. It becomes abuse when every day, all day, in every other post, RD calls people liars and idiots, etc.
You need to have your heart adjusted if you think that is what Jesus did.
God and His people mock the wicked throughout the Bible.
And when Gideon had come, there was a man telling a dream to his companion. He said, “I have had a dream: To my surprise, a loaf of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian; it came to a tent and struck it so that it fell and overturned, and the tent collapsed.”Then his companion answered and said, “This is nothing else but the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel! Into his hand God has delivered Midian and the whole camp.” - Judges 7:13-14
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges7:13-14&version=NKJV
And so it was, at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened.” - 1 Kings 18:27
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1Kings18:27&version=NKJV
And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? - Matthew 11:7
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew11:7&version=AKJV
Matthew 23:13-33 Jesus BLASTED the scribes and pharisees. On and on and on I could go with examples. You can find plenty more at
kgov.com/nice
Savior and Messiah are the same thing.
Jesus is both Savior AND Messiah. But that does NOT mean that Savior and Messiah mean the same thing. Why can't you get that through your head.
You use and twist Mr. Strong's words and treat him like an apostle in the New Testament.
No.
Strong is not in the Bible.
Greek, however, is, and since I don't know Greek, but Strong has a comprehensive dictionary of Greek words and their english meanings, I think I'll stick to using that for day-to-day translations.
And, how many times do you have to have it explained to you that the Messiah is the anointed one.
Well no duh, is that not what I've been saying this entire time? Messiah literally means "anointed one."
No. Those things are not the law of works that justify; those are the works that all humans are expected to know and live up to.
You are making things up. I said we have to obey the new law.
So you agree that to be saved we must keep the law (in addition to having faith)?
Do you almost cheat on your wife and stop yourself and think wow that could have destroyed my marriage?
Well, for one thing, I'm not married, so...
I am engaged, however, but no, I love my fiancee, so I don't cheat on her, or even come close to cheating on her. I don't do it not because I fear the consequences, but because I love her, and as a result, I don't do things that would harm my relationship with her, not because I don't want to break some law that says "don't do things that harm the relationship with her," but out of love for her. That's the difference between law and grace.
With law, you're under an obligation. You MUST do this or that, or you are condemned.
With grace, doing such a thing comes naturally, even though it is not obligatory.
You are relying on what your false teachers like to say about those who preach obedience to Christ.
Saying they are false teachers doesn't make them false teachers, GT. You have yet to prove that they are.
You call it the Covenant of Grace. A Covenant is made with blood.
Hmmm... Did you ever get around to reading Genesis 15?
Jesus taught the guidelines for the new Covenant, and then he shed his blood on the cross for the new Covenant.
Incorrect. Jesus taught the same thing (for the most part) that had been taught since Moses. Keep the law, keep the law, keep the law.
There isn't another blood covenant, and you need to stop making Paul a master of a false doctrine.
Which came first, faith or circumcision?
Every book in the Bible except for Paul's writings has nothing but good things to say about the law, did you ever notice that?
Paul, in the books that he wrote, is the only author to say that the law cannot save people from their sin.