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1 | Isn't believing Christ for salvation suf | John 3:3 | Morant61 | 91290 | ||
Greetings George! I have actually translated the entire letter to the Romans. So, I am slightly familiar with with it says! ;-) This kind of response seems to be coming more and more frequently on the forum over the last few weeks. When one can't explain their position, or Scripture totally teaches something other than their position, the question raised is simply blown off. Acts 16:31 is quite clear in and of itself. In response to a direct question about how one could be saved, Paul responded 'believe and you will be saved'. He didn't say 'believe and do a whole bunch of other things and you might be saved'! Was Paul mistaken in his response? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Isn't believing Christ for salvation suf | John 3:3 | GeorJoy | 91412 | ||
Ok my friend. If it is your desire, you have every right to focus on that one particular verse, and pay absolutely no attention to the others I have quoted. I can't imagine one even having read the book of Romans and not understood what I have "QUOTED from scripture." I am also aware of various "translators" who aren't in the least biblical in their translations. Your having "translated the entire letter to the Romans," yet having no more understanding of salvation than you profess puts me in mind of the Pharisees and Sadducees. I mean this not as an insult, for I am sure that you are sincere in what you say and think. I am also sure that there were Pharisees and Sadducees that were just as sincere. I give PRAISE TO GOD ALMIGHTY that you have noticed that "This kind of response seems to be coming more and more frequently on the forum over the last few weeks," for this is EXACTLY what I have been preaching herein for past few weeks. That one should STUDY the word for themselves as it says in 2Ti 2:15 KJV "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." And that one should follow a man of God, preferably their Pastor, and go to him rather than such false prophets as are running rampant on sights such as this and throughout the web. I thank God also, that to date, all who I have personally corresponded with on THIS PARTICULAR sight have been (serious) where the word of God is concerned. We have averted arguments, agreed, disagreed, and agreed to disagree. I should hope that you could be included in this statement. It is up to you, for I will not back off from the word. Not my interpretation is THE WORD, for the word IS my interpretation. I depend on the Holy Spirit and those inspired and anointed of God, proven such over the century’s, for scriptural translation Your statement that "When one can't explain their position, or Scripture totally teaches something other than their position," proves that you have "translated more than just the book of Romans." It is apparent that you have "translated" it into something that it isn't. Anyone, no matter how ignorant, who has read the posts to which your note is attached, can plainly see your refusal to accept or understand "SCRIPTURE." If you would rather use your personal so called "translation," then if you insist on sharing your ignorance, you should expect that those who recognize it as such will, at least make an attempt to clarify what you have so badly distorted. George |
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3 | Isn't believing Christ for salvation suf | John 3:3 | Morant61 | 91419 | ||
Greetings George! I could respond in kind my friend, but I'm going to leave my response as a very simple statement. Paul said 'Beleive and you will be saved'. How I am 'mistranslating' that very simple statement my friend? There is ONE requirement listed for salvation, only ONE. The rest of Scripture also consitently states that we are saved through faith alone. Eph. 2:8-9: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast." 1 Cor. 1:21 - "For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe." 1 Tim. 4:10 - "(and for this we labor and strive), that we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who believe." Heb. 10:39 - "But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved." And, what did Jesus say? John 6:28-29: "Then they asked him, 'What must we do to do the works God requires?' 29 Jesus answered, 'The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.'" Now, without being insulting, would you please show me where Scripture says that faith is not sufficient for salvation? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | Isn't believing Christ for salvation suf | John 3:3 | GeorJoy | 91452 | ||
I thank you for not having responded in the manor in which many would have. I would have to say that without realizing, you have found the contention. Although belief is a synonym (one of two or more words or expressions of the same language that have the same or “nearly” the same meaning in some or all senses,) thereof; Faith is a different word and has a different meaning, (although slight.) Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved Whether we can express it in words or not, I think we may be on the same track. The key word is FAITH. However, I still contend, and will until scripture is shown to say otherwise, that “BELIEVING ALONE IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR SALVATION!!!” The answer is in the “whole of scripture”, not one verse thereof. If one were to, (and there are many who do,) take individual verses and focus in on them, they could, (and do) make the scripture say whatever they desire. God Bless George |
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