There were many small house churches which had no access to any written materials, nor could read them, far more than larger churches; often led by slaves, women, and other unwanteds. From the death of Christ to the creation of the Canon, not all Churches had access to all materials, or even...
I don't understand what you want. You wrote this earlier: "They were Christians before the Gospels and Epistles were written. If they can be Christians without those things, why do you propose the Bible as the ultimate source if they hadn't access to it as the NT hadn't been written?" and I...
That is exactly what you and other Christians do, use scriptures to build upon pre-conceived beliefs that you learned from the church, and then you throw away and disregard other scriptures that so vividly show the errors of your claims.
You wasted a lot of time posting those verses because I...
Yes, the truth (John 17:17; Rev. 1:5) sets free from the penalty of sin " IF " one keeps on walking in faith - 1st John 1:7.
Free from sin meaning: 'salvation' (Matt. 24:13) of being 'delivered/rescued' from death.
Saved/delivered/rescued from death because of the Resurrection Hope - Acts...
My Faith, as all true Christian's Faith are dictated by ALL the Scriptures and thru the indwelling Holy Spirit who is given to everyone who is Born Again, and who teaches us all things.
As with many other of your beliefs here once again you are mistaken.
You, over and over again simply use...
That’s ok. No problem. Yeah, that’s probably what happened.
Yep, that’s me! And it’s usually me trying to straighten out people trying to mix in their ideas with what I’m saying! Lol. I couldn’t begin to count how many I’ve had.
God is inerrant-He is incapable of being/doing wrong even His...
And continuing:
2 Corinthians 6:14-17 ESV - The Temple of the Living God - Do not - Bible Gateway
And golly gee for this next one:
2 Peter 2:20-22 ESV - For if, after they have escaped the - Bible Gateway
And then there are these:
Romans 5:9 ESV - Since, therefore, we have now been - Bible...
I've read the bible many times and i have not seen 'thousands' of quotes to apocrhypal texts. Would you like to present more then just the one mentioned from the book of Jude?
The bible was written by Jews...of course things from every day life will be seen in the writings of the...
You have no idea what you are talking about.
You are trying to quote Paul out of context.
Paul wrote to the saints in Galatia because they had begun to apostatize from the truth. He said after the introduction in his epistle,
"I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into...
//What are the "essentials" of Christianity?// Like anything of this importance its what really matters. So in the case of the NT its the Gospel. That Jesus is who he said he is . That he died for the sins of the world ,was buried and rose again three days later . This involves Jesus not...
Ok , whats happened here is a ' scatter gun ' approach to those verses ..Each verse is within a particular book / letter written with a particular context in mind . There's literally too much here out of context to deal with?
Paul was warning of an imminent "apostasia" or "falling away" from the truth. He was, you might say, fixated on this subject. You mentioned Galatians1:6. Here are some more of his warnings:
Acts 20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not...
Did you really want a response just so that you could argue some more? We have no beliefs in common and I rely on canonical scripture to furnish all of my beliefs.....I have no other books to fight with it or to plagiarize it. The book of Revelation says that we are not to add to scripture...
A better question would be, "Can a Baptist become a Christian?" :rolleyes: Mormonism teaches that a true disciple of Christ behaves like one and doesn't take it upon himself to judge who is and who is lot a "real Christian."
In Mark 9:38-41, we read of a conversation between Jesus Christ...
Thank-you. I think I might be getting closer to my answer.
Do you believe that a person who confesses Jesus as their Savior is saved?
If so, if that person, who is say a Pentacostal, believes that a preacher from a different Christian sect is incorrect in his interpretation of a scripture, for...