Quote (Cubes @ Oct. 10 2006,02:28)Thus the grace of God for me has always been visible.  We can end the conversation there …  But the conversation does not end there!  God didn't end it there:  before, during and after the law.  If the conversation ended there, then there should have been no difference between he who fears God and he who does…[Read more]

Quote (kenrch @ Oct. 11 2006,07:45)Cubes,Is Faith First?Is works second?So what is your quarrel, besides you are wrong.  It obvious according to scripture that you are wrong.  You yourself has said so.So I don't get it!  If you want to continue to quarrel over elementary things then have it your way but without me.I cannot believe that you th…[Read more]

Quote (kenrch @ Oct. 08 2006,06:02)Yes Leo lets clarify things….  Instead of accepting the truth that you yourself agree with, you wish to persue useless bickering about things a babe in Christ knows.QUARREL:1. an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.  2. a cause of d…[Read more]

Quote (kenrch @ Oct. 07 2006,19:00)Now stop, the man is saved no works as yet he has'nt had a chance to do any works.  The man dies.  IS THE MAN SAVED? *You must answer this question.  Because I say the man is saved.  JUST SOME POINTS TO CLARIFY:2Cr 13:4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we als…[Read more]

Ken,Just wondering about your response here regarding this hypothetical situation:A man acknowledges that the Lord, he is God.He believes and “accepts” Jesus as Lord as you say, realizing that he is saved by grace through faith.From then on, he lives his life outside of the Apostles James' concept of faith. If the hungry comes to his door, he is…[Read more]

Thanks, everyone, for all your insightful posts.Ken,GOD is spirit.  He motivates us by his spirit to respond to his grace, thru Jesus as Sultan and others have already shared.  This grace as I also said before, comes first.  And now his grace has gone forth.  What then?  My posts have been concerned with our responsibilities since God has alre…[Read more]

Mat 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.God causes his sun to shine daily whether or not I have faith, the earth too rotates and he sustains his universe without our slightest contribution. We have nothing that…[Read more]

Hi H,Hope to get back to you later.

Quote (kenrch @ Oct. 06 2006,05:55)Quote (Cubes @ Oct. 05 2006,21:04)Quote (Cubes @ Oct. 05 2006,18:44)The days of Noah are a prime example of the situation regarding grace and faith.  Knowing our God, we must believe that he sent out a warning (grace) for repentence to all beforehand, as evidenced by the following verse.2Pe 2:5 And spared not…[Read more]

Quote (heiscomingintheclouds @ Oct. 06 2006,03:10)Brothers and Sisters,…Faith is not works and love is not works.Hi H,Could you please expound on these?And what is “works” then?

Hi Nick I am confused here.Further clarification is needed as to why you differentiate b/n faith and righteousness. Please share some examples as with the tree/sap illustration if possible.

Quote (Nick Hassan @ Oct. 06 2006,02:25)Hi Cubes,Yes faith is by grace.Ephesians 2:8″For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:” and by faith we have access to graceRomans 5:2″By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”Doubt limits…[Read more]

Hi Ken,Cubes what do we do to receive Christ.    Repent and believe that he is Messiah, the son of God.  Without this, it isn't happening…. without our forgiving others as we've been forgiven, it isn't happening… How can you love Christ if you don't know Christ?Does merely saying “I know him” mean that I do?  1Jo 2:3 And hereby we do know tha…[Read more]

Quote (Cubes @ Oct. 05 2006,18:44)The days of Noah are a prime example of the situation regarding grace and faith.  Knowing our God, we must believe that he sent out a warning (grace) for repentence to all beforehand, as evidenced by the following verse.2Pe 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth , a preacher of righteousness,…[Read more]

The days of Noah are a prime example of the situation regarding grace and faith.  Knowing our God, we must believe that he sent out a warning (grace) for repentence to all beforehand, as evidenced by the following verse.2Pe 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth , a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the…[Read more]

Quote (kenrch @ Oct. 05 2006,20:53)So even before faith the Father HAS to draw you.  …No dispute.The bible also teaches us that God so loved the WORLD that he gave to WHOSOEVER….And that he gave to everyone, a measure of faith… thus, the call has gone out to the entire world evidenced by the things God has made so that no one has an excuse.…[Read more]

Quote (kenrch @ Oct. 05 2006,20:53)Quote (Scripture Seeker @ Oct. 05 2006,10:00)Quote (kenrch @ Oct. 05 2006,07:31)SS, Nick would have you believe that if you have faith in Jesus and die before you could show love your God would burn you  forever.Same as water baptism.  It is not the work of going under the water that saves you.It is not by w…[Read more]

Mar 14:61  But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, ART THOU THE CHRIST, THE SON OF THE BLESSED? Mar 14:62  And Jesus said, I AM: and ye shall see THE SON OF MAN sitting on the RIGHT HAND of POWER, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Mar 14:63  Then the high priest rent his clothes, and sa…[Read more]

Quote (Mercy @ Oct. 05 2006,01:50)To answer your question I don't think that men are born with sin, but rather are born with the disposition to sin. Babies don't go to hell since they have not reached an age where they can be accountable for sins. Babies can't sin until they are old enough to understand and to be cursed by the law.Hi Mercy, I…[Read more]

Quote (Artizan007 @ Oct. 05 2006,04:30)Hey Cubes,How do you explain the death of Jesus when he was born without sin?Hi A007I believe this verse answers the question fully. Don't you?Jhn 10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of…[Read more]