The ELEPHANT in the ROOM at every CHURCH (Video)

OP, I remember responding to your other video about predestination and the supposed contradiction about free will, etc. What I wrote clearly answered your question, but I never saw a response. However, I do understand that if you do not belong to God, you will not be able to understand the things of the spirit of God. The spirit, which is required in order to understand, in itself, is a gift of God which is arbitrarily given to His chosen. Without the spirit, you will never understand.

Is there anything you can do to get the spirit? No. Either God determined from the foundation of the world, that you would be born a vessel of wrath, fitted to destruction or a vessel of mercy prepared unto glory. You have no choice in the matter.

I remember writing that you seem to have a gentle spirit, and that is the only reason I responded to your other video. In response to this video, I urge you to continue reading the next verse in Ephesians. You stopped at, "...Not of works, lest any man should boast."

It continues, "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them..."

If God before ordained that we should walk in "good works," those good works are NOT our works, but God's.

Therefore, those who have been saved through faith (given by God), will, by the ordination of God, walk in good works, completing the faith that God granted them. And that NOT OF OURSELVES, so that we cannot boast.

I believe your confusion is the origin of the "works." Christians are justified by faith and works, but those works are not our own. They are God's. We are simply along for the ride, by the grace of God.

I hope that helps you.

Fuck you, shitty programmer hypocrite.
You know I'm correct on all counts.

I'll bet you suck at physics too.

reasoning conducted or assessed according to strict principles of validity.

That is the definition of logic. Where contradiction exists validity cannot. Don't let the Japanese shill get ya op, you're asking the right questions

you like to debate "logic"?You use the word as though you understand it.You claim that 1+1=2 is loghical.No it isn't.It is a mathematical equation.It is fixed.

Logic is not fixed.Logic can be gained from induction or deduction.

You have a very poor grasp of what logic is so when you claim that something is not logical and is confusing it simply means YOU are CONFUSED due to a lack of understanding on your part.

And I'm definitely not impressed by any of these video chains.

What can i learn from you Mr foul mouth ? Does not the bible teach that whatsoever proceed forth out of a mans mouth shows the true condition of his heart?

You need to ask God to heal you of the Spirit of foul language.

Worth thinking about...

You aren't fooling anyone. You are not offended by foul language.

One enters the Kingdom of Spirituality through GRACE.

Grace is always already given.

Faith is not belief. TRUE FAITH CANNOT BE OBTAINED THROUGH BELIEFS.

People are very confused about this because it has always been explained in parables which are incomprehensible.

The parables says lest you be like a child you cannot enter the Kingdom.

So True Faith is the Understanding that God is Present to those who accept Him in this moment without Seeking Him as
a child would accept Him. Children do not SEEK, they simply BE.

As a matter of fact your other thread proves your an atheistic shithead. Hemingway was an atheist who wouldn't pull a stunt like this. But having no sense of honesty and passing off yourself as Christian in one thread and an atheist in another is a disgraceful act that doesn't bother you one tiny bit. You get the "Dishonest Pig Of The Week" award.

So your saved by your faith, and not your works, but if you don't have works then your faith is dead, so you wont be saved anymore because your faith is dead.

Conclusion? Being saved is dependent on works.

Contradiction.

What thread are you referring to, my sherlock holmes of the week friend?

I have not seen the video but I am familiar with God's word.

Not having works means your faith is dead, yes. But not for the reason that your are thinking.

Works come by faith showing that your faith is alive.
There is no good thing in man. No matter how hard we try, we can do nothing good in and of ourselves alone. We have knowledge of good but cannot do good without God even though we may think that we can.

Paul means that our faith in God produces works by God.
If we have faith in God, then His works will follow us.

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I think i'm starting to get it now...

You are saved by faith alone, and not by works, but if you don't have works your faith is dead, and you wont be saved?

Am I getting close?

That's it. Works (God's works) are evidence of faith.
People have no idea how much He really wants to be involved in the details of their lives. It does not take much faith to see His works.

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So therefore Salvation is dependent on works and faith. Not just faith.

I perceive that you are a Calvinist or a Presbyterian who does not know that they are a Calvinist.
You are in error and I pray that you realize it someday.

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Nope people author confusion and people wrote the bible..