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"Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ" (1 Pet.1:2). The Greek word translated "elect" is an adjective and it describes those who are are "chosen" (Thayer's Greek English...

Paul Sadler, perhaps the top spokesmen in the Neo-MAD community as well as the president of the Berean Bible Society, teaches that under the gospel of the kingdom works were required for salvation: "We should add that the gospel of the circumcision and the gospel of the kingdom are inseparably...

The following verse is speaking of only "one" throne: "And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him" (Rev.22:3). Here is what John saw and heard while he was at that throne, the throne of God and of the Lamb: "And he...

What is the part in "bold" referring to in this passage?: "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the...

There are some people on this forum who deny that the doctrine found in the Hebrew Epistles are for those in the Body of Christ. But were not all the believers who received those epistles in the Body? Let us determine to whom 1 Corinthians was addressed. Paul wrote: "Unto the church of God...

On another thread I said the following: Will the preterists answer the following question?: When and how was this prophecy in "bold" fulfilled?: "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man...

Let us look at this verse: "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory" (Mt.24:30). Well known preterist author Gary DeMar writes...

Will the preterists answer the following question?: When and how was this prophecy in "bold" fulfilled?: "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power...

We can see that from the point of time of the rapture onward those in the Body of Christ will for ever be with the Lord Jesus: "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then...

The proponents of 'Original Sin' assert that all men come out of the womb "made opposite to all good and wholly inclined to all evil": "From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all...

On another thread I said that the tenth chapter of the epistle to the Romans was written to believers. In response, glorydaz said this: "You SHALL BE SAVED" rules out your claim this is written to believers. Here is the verse which she was making reference: "That if thou shalt confess with...

The preterists say the following about Matthew 24:34: One of the meanings of the Greek word translated "generation" is "family": "genea, a/j, Ion. geneh,, h/j( h`, Ep. dat. geneh/fi: (gi,gnomai): I. of the persons in a family, 1. race, stock, family, Hom., etc.; Pria,mou g. Il.; evk geneh/j...

I will begin the by quoting this verse which speaks of the "church" at Acts 2: "Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church (ekklesia) daily such as should be saved" (Acts 2:47). The Greek word translated "church" is ekklesia and that word can be found...

There are some within the MAD community who believe that the baptism of repentance was in regard to the forgiveness of sins which is necessary for salvation. But let us examine whether that is true or not. First of all, the rite of water baptism served to "make ready a people prepared for the...

"But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference" (Ro.3:21-22; KJV). This verse speaks of the imputed...

In the book Things that Differ we can find MAD teacher Cornelius Stam's basic teaching in regard to his ideas of how a sinner obtained salvation in other dispensations. He writes: "We have no illusions as to man's utter inability to please God by works as such in any age. Man has always been...

Here is what Rome teaches about Mary: "As she suffered and almost died together with her suffering and dying Son, so she surrendered her mother's rights over her Son for the salvation of the human race. And to satisfy the justice of God she sacrificed her Son, as well as she could, so that it...

Lately there has been new DNA evidence which supports the fact that Aaron Kosminiski was Jack the Ripper: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Kosminski At the time of Kosminiski's arrest for these crimes Sir Robert Anderson, the father of systemized MAD, was the head of the Detective Bureau at...

The Calvinists teach that the elect are regenerated or given life PRIOR to believing. however, we can see in the following verse that life comes as a result of faith and not PRIOR to believing: " And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in...

Today one of the chief spokesmen for the Reformed view is Dr. R.C. Sproul and he says the following: "From all eternity God decided to save some members of the human race and to let the rest of the human race perish. God made a choice--he chose some individuals to be saved unto everlasting...