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Apologetic Defense of the faith, the Bible, and Christianity
Clarify commonly misunderstood Scriptures for accurate biblical insight.
How does the Holy Spirit speak to believers? How does the Holy Spirit teach us, help us remember, and guide us? How does the Holy Spirit help us fulfill our responsibilities despite Satan and this imperfect world and life's difficulties?
From the first verse of the Bible, we gain two significant certainties. First, the “heavens and the earth” is a reference in the Bible to the material universe, which had a beginning. Second, the “heavens and the earth” were created by God.
Not only will you receive this biblically grounded article on a sin versus practicing sin, but there will be a few related linked articles throughout this article to help the reader get an even wider picture of sin, sin that leads to death, the unforgivable sin, salvation, and much more.
All sin leads to death, of course. However, Jesus' ransom sacrifice can save us from sin and death. (Romans 5:12; 6:23) Thus, a “sin that leads to death” would not be covered by Christ’s ransom. Here is the meaning of what John meant in a nutshell.
Does this passage refer to eternal security? Is it an absolute assurance of eternal life regardless of what the Christian does? Eternal security, sometimes referred to as being “once saved, always saved” or the perseverance of the saints in the classical language.
The last great city of civilization is portrayed as an extravagant, drunken prostitute, riding on a scarlet beast.
Even though Adam and Eve were created to live forever, they were not immortal. This is not really semantics, where the two different Greek words basically mean the same thing. Thus, immortality involves more.
Eternal security, also known as "once saved, always saved," is the belief that from the moment anyone becomes a Christian, they will be saved and will not lose salvation. Once a person is truly "born of God" or "regenerated" by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, nothing in heaven or earth "shall be able to separate (them) from the love of God" (Romans 8:39), and thus nothing can reverse the condition of having become a Christian. Is this true? Hebrews 6:4-6 is a major proof text either way.
Paul used the imagery of the triumphal procession illustratively, which was a reference to the Levitical sacrifices of the Old Testament when he wrote his second letter to Christians in Corinth in 55 C.E. While such (εὐωδία euōdia) “aroma” is likely repulsive to unrighteous individuals, it is a pleasant fragrance, pleasing aroma (2Co 2:15; Eph 5:2; Php 4:18), sweet-smelling to God and righteous hearted ones.
1 Corinthians 2:16 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
