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Peter preached the Gosple to sinners, encouraging them to turn to Jesus for the gift of salvation. Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Faith is given to those who humbly seek the Lord with all their hearts, not to those who want to gain entrance into heaven by human efforts at doing good.

When sinners are judged at the end, those who repented and were converted shall see their sins blotted out. The sins of everyone else will not be blotted out.

Is that what you believe? That God only reconciled Calvinists to Himself and then commanded them to afterward be reconciled to God?

Woah! That is messed up. Paul was not contradicting the Lord about keeping commandments and Jesus was not saying keeping the commandments will earn a person passage into heaven. Paul was saying all efforts to try to gain merit for salvation by simply keeping the commandments will end in...

Hopefully they will not decide their objections to traditions is grounds for them to loot and burn like American protesters.

I am not sure if you think there are two different messages of salvation in the Bible - one for Jews and the other for Christians, but I don't. Christians and Jews are alike saved by faith and not by works. There are no other possibilities.

God reconciled the world to Himself 2 Corinthians 5:18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; But sinners still need to obey God's command to be reconciled to God. 2 Corinthians 5:20 Now then we are...

Modern Christians should give diligence to make their calling and election sure, [2 Peter 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:] Lest they discover too late that their religion was a fake. 1...

If we believe God has delivered us from death and sin then let us consider our bodies a living sacrifice to be subjected to His will and no other, and let us walk with Him in the Spirit and not in the flesh.

You must hate anything and everything which comes between you and God and be willing to do anything God demands of you to do.

Fair enough. I believe Jonah was biased against Ninevites and wanted to see them dead.

I do not believe there is one message from God to the Jews and a different message to the Gentiles instructing sinners how to get saved, or, as is being suggested, two different Gospel messages about two different means of salvation. But I am interested to hear your views about the differences...

I admit that is my opinion only, not something the Bible clearly teaches. I believe Jonah did not like the Ninevites and did not want to preach the Gospel unto them, did not want them to hear the Gospel and get saved, did not want God having mercy on them, and was angry when God spared them.

I have read commentaries and listened to preachers. No writer or preacher I have ever read or heard has taught me to believe exactly what I believe in every detail. When troubled by verses as a young Christian I would read commentaries, listen to preachers, talk to Bible scholars, and so...

Galatians 2 does not say there are two Gospels of salvation. Jews and Gentiles are all saved the same way and that way is described in the same Gospel. What Galatians 2 refers to is the fact that Peter was sent to preach the Gospel to the Jews while Paul was sent to preach the Gospel to the...

The Lord commanded His disciples to go into all the world to preach and teach the gospel to every living creature so that whosoever would come to Jesus could be saved. Mark 1:15 King James Version 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe...

I don't agree with the Calvinist interpretation that God was in Christ reconciling only the Calvinists unto Himself, not imputing their sins unto them and commanding them to then be reconciled to God.

Oh. Does that mean you have no ability to repeat yourself or further engage once you have presented your best argument and retreated?

OK. Let's not say sinners must repent of sins to be saved, but let's also agree that God will still save sinners who come to Him humbly seeking forgiveness and yet still repent of their sins because that is what they want to do.