You said,

"In today's American culture, could be we're all on our way to Hell. I don't have the answer, but I do know salvation is not as easy and painless as we've been led to believe by the crowds of ear-ticklers we have nowadays in the pulpits."

With this comment I agree and it is true in Canada as well. I am not an advocate of easy believism and James refutes this as well.

James 2:17-19

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

That is why we cannot not save ourselves and choose to be saved this is an act of God.

Matthew 19:25,26

...When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, ***With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible***...

You are very selective with the questions you answer. If you are not ashamed of your beliefs please be open and completely honest.

As I asked before, can you say you have no sin?

What about the bondage of the human will to sin, Satan and the world which are the trinity of evil?

You also said,

"Well, there is a choice and it's not an automatic, and we are not taken over by some entity which moves our arms and legs or possesses us like something out of the Exorcist or Three Faces of Eve."

I would like to ask you what is the purpose of the Holy Spirit in the Christian's life?

You said,

"Once a person is saved they have the CHOICE to obey or not obey God's command to WALK IN, or BE LED BY the Spirit. It's not an automatic. We're commanded to WALK in the Spirit, to RECKON (active verb) our Old Man dead, to be alive to God, dead to self."

You stated once a person is saved they have a choice. Does a person have a choice before salvation to obey or not obey according to your set of beliefs?

The reason I ask this is to clarify what you mean because after salvation Christians are to perform good works and to be obedient to the law as a standard of life. There is no choice involved to obey the law, it is a command and this obedience is more and more perfected in the Christian's life by mortification and sanctification of the Holy Spirit. Although the child of God will never be perfect while alive on this earth he should strive to be holy.

If we are able to save ourselves by keeping the law as the Pharisess thought, then it was not necessary that Christ should die. It is because we are so completely sinful and utterly degenerate in our natures that Christ gave himself a ransom for many and to save His people from their sin.

It is good to hear again from you too!

You said,

"Well, this is a choice also, to be spiritually or carnally minded,"

With your comment above I disagree for the Scriptures clearly teach that without being born again of the Spirit we cannot be spiritually minded. We cannot choose to be born. You may call it fatalism, but I call it God's predestination and election which are the biblical terms. We cannot choose to be spiritually minded, this is a work of grace in the child of God.

You also said,

"And Scripture says to examine ourselves to see if we be in the faith and to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling."

With this comment I agree for it is Scriptural. It is good to examine ourselves to see if we be in the faith and are the elect of God and this is a working out. Do we demonstrate the fruits of the Spirit in our lives and those evidences of God's grace upon our souls such as repentance and sorrow of sin?

I know many Independant Fundamental free-will Baptists that believe the law of God has no bearing on Christians today.

I can say I love God's law and meditate on it day and night. In the law I see the beauty of Christ's righteousness and the holiness of God. In contrast, I see my sin and the law of God humbles me and shows me I am a sinner and my need of Christ and to be comformed more and more into His image and through the Spirit of God to mortify the deeds of the flesh. I strive to keep the law only by the grace of God that enables me, but in my sinful self it is impossible.

Romans 8:6-8

It sounds like you are describing antinomianism which means against law. In both the free-will and calvinistic camps there are those who live this way and believe the law has no importance in the Christian life. These people do deceive themselves and peradventure God may open their eyes and grant them repentance.

I adhere to the doctrines of grace and believe they are supported in the Word of God, but the Scriptures tell us we will know who a true Christian is by their fruits. The moral law of God is our standard of life how we should live as Christians, but the law in itself cannot save us. Salvation is through Christ alone to those who are called of the Father.

Romans 8:1-4