So you know how to cut and paste. Good job. Now would you mind giving us a sincere exegesis of any of the sample verses that you gave.

Now my previous post's got removed for what?

Wrong again, Bud.

Have you ever heard about context. With your hermeneutic one can easily propose that crossing the Red Sea is a requirement for salvation.

How about going to a passage that actually speaks of salvation instead of blindly choosing one and forcing it to be a requirement of salvation when salvation is not even mentioned.

Or better yet...

Walt wrote:
How are you able to take the immediate context of James 2:24 beyond the quoted verse and explain the intended meaning?

Walt wrote:
Is this not prohibited in your method of interpretation where you only explain the literal meaning? Taking the immediate context should never conflict with the intended meaning or literal sense of the Scriptures.

The difference between you and the Word of God is that God means what he states and states what he means.

Apparently that's not the way you operate.

Walt wrote:
Walt wrote:
Well, I can assure you I do, and I know that God does as well. The intended meaning of any passage is always the most faithful in understanding what God means by what He says.

Well at least the reader can understand the differences of interpretation. Walt, and those of his faith, approach the Bible with a revisionist attitude. I, and those of my faith, approach it with a exegetical attitude.

Walt wrote:
Faith DOES NOT justify!"

Hey, if you want to take that back, there is no shame in that. We all make mistakes. But to blame us for your mistake and then try to justify your words only creates more confusion of your position and it is disingeneous at the least.

I agree with the rest of your post, although its a practical contradiction anyways. They state that God preordained everything but complain and act as if he did not. Goes to show you that practically they do not really believe what they theorize. In fact, for many, the only area they would practically coincide is in the area of soulwinning.

Walt wrote:
This is an error. Men are not justified by faith. They are justified by Christ and His righteousness alone...
People, put your faith in Christ alone, and not in the act of faith as JD teaches. Faith DOES NOT justify!

VS. WHAT THE BIBLE STATES wrote:
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

Let me guess, God made a mistake in his usage of words and he did not mean what he states.

That's what I figured.

Well after being reproved he digresses just a little:

Walt wrote:
There is a distinction to be made that is very important. Some people look to faith as the grounds of their justification...

To those of us who know him the best, it is called the itchy-twitchy dance. Read the entire post and you will understand what I reffer to.

Walt wrote:
Do you believe in teachers of Scripture, or do you reject all teachers outside of Scripture itself?

Wayne M. wrote:
"Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that you should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you." John 15:16
This verse shows Jesus does the choosing.

Try again.

Cbcpreacher wrote:
Do you have more, Walt?

How about a verse that actually proves your thesis that God has chosen an arbitrary few to heaven, and the rest he left to die and go to hell.

After all is not that the present discussion? Or is this a contest about who can quote the most verses within the SA limitation?

BTW CBC,

Seaton wrote:
But your address is still spelt wrong it should be "Devastating" - NO "h" in it.

Go ahead, try it.

Seaton wrote:
You said
"Now Walt where are the words that state that God has chosen an arbitrary few unto salvation and the rest to hell?"

Sorry. We can't give you this information, if God has not revealed it to you in the first place. I guess you're not elect.