You have laid out a flawless arguement that would prompt any
reasonable person to at least search the scriptures, but it has fallen on deaf
ears. All that you have accomplished is to pour fuel on the fire that is
waiting for Blaine when the Lord condemns him to Hell. If you are now
ready to stamp the dust off your feet and move on, I would like to
hear what you have learned about demon possession.
To Blaine:
Way back in A.D. 49 there was a guy named Paul who started a
church in Galatia. He then went on to start other churches in other
areas. While he was gone, a group of judaizers came, teaching the Galations
that Jesus alone was not enough; they also needed to be circumcized.
Paul's response, when he heard this, was "If you get
circumcized to be saved, then Christ would be of no benefit
to you". In other words, adding something to Jesus does not make
you more saved. It makes you lost. It is not Jesus plus
anything. Not Jesus plus the law, not Jesus plus a foreskin, not Jesus
plus tithing or baptism or Joe Smith.
By adding to Jesus, you have condemned yourself to
Hell.
