name of God

Comment:
God's name is (or includes) his intentions, principles, plan of action, loving nature, etc. It is how he loves us. It is his reputation and what he has done on the earth. It is his holy standard to which he adheres.
Perhaps we can say that people's names in general are the principia by which they intend to act and their function in manifesting Gods kingdom on earth.
Perhaps we can go farther to say that people's identity, what they are made out of, their souls, consist of these principia. Things like righteousness, justice, holiness, devotion, God-centeredness, etc (which are all facets of one idea) are the building blocks of the soul. From this central identity comes behavioral manifestations like the fruits of the spirit and their negative counterparts.

This is by no means an in-depth treatment of names or souls, just something I wrote in my notebook recently.

sin nature transmission

Comment:
At the fall of man, many things were changed. Animals became carnivorous, the ground was harder to till, etc. Therefore, we can probably attribute the transmission of original sin through Adam to some sort of real, strong change in him (and Eve I guess). Perhaps not physically, but maybe a strong spiritual condition.

Salvation by faith #2

This will just be an outline of salvation using texts.

1) Salvation is by faith alone. Ephesians 2:8 "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast."

2) This faith comes from God and has nothing to do with you. See above verse. Also Romans 12:3 "...in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you..."

Modification to Salvation by faith #1:
3) Faith is more than just head belief. One must accept the gift that God has given. Romans 10:10 "For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved."

4) Due to 1 and 2, salvation is purely a gift.
Illustrations include being born again, turning from blind to seeing and darkness to light, freedom from bondage to sin and now slavery to righteousness, dying to sin and coming alive, etc.

5) This salvation is for the purpose of you being in a relationship with God.
Isaiah 62:5 "As a young man marries a young woman, so will your Builder marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you." [hehe KT :)]
John 17:3 "Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent."
1 John 5:20 "And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life."

6) Therefore dive in!