Here is your hang up. Paul is talking about the noun, sin. Which condemns you. You are carnally minded, that doesn't mean a porn addict, it means your mind is on the performance of the flesh. You are to reckon yourself dead to sin. If you refuse, that is on you.
That is called a negligent discharge. It only shoots with a full pull to the rear. It doesn't need an external safety. You seem hung up on things your government has told you.
Thomas DeLauer, same thing. He has a youtube channel where he covers the science of why for many things. Another promoter of high fat, low carb, and fasting. He will also tell you about taking in carbs for the insulin reaction in a positive way.
Have you seen what happens to vitamins when the food is full cooked or high heat for extended times? They are gone. Eat a runny yoke for best nutrition. I learned about it with vegetables. That is the vitamin portion, not the protein.
Baptism is to be immersed. Explain your position. Also, don't think I don't notice your red herring. The Lord Jesus Christ said only those that do his Father's will. Repentance is a part of circumcision, to change their ways. You picked a really poor word with baptism for your misdirection. But...
I don't see the correlation with your title and the video. Yes, the Chicoms are evil. He is not a mercenary. He is a spy. A mercenary is someone in a conflict, who is not party to the conflict. George Washington hired many foreign contractors, which by that definition are mercenaries.
There is more than one standard according to scripture, and the Lord Jesus Christ. As has been pointed out to you probably many times here.
Metaphorically speaking, consult the rules for circumcision.
4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly...
Well of course. I suppose one could say everyone is elect since God desires all to be saved. Even Hillary Clinton. What can I say, he is without sin, I am not. Let her rot in hell.
But the elect in Revelation and other places are Israelites.
I forgot to mention one thing. If you don't know it but watch action movies, that is the pistol officer John McClain had in Die Hard. And the replacement for the beloved M1911, and side arm for the military for about 40 years.