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    When Did Faith Become Works Based?

    Greetings and blessings to all my brothers in Christ Jesus. The Bible tells us that “boasting is excluded because the law requires faith” (Rom 3:27). So then it would follow that faith is not works, for boasting is absent when talking about faith. In other words, there is no proclamation of...
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    What Constitutes a Bona Fide Offer?

    Greetings I would agree if it were the case that we all knew and agreed upon 'how' 'who' and 'why' God chose to offer. Then yes, we all might be accused of judging God's good pleasure in that case. I underlined the word 'might' because I believe the very structure of this world is a...
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    What Constitutes a Bona Fide Offer?

    This, above. So you would hold that God does offer salvation to all and that offer is a bona fide offer. The next step is discussing what makes an offer 'bona fide' and what makes an offer 'not bona fide? That's sad. :) But I find its not uncommon. The very foundation of the Reformed...
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    TULIP - Which of the 5 points to subscribe to?

    Greetings Brightfame, I hope you are doing well. Yea, I call myself a compatiblist or just a "I don't ignore large groupings of verse for a binary view". Others might call me a fence rider. I've been called a Calvinist by Arminians and a Arminian by Calvinists. Just going the direction the...
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    What Constitutes a Bona Fide Offer?

    Greetings to you canadyjd. I hope you and your family are well. It would seem that this OP is experiencing a reoccurring problem with those that are lumping Salvation in with the Gospel offer. Maybe I need to inquire into your position a little more before I proceed. (a) Do you hold to the...
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    What Constitutes a Bona Fide Offer?

    Greetings Wesley. Thank you for providing your wisdom on the issue of the bona fide offer. I previously wrote Wesley replied... I need to ask a couple of question, if you would allow, to understand if you are missing the purpose of the OP or if you hold certain views that are contrary to...
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    What Constitutes a Bona Fide Offer?

    Greetings canadyjd. Peace and hope to you and yours. I tend to agree that God knows everything before it occurs. Unlike some of my fellow brothers, I do not think this negates a bona fide offer. Yes, I would think that it is a component. Today, I am reminded of the wedding parable. (Mat...
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    What about Divine Chastisement?

    Greetings Zaatar. I hope you are having a blessing Tuesday. We know that God tests the hearts of men through experience (Prov 17:3) and through experience he tries them as silver is tried (Psa 66:10). Not that He might know the will of a man’s heart, for the Spirit already “searches all...
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    What Constitutes a Bona Fide Offer?

    Silverhair. Blessings and thanks for you as God's vessel. Not stepping on toes at all. Thank you for the corrections and adjustments. Besides, it saves me the corrections latter. :) I think this is a good expansion for clarity. Thanks for the correction. Again, thank you for the...
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    What Constitutes a Bona Fide Offer?

    Greetings Dave G. Peace, grace, and hope to you this day. Along with the Calvinistic doctrine of unconditional election, most all Calvinist theologians through history have affirmed that God's offer of salvation in the gospel is real and true for everyone. In other words, it is a bona fide...
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    What Constitutes a Bona Fide Offer?

    Greetings to all on this blessed Tuesday. May the grace and hope of our Lord do a great work in you all. It would seem that Silverhair is going the direction I intended (thanks for the verses). Before I start here, I would like to put a disclaimer that my current analysis of Romans 14:9 is a...
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    Universal Atonement With Limited Atonement

    Greetings to you Aaron and grace and hope to you and yours. Thank you for your insights and wisdom on this matter. In regard to your statement above. I think that you are accurate except for the added part at the end. There is no explicit nor implicit verse that tells us that the High Priest...
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    What Constitutes a Bona Fide Offer?

    Greetings Jon, Thank you for your time and wisdom on this matter. I like your quote above. Ok, capable but not willing. As in, the spiritual desires were absent and the fleshly desires were dominant. I agree, God does not lie. When He says in the Holy Scriptures that God will be the...
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    What Constitutes a Bona Fide Offer?

    Greetings Silverhair and happy Monday to you and your family. Thank you for your wisdom and contribution. I had asked... You replied with some verses, but particularly this one... I want to focus on two parts of the verse: (A) "reconciled to God", and (B) "having been reconciled". The...
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    What Constitutes a Bona Fide Offer?

    Greetings Silverhair. Two questions. 1. Do you hold to a type of total depravity in which God must make the first move? 2. If you believe in some form of #1. What did Christ's work do to make it possible that the offer of salvation was a bona fide offer? If you don't hold to a type of #1...
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