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The "remnant" here is of Israel. It is the remnant that is elected, not who will be in the remnant.

The reconciliation was for the "world" as Paul said. None of us could be saved if Christ hadn't taken our sins upon Himself and taken them out of the way. The "message of reconciliation" is us who are saved going out and proclaiming the gospel to the lost, that Christ has died for their sins...

Your grand-dad was one of the greatest men of God the world has ever seen. My mom had several Sword of the Lord articles originally written by him.

This is a sickening moment in our nations history.

We're opposites, I'm a dispensationalist. That's ok, when you cut through the doctrines we both stand by grace through faith in our Savior. You can be wrong on all the doctrines but if you get Jesus Christ right you've won the victory in Him.

I think I like Pastor Bill Parker, I for sure like his view on the Sabbath!

I would rather we focus on the grace through faith. The Calvinists are almost as hardheaded and me.

As I had thought, we are worlds apart. But that's ok, we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. I don't know you but from your posts I think you will at least agree with this.

That's right, light does not automatically equal salvation, but no man can say he is absent of all light. Man has a God-given conscience if nothing else, a sense of right and wrong. Going back to before the Law of Moses, Those Gentiles that had very little light, mainly the conscience, will...

Paul said that even the pagan Gentiles have a conscience that bears some light, and do the things in the Law not having the Law. So man is never totally without light.

Yes, God has a purpose in the sword among us. I don't want to argue but the truth is we can't discuss this with seeing God's plan totally different. I do want you to understand that I don't want to argue either! But when the 5 points meet with free will what else can be done? Everything is an...

Well, I know you're not for arguing, so I'll just let it rest. I do think you're on the right track, but I'm on the other side of the fence.

Yes, I agree, Jon. My point is that God could have used plain words in explaining what constitutes salvation and what doesn't without the possibility of misinterpretation, but He didn't. It would have required, I think, something like a rule book section carefully written in detail. Of course...

I think we would all agree that God could have written the Scripture in a way that left no doubt as to how we are saved. But yet He allowed for the possibility of His Word to be interpreted differently on the most important topic in Scripture, our salvation. Why do you suppose He allowed...

Yes it does. The instructor knew from the actions of the student he would not meet the required standard. Although in this example the instructor did not know what the actions of the student would be from the very beginning, but did know before the student. The instructor knew beforehand he...

Here's the thing, Layman. God knows through His foreknowledge everyone who will be born into this world, He knows who will be saved and who will not before they are born. God has not predestined the individual to be saved, as far as who will or will not be saved, He has predestined man to a...

One last thing and I'll let it go. When Christ was the satisfaction for our sins, he did NOT forgive sins, He covered them. If man dies in this life without repenting by faith in Christ, he will die in his sins.

This is the basis for hearing some say that man is not sent to Hell for his sins, they were covered by Christ, man is sent to Hell because he did not repent by faith in Christ, the only way to escape.

I'm sure you've heard the phrase, "sin was covered by Christ." This is the satisfaction for our sins to the Father (taking our sins out of the way) that made it possible for us to be saved by grace through faith

Let me see if I can hopefully clarify the meaning of propitiation/satisfaction, at leas to where you can see how I see it. Paul told us that we are dead in trespass and sins, no man seeks after God. This is where John Calvin gave birth to the Total Depravity. When Christ died on the Cross...