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Another great post, Paleouss! We are not saved by works. So to nullify our conditional election based on God crediting our faith as righteousness, coming to faith on our own is called works. Thus we must be saved unconditionally, then given faith via irresistible grace. The claim disregards...

Good and valid point! If we do things and expect the accolades of people, are we not stoking the fire of pride? We are obligated to God, to serve Him as best we can. And yes, we should be thankful to God for the honor of serving Him, not the other way around. Call of Duty indeed!

The only way to receive the reconciliation provided by Christ's sacrifice, if for God alone to transfer you spiritually out of the realm of darkness (in Adam so to speak) and into Christ where you undergo the washing of regeneration, causing you to be born anew as a new creation.

Great Post!!! One nit pick: "Desiring and choosing to accept or reject is sufficient." Who decides if the acceptance is valid or lip service. Demons believe Jesus is God, but do not commit to make Him Lord of their life. Many people are like soil #2 in Matthew 13, they accept the gospel...

This appears to be a commonly held belief. However, the "it" that appears in these verses is not Abraham, but his faith, Romans 4:5. The idea our faith, when and if credited by God results in being declared righteous is false. If God credits an individual's faith as righteousness, then He...

I think the key is humility. Nobody likes it when I tell them their doctrine is false doctrine, and I sure do not like it when they tell me I do not know what I am talking about. If we are so deeply entrenched in confirmation bias, seeing only what we saw before, a verse that says "a" will be...

I was addressing the timing of humanities separation from God, your #1 in post 1. I was addressing your #2 in your post #1. I was addressing your #3 in your post #1.

My experience with "moderate democrats" is that they talk a good game, but when push comes to shove, they vote hard left.

I am a one point Calvinist, I voted the the "P" because I am in the once saved, always saved camp. I am a quasi two point Arminian, in that I believe Christ died for all mankind, and I believe God elects individuals based on crediting their faith as righteousness. And I am a different breed...

One person's treasure is another person's trash. When each of us came to Christ, we trusted that our understanding was truth. Now if I come along, and claim your understanding was not truth, but trash, how do you suppose you would react? Are we able to reconsider what we have already accepted...

Yes, the model of the Old has two parts, the sacrifice providing the blood, and then the people receiving the benefit of the blood sacrifice, modeling the sacrifice of Christ providing the means of reconciliation, and the people transferred into Christ receiving the benefit of provision. 1)...

My motive beyond a "get the ball rolling" post, was to suggest the Democrat candidates will all be deeply flawed. My Ms instead of Mrs was to highlight their support of deception. And no, I do not want any of the lefty loony's to run, but run they will.

Hi Dave, Your post suggests a willingness to consider what the Bible actually teaches, so start a thread giving your view of "Spiritual Baptism." Who knows, you might be on to something, but you must put some meat on those bones.

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Here is the issue in a nutshell: Baptists believe in the separation of church and state, primarily so those wielding government power will not dictate what people can publicly believe. No "You have to be a white male Christian to vote." The constitution says the government cannot establish a...

1) The change of subject, addressing me and not the topic. 2) We are NOT speaking exclusively of a "Day" but of how the Old Covenant models, illustrates and foreshadows the New Covenant. 3) We do not reshape the New Covenant with the Old, the New Covenant reshapes the Old. The issue is...

Following the conversation has nothing to do with your obvious ignorance of scripture and the topic of reconciliation. Rather than admit you did not understand the Old Testament model, you hurl innuendos my way. Classy

Here is what you falsely claimed: Okay, 'the Jews' weren't being sprinkled. The priests, their robes, and the tabernacle and its furniture were being sprinkled, and lepers for cleansing. Here is what scripture says: "sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, So instead of admitting...

Saving faith is our individual faith as credited by God alone are righteousness. Any faith not credited is not saving faith.

I did not see any explanation, just another post dodging the truth. You need to explain "sprinkled both the book itself and all the people," rather than just remove it from your bible.