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I think you're referring to the Grace Evangelical Society. I'm familiar with the name of one the staff members, Bob Wilkin. He teaches that intellectual assent about who Jesus is and what He did is all that is necessary to be saved. I think that theology has some serious problems and seems to be...

Would you agree that some people aren't convicted of their sin after they hear? Why is that?

I am in total agreement. However, it needs to be understood that the exact moment of one's salvation has already been decided and we experience that in time as time bound-creatures.

I agree that we hear, believe, and are saved, but the Bible also makes it clear that not every person without exception has the ability to believe after hearing. If He desires that all would come to faith, then logically they would. Are you saying that God isn't powerful enough to override...

I know, I’m speaking of how we experience that in time. It’s the whole “now and not yet” idea.

In no way, shape, or form am I asserting that God believed for him. Yes, he did need to believe, but it was only because God gave him the ability to do so. No offense, but I do believe that you are interpreting the verses in question through a presupposed, synergistic lens. I understand the...

We are predestined to be born-again in eternity past, but we don’t experience the new birth until a certain point in time.

Brother @Silverhair asked me: I don’t necessarily disagree with what was stated. There is no doubt that the Philippian jailer became born-again after he believed. However, one thing that needs to be understood by my synergist friends is that the ability to believe had to be given to him as a...

Of course it does.

One is in Christ when the Holy Spirit regenerates them at the ordained point in time.

2 Cortinthians 5:17-19 (ESV) - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the...

There is no doubt that Gill held to all five points and differed with Calvin on some things. Gill was a credobaptist and a historic premillennialist; Calvin was neither.

Is it necessary to believe in the Trinity to be saved? No, believing in Christ is what saves. However, if one is saved, they are going to grow in knowledge and should eventually come to believe that God is triune in nature. I'm sure that there are many who are saved on their deathbed without...

I’ve never read Calvin, so I can’t really call myself a Calvinist. I’ve looked over John Gill’s commentary to help shed light on some difficult passages. I’ve also found Ryrie and Wiersbe to be very helpful as well, though I’m not a dispensationalist.

Shawn, why do you feel that you have to win the argument instead of defending your position rationally? I read a post on another thread earlier where one of the moderators said that you have been banned at least two times for this same arrogant attitude. If this topic riles you up so much, I...

The root of our disagreement will come down to what a spiritually dead sinner can and can't do, but yes, we are equally saved by the same grace through faith.

I believe that "foreknow" in this sense is personal, not something that God simply possesses knowledge about. It's the same kind of "knowing" that God had in regard to Abraham in Genesis 18:19. (KJV) - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall...

I have come to the conclusion that they do preach a false Gospel because it is Gospel absent of repentance. I’m not sure if you’re aware, but Peter Ruckman was undoubtedly a racist. Calling “race-mixers” mentally ill and agreeing with everything the KKK stands for except for their antisemitism...

Thank you Brothers @Charlie24 and @Silverhair for sharing your insight. I understand where both of you are coming from and I believe you have thought through your positions with the highest degree of integrity. I'll share with you how I see it. When I look at these texts, I see an already...

I'm sorry that you have been taught this way.