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Are you serious, Z? There was a time in your life when you were not a Calvinist?

I guess you have been blinded to it from your teachings. Christ is saying you could be OF my sheep, you could believe, but you have chosen not to! They have willfully chosen not to be OF His sheep.

He says, "My sheep hear my voice and I know them, and they follow Me." He knows they are not His sheep, and they will not believe. "But you believe not, because you are not OF my sheep.

You can discuss all the distinctions between C/T and Dis. as you like, but I can tell you right now all those distinctions come home to roost in the different view of Israel and the Church.

Even the apostle of love had a balance. Yes, I given John 10:26 much thought through years along with similar verses. They were not His sheep because they chose not to be His sheep. They simply would not believe Him. Christ knew who was and who was not His sheep, who would and would not...

You probably heard that God loves you so much because He does. The most famous verse in all of Scripture says, "For God so loved the world that He gave..." The apostle John that preached Love in every way known to man wouldn't agree with you. But I have no doubt a variety of old hard nosed...

Not all Calvinists teach the love of God for mankind, there are some here on these forums that teach God doesn't love everyone. That God does not offer His salvation to all of mankind. I'm surprised you haven't heard what I have heard from the lost.

Well, obviously you don't understand the reason for the comparison making Melchisedec a type of Christ in the eternal Priesthood. Or the connection with Abraham after the "slaughter of the kings" when he met Melchisedec. Melchisedec was purposely intended by God to be a type of Christ as...

Yes, that is certainly how we know! 1 John 5:13 "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."

The author of Hebrews makes it clear that The Son of God had no beginning of days or end of life, when he compared Melchisedec as a type of Christ. Heb. 7:1-4 "For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and...

The Word has always existed, but Jesus, referring to His humanity, did have a beginning. We know that the Word became flesh. Whatever the Word was, assumed to be a Spirit as is Father, He has no beginning.

You have a point there, Reynolds. The Gospel we preach at least brings hope to all of mankind. There are many who make professions of faith through a simple prayer but never actually repent. Some say this is not Biblical, the prayer of repentance. But Christ said otherwise. Luke 18:9-14...

Since I was a kid I've been excessively interested in what God is telling us and why. The broader picture of why Israel is so often the center of God's Word, both New and Old Testaments. I suppose that's why I dove into Dispensationalism the way I did.

That is a solid stand on the Word of God, and a position that should be respected by all of us. Not to mention just plain good advice. I take it a bit farther than you in certain doctrines, I believe through searching the Scriptures I have solid proof of my beliefs. Dispensationalism is...

I have talked to many through the years concerning their souls. I have heard many times "God doesn't want me, if He had chosen me I wouldn't be in this mess I'm in. I ask them how do you know God doesn't want you and hasn't chosen you for salvation. Then they begin repeating Reformed Theology...

Maybe we are agreeing and wording it differently. God opens the heart through the Gospel but not all will believe. In your last line it seems you are saying that when God opens the heart (as in it being His choice for them to believe and not man's) they will freely believe.

You said, " when and if God opens their hearts to believe, they freely embrase it (Acts 16:14-15)." God gives them the Gospel to open their hearts, they have the choice to open up and receive His Grace once they hear the truth. Titus 2:11-12 "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath...

Part 3 Dispensationalism We've briefly covered the dispensations that divide time showing us how God has dealt differently with man according to the available knowledge of His salvation in the dispensation in which man has lived. We've discussed one of the main points of Dispensationalism in...

The theory in action, but OK.

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