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No sir! One has to realize they are a sinner in need of a Savior to be saved. That's the purpose of spreading the Gospel so they can hear and let the Holy Spirit reach in the heart of man with truth. But man is a free moral agent, he can reject that calling of the Holy Spirit.

I'm very surprised that you believe that, Van. I would have never guessed that from your past posts!

If you don't hold on to your faith to the end, there will be no glorified body!

Sure they were.

Saved is the result of hearing and believing. In John 8:47 they could not hear because they were not of God, they were not who they claimed to be! If you go back to vs. 13, you will see it was the Pharisees that Christ was speaking to. They claimed to be of God but they were not, they could...

Van, you use the Greek quite often, much more than I do, and you understand the in's and out's of it. The Greek word for "destroy" in Matt. 10:28 is "apollymi" and can mean to cease to exist but most often, as in Matt. 10:28, it means to be ruined not ceasing to exist. We know it's not...

Yes, that's right! When you disagree with Van there is nothing you can say or do to prove otherwise. Call it poor behavior on my part or whatever you want to call it, fine with me.

Folks, note that falling from Grace is the loss of salvation. Here's an example. 2 Peter 2:20-22 "For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with...

The Scripture says "pride goes before destruction" and it's pride that man will not humble himself. Humbleness is not imputed to man by God, it's the hardening of the heart against God (pride) that man chooses rather than humbling himself before God.

How long will you allow false teachers to influence you, BF?

Oh boy, the Scripture says that faith comes by hearing the Word of God, BF. Not all will have the faith from hearing the Word, so we know that faith is a choice given to man.

Jon, that will take some of that serious Jethro Bodine syphering. I'm not sure I can figure it out.

The Lord demands that you recognize who you really are, and who He is, and what He's done for you. Matt. 23:12 "And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted."

Sometimes I leave the TV off and just sit quietly reading His Word to remind myself of how Great He really is. Reading the promises God made and actually seeing down through history those promises being fulfilled. Only about half the prophesies of God have been fulfilled, with the other half...

We should praise the Lord our God for not only what He has done for us, but also for who He is. He is the Almighty, the Great I Am. He has revealed to us in part who He is to save us from our sins, and there is much more for us to learn of Him in the future.

Carl Boberg, 1886 Verse 1 O Lord my God When I in awesome wonder Consider all the works Thy hands have made, I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy pow'r throughout The universe displayed! Chorus Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee; How great Thou art, How great...

How could Mr. Gadsby have such a extraordinary understanding of what Christ has done for us, but yet fail to see that all men are offered this redemption in Christ? Something went terribly wrong!

@JesusFan Hopefully this will help you to understand. God saves man body, soul and spirit. If man holds to the end his faith in Christ, his body goes to the grave, the soul and spirit go to be with Him by the gift of the indwelling Holy Spirit through faith. The gift of the indwelling Holy...

I don't feel like beating my head against a brick wall today, Van.

Yes sir, they most certainly did, they fell from their standing in God's grace. But Paul was there, and there is always someone there provided by God, to show them their error.