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Yes, everyone who wants the truth. The hearing of the Gospel is what presents the truth by the power of the Holy Spirit. "How can they hear without a preacher?" You've got it backwards. You are presenting Hyper-Calvinism.

We have a debt of sin to God. We have earned our wages of that debt in death, eternal separation from God. Surly you can see the debt, Jon. Christ is the satisfaction for that sin debt, making it possible for us to be declared free of that debt by grace through faith.

I'm saying that if Christ had not suffered and died on that Cross all of us would have a debt we can't pay. We were bought with a price, as the apostle said. If that price had not been paid by Christ we would all meet in Hell.

Were you able to pay for your sins, or did Christ have to do that for you to be accepted by the Father?

You have to be honest with yourself and see a need for a Savior. And even then many will reject Christ by putting it off. My Dad was 75 when he was saved. He said he always believed the Gospel from a child, but he could not accept Christ knowing he would be a hypocrite at his work around that...

In God' economy man cannot pay the debt. Christ paid our debt by volunteering to take our place, God the Father demanded that debt to be paid. We were bought with a price, the payment was death that we deserved. The wrath of God is "the wages of sin is death." The One who never sinned and...

I'm not on a high horse, I'm on the Word of God. There is only one Mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. This intercession of dead saints for the living on this earth is not Biblical. You can get upset, that's ok, you can reason and manipulate the Scripture, but it's not there.

You'll need a lot of patience waiting for that answer.

Does the Scripture tell us to pray to the dead saints? Paul did much more for Christ than Mary ever dreamed, should I pray to him also?

I would like to know what the mother of the Son of God means to you, Walter. Do you see Mary as an intercessor of sorts as some Catholics do? I only see a woman blessed by God to be chosen to bear the Son of God. What do you see?

I wasn't talking to another Baptist, I asked Walter the question. What is your reason for associating the deity part of Christ with Mary?

I said that in reference to you believing Mary was the mother of the Son of God. No one would say that without some sort of implication of Mary having power with God. What is your reason for associating the deity part of Christ with Mary?

But Walter, Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, what part of His deity did Mary have anything to do with? She is blessed of all women, I agree, but she has no more power with God than any other person. Her last recorded words in Scripture are telling! She said, "whatever He (Christ) says...

Yes, you certainly will have denials of that, BF, lots of them! The purpose of the hearing of the Gospel is to break through the depravity of man with the truth of Jesus Christ, enabling him to believe and be saved, or reject it. You've got it backwards, my friend!

It's my opinion they deserve the best that can be produced. I hope the fact that they are making changes is a positive one for those in uniform.

I'm glad you did, Cathode! I would like to hear your general thoughts on the Popes statement.

That is an everyday thing for me. To give you a glimpse of what it has become for me, let me tell you about Christmas '23. My Mom passed away in Feb. '23, Dad has been gone since "11, so my sister an I met at the old home place that Christmas. She was standing over by the china cabinet...

That doesn't surprise me, there have been several things in the past 2 years I've been reminded of and have no memory of it.

I haven't seen a P-38 since the 70's and don't remember what a P-51 was.

The Scripture says, "you were bought with a price." I am bought a paid for by the Blood of Jesus Christ by grace through faith. He took my sin debt from me and took it upon Himself, "the just for the unjust." That is what God demanded of Christ to set me free. I know we disagree that when...