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No man can come to Christ except the Father draws him. That's how He does it. That's when He's near and you can call on Him for mercy. Isa. 55:6-7 "Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his...

Have you ever been talking to someone about the Word of God, reading it, listening to a sermon, or certain Scripture verses come to mind and you realize you are the reason Christ was nailed on that Cross, or you realize you are separated from God? That's the Holy Spirit breaking through your...

I'll have to muster up the Merry part, but thanks, same for you.

Ok

Well actually I never wanted to be in a conversation that has no worthwhile conclusion. That's why I never wanted to mention Christ at 40 days old living in Nazareth.

If they found Him in a playhouse behind the Temple what difference would It make to us?

What are the cons of Nazareth to Egypt? Considering He lived in Nazareth within a few weeks after His birth in Bethlehem. There is no reason to believe He was anywhere else when they found Him some 18-22 months later.

There are pros and cons either way, no way of knowing for sure.

I have to disagree, but let me explain is a short summary. I do believe a book could easily be written on this topic. Before the foundation of the world, before man was created, the Triune God knew Adam would fall in sin being given free will to choose his way. So before man did this and...

Herod sent them to Bethlehem not having a clue. When they left Herod they seen the star in the east and followed it until it came to where Christ was. Where did the star take them?

The accounts of Matthew and Luke do not cover everything in one account and must be taken in mind of the time frame they are speaking in. What I have shown is not proof that the wise men found Christ in Nazareth, take from it what you will.

Let me explain what I didn't want to get into from the very beginning of this. But now I have no choice it seems. I do not believe the traditional account of Christ being in a house in Bethlehem when the wise men found Him. The Law of Moses required a young Jewish boy to be presented before...

BF, if go Calvin's way with "all men" it doesn't mean all men as in each individual person in humanity, he interpreted it as "all kinds of men" limiting it to the elect. Of course he had to do that because he interpreted predestination in the wrong way from Rom. 8 and Eph. 1. How do you see...

Christ said, If I be lifted up, will draw all men unto me. If you believe that draw equals salvation then you must be a Universalist, believing all are saved in the end. Calvin called that heresy.

He can when God draws him with the Gospel and conviction. He has the choice to believe God's Gospel or deny it. The ones who choose to believe God's Gospel are the ones "I will raise up at the last day." In vs 45, Christ said, "Every man therefore who has heard, and has learned of the...

The natural man is the unsaved man, he can't come to Christ without the draw of hearing the Gospel and the conviction of the Holy Spirit.

That's the purpose of hearing the Gospel and the Holy Spirit convicting of sin, judgment, and righteousness. It's meant to for man to understand he needs a change of heart. He needs to see things God's way. The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

Man can understand when the Holy Spirit breaks through that total depravity with the hearing of the Gospel and conviction. Man will accept that truth or reject it, there is no middle ground.

It's the same as the Calvinist when he hears the Gospel and see's a need for a Savior. He see's the need and God supplies the faith in the message to believe the Gospel. There's no difference.

Faith comes from hearing and hearing by the Word of God. The faith to believe is in the Gospel message when man hears it. God leaves it to "whosoever will" the very heart of man to recognize his lost condition after hearing the Gospel and being convicted by the Holy Spirit. Some will see...