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People are lost in sin because they are in rebellion against God's Sovereignty. Unbelief is just one of the many violations for which they are justly condemned. Indeed, we would be equally condemned if it were not for God immersing us into Christ Jesus so that Jesus life is exchanged for ours...

Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? Ezekiel 36:26-27 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my...

Thank you for sharing your position. I believe, like Paul, we can be confident in our faith and declare that Jesus will never leave us nor forsake us according to his promise.

Here we will disagree. Jesus atonement covers all sin. However, Jesus atonement is only for those God elects to save. Therefore anyone whom God does not elect to save has no atonement for any sin committed. Jesus does not atone for all sins, except the sin of unbelief when talking about those...

I have no concern in trying to play God. God either chooses to save us or he doesn't. That is for God to decide. My role is to point you toward sound doctrine and scripture as being above church doors and personal feelings. Theology matters, centrist. Not all SBC churches have good theology. I...

So, since we are created, not Creator, we shouldn't believe that God has elected to save us? That leaves us with utilyan's position where it is impossible to ever declare we are saved. Is that your position as well? Are you incapacitated by thinking your salvation is in doubt?

Now this, Jon, is a wonderfully pride-filled post you provided. It explains, however, why so many seminaries are so useless in training pastor's.

Why wouldn't a Christian believe God elected to save him/her?

Wow, utilyan, your delusion is sad. Such hatred of God while you write. There are times when I can very clearly recognize the spirit of antichrist. I will pray for you.

I question if you understand grace. Water baptism is a ceremony. It is not a magical activity. When I read what you write, I see a person who lives by emotion and legalism. I see a person who is tossed by waves because he has never been grounded in God's word and mentored to study the Bible. My...

Wow, utilyan, your delusion is sad. Such hatred of God while you write. There are times when I can very clearly recognize the spirit of antichrist. I will pray for you.

So don't ask the Vatican. Got it.

Saul, later called Paul, hated God and yet God chose to save him. Utilyan, your bitterness is palpable. It's like screaming and gnashing of teeth when you speak. You show that you have no understanding of depravity and the complete dependence we all have on God choosing to graciously redeem...

Wow, such a hateful statement against God's sovereignty. You have called God, who tells us he chooses, elects and predestined those for whom he died (we have shared the vast number of passages where God makes this point) a Nazi. Utilyan, you cannot undo what God tells us about his Sovereign...

Joseph, you are making an unsubstantiated judgment upon those who die by suicide, saying that they can, in no way, have been chosen and adopted children of God. There is no substantial proof in scripture for your assertion. Therefore you are stating an opinion, which you are welcome to hold...

I have a clue, but you will not like it and call me arrogant. If you had a clue what I am referring to, you would fall on your knees and repent.

Of course, over time, the devil can work on hearts to cause them to imagine they have control over their salvation and thus get the believer to be self-centered on their own works as a means of salvation or maintenance of salvation.

LOL, our difference is we revere the living Christ who is seated at the throne and who places us with him while you perpetually place Jesus on the cross, never quite finishing what he started. Hence, you cannot ever say or fully believe you are saved. Ephesians 1:15-23 For this reason, because...

I suspect Calvinist's are perceived as less loving. The reason is that humans love to think they have full control over their lives and they gnash their teeth at anyone who says they don't have full control. Rather than allow God's word to speak truth, the natural reaction is to call a bearer of...

Joseph, is God's grace incapable of covering the death of a Christian by that person's own hand? I agree that we counsel the downhearted to trust God in all things and to walk through the valley in faith. I do not make a universal statement that God cannot have saved the man who committed...