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Thus we were NOT saved because of our faith, our faith only allowed God to credit it or not. Our faith did not deserve salvation or merit salvation, the accreditation was a act of mercy and grace. Salvation does NOT depend upon the person who wills, but upon God who has mercy. [from the OP]...

Great Point!! What some do is to re-translate a faithful translation into an unfaithful one to support false doctrine. The NWT being a fine example.

Yes, prior sins do not preclude salvation, only unbelief as determined by God.

Sir, you have demonstrated complete ignorance of the gospel. You continue to espouse a works based salvation. That view is fiction.

Interesting topic, Old Sarge! Let me dig into just one tiny facet of the linked article. A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 7:39 NASB What does "only in the Lord" mean. I...

You need to address what I say, and stop making up positions and attributing them to me. God choosing an individual for salvation is not precluded by a prior life of sin.

You need to study God's word, Sir. Jesus is the way, the means of entering Heaven. But you do not enter through the narrow door by works, such as I taught Sunday School, or I was baptized by a Baptist preacher. Next you make a charge of misquoting Jesus, but provide no specific reference...

News flash for the uninformed! The answer is YES. God can choose to have mercy on anyone, but has told us He will have mercy on those whose faith in Christ He credits as righteousness. Even serial killers!

Respectfully Dave G, I can understand my Savior's words by reading them. Thus it is our understanding that differs. Here is where we agree: "We were...chosen to salvation through our sanctification (being set apart into Christ by God's Spirit) and through (not because of, which constitutes...

I personally knew a person who fled, with her parents from the NASI's during WWII. They boarded a ship, were not allowed to disembark at ports outside the control of the NASIs and so had to return to the sea. At this point in her account, she grabbed my arm and said, you know the seas were...

Your belief is a man-made fiction, having nothing to do with being chosen for salvation. You have to study God's word, rather than prejudge it.

Yet another change of subject post - I was personally in Germany (West Germany at that time) and saw the bombed out buildings still in Frankfurt in the 1960's. There was an attempt at Earthy justice, it was called WWII.

Please try and answer these questions: 1) Did we save ourselves or did God save us? 2) If you believe, as I do, God saved us, then did we initiate the process or did God initiate the process? 3) If you believe, as I do, that we love God because He first loved us, then did we play any part in...

Did this poster say Romans 9:11 indicates those chosen before they had done anything good or bad were chosen for salvation? If so, that is yet another rewrite.

I am sorry Sir, but I addressed Presidential War Powers used by Mr. Obama, Biden, and Trump. We were talking about illegal drug suppliers waging war by killing thousands of Americans, and you want to talk about medical malpractice? Give me a break...

The action of government is non-germane to this topic, perhaps this response was intended for another thread?

Lets say the killing by illegal drugs in America is murder by those who supply these lethal substances. Since the number of deaths runs in the tens or hundreds of thousands each year, that constitutes an act of War which would trigger Presidential War Powers to respond without Congressional...

No one was made perfect before they were born anew with the washing of regeneration. No one not made perfect enters heaven, the abode of God who is holy. Those not made holy are separated from God. This is basic Sir. Thus to be set apart in Christ refers to the beginning of the New Covenant...

The parade of rewritten scripture continues, from the beginning does not mean "in the beginning" or before the foundation of the world. From the beginning means since the beginning or after the beginning. And the choice of Romans 9:11 was NOT for salvation. But this nonsense gets posted...

1) The title should be "Elder/Senior Pastor" This puts in on equal footing with the other governing Elders, not above or below. 2) When a new local "church body" is planted (formed) the members should choose Elders (at least 3) to govern the church but reporting to and accountable to the...