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Absolute total nonsense! How in the world you claim my statement, Spiritual death means separation from God. That's all it means. can go to say one can erase the need to believe for eternal life is way, way, way beyond the extreme. Much appreciated if you'd keep your comments towards me at least...

Well as you know David this is written to Christians. First if you claim Christians which you consider the elect guaranteed how could they walk as other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind? Why give them a warning that they might? Doesn't that alone challenge Calvinistic irresistible...

Nope. Not true Dave. Well I'm not referring to "godly culture" but culture which hasn't reached a point where they're absolutely and totally depraved in a way that you would say all unsaved cultures are. David I'll roll out here with my comments embedded this passage of Romans 1. "For the...

I've watched that Hitler series on the History Channel and found it a lot more interesting than I thought it'd be. It seems to me he may very well have for it seems many of his top generals did so why not him. None of this I guess matters now but it would demonstrate how population in mass could...

Well doesn't look like that Pastor was doing it to get rich for himself which shows good integrity. $750 quite a chunk but when you figure the freedom of not having a church debt, insurances, maintenance, landscaping, roofs to be replaced the freedom of it all obviously was so appealing to him...

Yes mankind has a degenerated nature. The question is to what degree. You might answer absolutely, 100% with no measure where they're not depraved. I don't agree as individuals vary on how evil they want or choose to be. Jesus referred to degrees of degradation as well. Matt 23:15, Matt 11:23...

You see that right there demonstrates such a sad, sad thing. Maybe this minister was very good and sincere (I like to believe the best of folks) but he himself may have been under a lot of pressure financially which depressed him immeasurably moving him to say things he normally wouldn't.

I don't like the idea of gathering of believers borrowing money from banks to build churches. I guess I tend to me more of an idealist as I consider going to a secular financial institution as going to the world and not God. That's not to say I've been perfect in my conviction as I've had one...

If a man/woman is responding with faith to what God has done? Why would they have to respond in faith at all then? God said according to your faith so shall it be done [future tense] unto you Matt 9:29 All the hero's of faith the same....faith, taking them to the end result. Noah, Abraham...

Sure I get what you're saying on one level BUT I'd still hold it must still be a universal principle of the criteria on which God releases his grace. Humility MUST come first.....and the grace second. As it is written, God resists the proud but gives his grace to the humble. 1 Peter 5:6 It...

Well SovereignGrace I think another poster has addressed the basic thought of how these verses should be considered and that is it is God's world and he allows what he allows. I will speak on a couple of them here though....first Rom 2:4 that the kindness of God leads one to repentance...yes...

No I'd say to repent is humility and humility is repentance. They're really one and the same. Repentance has always been a choice and when I see now God resists the proud BUT gives his grace to the humble. (1 Peter 5:5-6) and that is a universal principle that God never changes why shouldn't...

Well as you can guess David I have a differing opinion on how those 4 scriptures you put down are to be understood. But going back to the OP what could possibly be the reason of even showing or revealing what is acceptable behavior before God if he's merely going to put it in you anyway? Would...

My friend you've missed the whole point of the piece. Calvinistic thinking would have it things are what you say. The unregenerate ALL hate God and want nothing to do with him. That means their hearts would be FULL of PRIDE. The scriptures say, "God resists the proud BUT gives his grace to the...

Well Dave in saying you remember believing as the other poster why shouldn't you get a response it's a shame you fell away from more accurate thinking. I'd kindly suggest playing the "Ive been there before" card doesn't prove you should have left. Yeah but that statement from Exodus but more...

As I was reading the scriptures the other day I came across an interesting portion and seeing I've been studying what I'll call the weakness of Calvinistic teachings....this one item stood out to me. The story is from Luke 18:9-14 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked...

This indeed is a complex issue. Jesus did say, "A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so also you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples if you love one another. Jn13:35 While a struggle rages on between Calvinists and...

Nope sorry you're just openly wrong.

Sorry but you're just ignorant as to what by beliefs are in this matter. Cease talking about my logic. Christ knew by revelation from the Father things that a natural man couldn't know. He said the Father in me he does the works.

Still doesn't answer the question why he had to ask, "Where have you laid him" You're not believing even in the slightest that God gave up his attributes in any way form or fashion while upon the Earth. I'd kindly suggest you need to study up on what the Incarnation actually meant.