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That is not being personal, brother. Saying that you vehemently opposed the texts and definitions I quoted, is just restating the facts of the matter. vehemently - "Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction" I never called you a name, said anything...

So do you believe God was just putting on a show of sorts by 'grieving' the rebellion of man, and deciding to give Noah the desire to be the good one?

Personal? I've not been personal. I'm merely stating facts. I quoted scriptures and a definition, nothing more. You disagreed with it. What else needs to be said? Interestingly, I actually agree that man's sincerity doesn't merit his salvation. Even a sincerely repentant and believing...

Brother, go read it again. It is a QUOTE directly from God followed by a QUOTE directly from Websters. NOT SINGLE WORD IS MINE.

Willis, I have a question for you about this text: The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. 7 So the LORD said, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth--men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground...

Preacher4truth, Go back and look at all my posts. All of them are direct quotes from scripture or definitions from Websters (and one Calvin quote). Not ONE word, until this post, is MINE. Yet, you vehemently opposed me every step. Actually, you vehemently opposed the texts and...

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- not by works, so that no one can boast." "And here we must advert to a very common error in the interpretation of this passage. Many persons restrict the word gift to faith alone. But...

"Having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame." "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I...

"Let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD." Boasting - "talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions...

"I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous...

"If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved." Sincere - "free from pretense or deceit; proceeding from genuine...

That doesn't make since to me. You seem to be arguing that someone has to be reconciled in order to respond to God's appeal to be reconciled. I avoid the use of those systematized words. We are responsible. God sends us an invitation, an appeal, "Be reconciled to God." Truth sets you free...

The first step in a debate is to establish the arguments, and see that they are understood for what they really are by both sides. Once understood those views can be disputed. You have been arguing against my view as if God wasn't even capable of creating an appeal powerful enough to enable...

I have no idea what you are talking about. :confused:

Yet, for some reason He didn't choose to cause me to believe like you? Hmmmm Indeed and I addressed this in the last post in the parts you didn't address. Arrogantly? Can you read arrogance? I have an opinion, so do you...why get personal? So you don't affirm the concept of apostolic...

I said 'enable a response,' not make a response.

“When the man's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense” -Ed Abbey

You seem to think man's condition is stronger than God, as if God couldn't, if he so purposed, send a message sufficient to enable a response.

Can you even hear yourself? Are you suggesting that if God purposed to send a message to His enemies which granted them the ability to respond to His own appeal for reconciliation that He might fail in doing so? God's purposes NEVER FAIL!!!!

PURPOSE. What was God's purpose in sending the Law. What was God's purpose in sending the Gospel. God's purposes do not fail! But you erroneously conclude that...well you know, its my signature line. And here is where your major error exists. You fail to see that inability to submit to...