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No such 'spark of Divinity' is alluded to here - where are you reading it from in my post?? For Christ has said, “Without me ye can do nothing.” St. Augustine, after having diligently meditated upon each word in this passage, speaks thus: “Christ does not say, without me ye can do but Little...

I'm not presenting an argument in this post - this is a genuine enquiry not entailing any sarcasm or skepticism. Where do you find this distinction between being physical sons and spiritual sons being presented in Scriptures? This is the first time I'm coming across such a distinction made and...

Seriously? :) I was raising counter-arguments from what you'd made in the video - with your definition of adoption, you made the claim that Gal 4:6 connects with Gal 3:26 thereby removing any correlation to the immediately preceding Gal 4:5 and I'm disputing that claim with the common definition...

I am a son of God right from the moment I believed in Christ and put on Christ (Gal 3:26-27) - not waiting to become one at some future time. Gal 4:7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

Cryptic :). I am not as wise - Is that a yes, you agree with those beliefs?

Limited Atonement cannot be reduced to such simplicity. I do believe Atonement on Judgement Day is Limited but I also simultaneously believe that the Gospel offer of salvation is sincerely to each and every single person, elect or non-elect. A simple foreshadowed parallel is that of the...

Setting the translations debate aside (though it may carry some merit), the reason is each who propose this sentiment are so confident of their own being absolutely precise in their own understanding of the words of God - when others feel they're actually not. Is this being precise? Adoption is...

Is it your belief that if one does not buy into calvinism as a whole, that they haven't believed the Gospel? I am in agreement with you that this hurried 4-step ask Jesus into your heart and declaring they're saved is no Gospel - but that isn't Arminianism either. This is important for you to...

Let's agree on what it is we do believe...would you agree with the following beliefs or would you reject them as ungodly heresies? 1. In the fallen state, the free will of man towards the true good is not only wounded, infirm, bent, and weakened; but it is also imprisoned, destroyed, and lost...

this wasn't the point i was trying to make but even so, you're simply reinforcing my point. A kerchief is a head covering / bandanna and when one uses such a kerchief in the hand instead of over the head, it's called a handkerchief. In summary, the etymology links the individual words...

Gal 4:5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. Gal 4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Paul is logically connecting v.6 from v.5 - this is important. In v.5, we are...

Like I asked you before, are you applying right interpretation principles or are you biased because of your desire to prove calvinism wrong? You look at the sentence structure in Rom 8:23 and quickly conclude that the biblical definition of adoption is the redemption of our body. Even when that...

Are you guys serious? Or is this some weird form of sarcasm that i'm not getting? In any case, there's a Bible Study Thread on this forum that may be better suited for your preferences - this thread here is actually where we debate differing beliefs with an intent to better understand each...

I know you mean this in a very logical sense, where you'd like the merits of your argument to be either accepted or to have its fallacies pointed out if any. But I'm generally not comfortable with 'proving' anything wrong within my own Christian family - I'd rather participate in a discussion to...

If you hold to the above, aren't you describing total inability of the flesh? Why according to you can't the natural man do God's will? And isn't God's will for all to seek, obey and please Him by doing His will? Jesus came to harden the Jews of that generation at that time but I agree with you...

I am not aware of classic calvinism teaching that - they only say man in his natural state is spiritually dead because he is in the flesh and not in the spirit, not that there is no spirit at all or that it's literally dead. When born again, he (his soul?) is birthed again in the spirit and is...

Okay? The original question was what is the role of the pastor and teacher if we are not to let them try to teach us - and you reply citing their teachings against false prophets? If everything can be self-learned between man and God alone with no other teacher used as an instrument of God, why...

Having experienced what you did, if you've observed certain men's teachings not aligning with Scriptures, wouldn't you then exhort others not to be influenced by such erroneous teachings of men by pointing them to Scriptures lest they be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin? Doesn't Heb...

Sure. Either way, their spirits are of the Spirit. That wasn't my central point though - i was only saying that the flesh does will too. The flesh wills evil apart from God and that is total depravity/inability of the flesh. This is neither calvinist nor arminian - what you infer based on this...

Earnest endeavour. I am neither calvinist nor arminian but i borrow from the core doctrines of both classic doctrinal systems. I agree with TULIP as such when applied to the elect alone - but since calvinism errs in predestined condemnation of the non-elect, it doesn't even consider how others...