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This conclusion is not obvious to me, sorry.

I guess we will just have to trust in Jesus' love for His Father and for us, won't we?

I would have to second Larry's view on this topic. Your argument is essentially Jesus is God, and God can't sin. I could equally argue Jesus is God, and God does not change. But Jesus changed; He grew in wisdom and stature (Luke 2:52) and He learned obedience (Hebrews 5:8). God does not sleep...

Who says OT saints are "in heaven"? Certainly not me. They'll get there, of course, but not until something over a thousand years from now. You might find the following Scriptures illuminating on this topic: 2 Samuel 12:13; Psalm 32:5; Psalm 51:1-19; Psalm 103:12; Isaiah 38:17; Isaiah 43:25...

The Bible does not actually teach that Christ "set the captives free" from prison, or that He preached to the dead before transferring them out of a literal paradise called Abraham's bosom, etc. This common belief is what I think of as a mashup of misunderstandings. I think everyone would affirm...

See #9 where you assume you know God's mind with regard to Mr. Trump and the election. 1 Corinthians 4:5 is pertinent..

If our nation is ripe for judgment (do you think it isn't?) God could be delivering the president from that judgment, as He will the rest of us who are trusting in Him. Joseph and Mary were sent out of Judea to Egypt, was God displeased with them?

God pardoned you and me. Is He abusing His power? Sometimes being removed from a situation is a blessing and provision. I would consider myself presumptuous if I were tempted to speak as though I personally knew the mind of God when it comes to current events, but that's me; evidently you feel...

If you study the Greek of that text carefully in its context it indicates that the Gentiles who had clearly already been seeking to hear the gospel (Acts 13:42, 44) had assembled themselves on this subsequent day, lined themselves up (τάσσω, reflexive middle voice) to be present when it was...

Does the Bible say Adam is the son of God or not? Romans 5:14 says Adam is a figure of the One who was to come; do you seriously think God used an unregenerate man to prefigure Christ, the "last Adam" (1 Corinthians 15:45)? If the truth of Adam's salvation is inscrutable to someone, in my...

John 6 requires more than usual care in interpretation. Jesus says in the imperative mood, "Labor ... for the meat which endureth unto everlasting life" (v27). He says that to believe in Himself is to "work the works of God" (v28-29). Is labor and work necessary for salvation? We all agree that...

So when God calls all men everywhere to repent (Acts 17:30), all of them do so? Hmmm.

I think you missed my point. I agree completely with you about the status of Old Testament saints. SavedByGrace says he doesn't believe Adam was ever born again because it is nowhere explicitly stated. I pointed out that there are many things not explicitly stated, that doesn't mean we can't...

God called Adam; and Adam, though fallen and spiritually dead, had the ability to respond and confess his sin. Lazarus was already a believer in Jesus before he died. His resuscitation is not a picture of salvation but of future resurrection (cf. John 5:25-29). God calls all men everywhere to...

If I may offer a slight correction - receiving is placed before the new birth in John 1:11-13. Receiving has no power to birth us, so the birth is not "of" the one who wills or earnestly desires (cf. Romans 9:16). It is entirely and completely "of" the will of a merciful God that those who...

The Bible doesn't say any Old Testament personages were born again. It doesn't say any of the apostles were born again (or baptized in water, for that matter). You seem to be setting arbitrary criteria for documentation of rather obvious truths. If Eve says "I have gotten a man from the Lord"...

God made them clothing of skins, a sacrificial covering of their nakedness (lack of righteousness) through death, foreshadowing the work of Christ on the cross as levitical sacrifices would later do. Sorry, I'm still confused by your position. Do you believe Adam and Eve are headed to the lake...

Adam wasn't saved - how do you figure? "In the day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die." "Whereas by one man sin entered the world, and death by sin, so that death passed upon all men, for all have sinned." For your claim to be true either Adam never spiritually died "in the day he ate...

Sorry, I thought you would recognize the direct and pertinent reference in Romans 5:12-21 to the significance of Adam's sin, God's call, and Adam's response in Genesis 3. Adam is the first sinner in need of salvation, and God's approach to the first spiritually dead people in history seems worth...

A quick perusal of Romans 5 argues otherwise.