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I am a non-Calvinist, and I believe that the beginning of faith is wrought or brought about by the act of God through the preaching of the Word and the ministry of the Holy Spirit. And that GOD COMPLETES the work HE BEGAN in us. (Phil. 1:6). So God starts the work and He finishes it. I...

That Brian, God's foreknowledge is exhaustive, and He transcends time, but He still ACTS IN TIME. He is intemporal, we are temporal. Our sins are temporal, His knowledge of them is intemporal. God forgives sin in time just as He saves us in time, just as He sent His Son in the fullness of time...

Of course. That is why the blood of Jesus CONTINUALLY cleanses me, and why God has provided confession, and why I have an Intercessor in heaven at the Father's right hand, correct?

Yes, but granting forgiveness is not the same as granting indulgences. The forgiveness of sins past are remembered no more. Permanently forgiven. Sins present and future are forgiven and cleansed conditionally, see 1 John 1:9. Not forgiven to be saved again, but forgiven to restore perfect...

Thank you, and well said!

Mercy in this context twofold. First, it means God doesn't give us what we deserve, and secondly it is the desire and act of God pulling us out of the pit, delivering us, healing us, sending His Son to die in our place, Jesus offering Himself for us, forgiving a debt we could not pay, pardoning...

The forgiveness one is the one I was thinking of. Undeniable.

Good works have NOTHING to do with our JUSTIFICATION, nor with our regeneration, adoption, initial sanctification, etc. We are saved, justified, regenerated, adopted, set apart, etc. by faith ALONE. Good works follow, for Christ died to redeem a holy people, zealous of good works. We don't...

God opens the eyes, convicts the heart, draws the soul, forgives the sins, imputes righteousness, imparts the Spirit, adopts as sons and daughters, indwells, inhabits, transforms, conforms, preserves, as Christ intercedes, the Spirit intercedes, the blood cleanses us from all sin, and we are...

PS. So the rest is not a cessation of work, but a cessation of our own works to submit to the work of God in and through us, AND we must labor to enter into that rest. Jesus' yoke is easy and His burden is light

Amen. The key words are YOUR OWN (works). God WORKS IN Us both to will and to do of HIS good pleasure!

Jesus came to save sinners, to seek and to save that which is lost.

If that is the case, they were not keeping the Holy Commandment to love their neighbor as themselves. We are not called to hate, but to love. We can hate DEEDS, like Jesus hated the DEEDS of the Nicolaitains, but nowhere are we called to hate men who are made in the image of God.

So the crux is love. We love, because He FIRST loved us. We seek, because He first sought us. There is a danger, and that is the love of the Kosmos/world. It is a danger for believers. If it was not, John would not have said STOP loving the world and KEEP YOURSELF from idols. Love is a...

Yes. If it depended on us, we would fail. But He will not fail. Yet we must trust and abide. And if we love Him, we will. Faith works by love

Agreed. But how we respond to temptation is not a test of our willpower, it is more a test of our relationship with God.We stand because we are yoked to Jesus. I also have a free will to leave my wife, (perish the thought) but that is unthinkable to me. How much more unthinkable to leave...

Kept by the power of God through faith. The blood of Christ, the Spirit that raised Christ, and the intercession of the risen Christ is the power that saves us and keeps us

We are saved by grace through faith, and kept by grace through faith because of Christ's works, (both His earthly ministry and His ongoing present ministry). And if we are saved, we know Him. And if we know Him, we are keeping His commandments. If we say we know Him and do not keep His...