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Galatians 3:2- This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? a. Regeneration cannot occur without receiving the Holy Spirit. b. Holy Spirit received by the hearing of faith. c. Regeneration by grace THROUGH faith...

a. I do not rip verses out of context. I go by what the Bible as a whole says. b. Whatever you think Kosmos means in John 3:16, I guarantee you can't argue soundly that it means the elect only. c. John Wesley summed up my view of monergism well, even though he probably wouldnt call it that...

quote- You can not be an Arminian and a monergist; it is a contradiction in terms. You sure about that? John Wesley- 5. From hence it manifestly appears, what is the nature of the new birth. It is that great change which God works in the soul when he brings it into life; when he raises it...

Where does it say regeneration before faith? I see people who receive Him being given power/authority to become sons of God. But if they were regenerate, they would already be sons of God, wouldn't they?

You cannot and should not base your soteriology on personal experience alone (should we at all?). Please provide scripture for your assertions.

You havent at all supported your charge of synergism. Go back and read the definition of syngergism, and tell me a. what effect in regeneration is wrought by God and what effect is wrought by man, b. how is the combination of these two effects is greater than the two effects seperately If...

a. The syllogism is a non sequitur. God gave His Son to die for the WORLD so the sheep might be saved b. God gave His Son to die for the WORLD so the whosoevers might be save c. Are you saying the one's who looked at the serpent did so because they were irresistably drawn to look at the...

Man was created upright, but due to the Fall must be born again

Jesus had a full human nature, but it was a perfect human nature. Adam was not created with a sin nature, so sin nature IS INDEED unnatural. Yet it is shared through inheritance by every human, except Christ who was the spotless Lamb. If Jesus had been sinful, He could only die for His own...

Now here's my response to the rest of your post. Jesus did say that the pharisees were not His sheep but He did not say that He would not die for them. In fact, God so loved the world. The Pharisees were part of the world. and the adverb means God loved the world THUSLY or IN THIS MANNER...

I do not believe in Prevenient Grace in the way it is sometimes defined. My view of Prevenient or preceding grace is much stronger than some other forms. I do not believe in Irresistable grace. Havent you been reading my posts? I clearly stated what I believe more than a dozen times. The...

Since you, like others, still don't know what the proper definition of synergism is...let me enlighten you. synergism- the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects. So for me...

So is the act of being saved from the presence of sin entirely an act performed by God alone or God and us together? I hold that God does that work alone in our glorification. THEREFORE GLORIFICATION IS NOT A SYNERGISTIC WORK (it is MONERGISTIC) ANY MORE THAN REGENERATION (WHICH IS ALSO...

Utterly meaningless? Are you saying that he died for all, that his death for the sheep would be meaningless or that it would mean He didn't die for the sheep? And no, my question about the parable of the field is not because I confuse Calvinism with hyper Calvinism. I fully know the...

T. Cassiday, We will be sinless in heaven because we will be completely conformed to the image of Christ, which is a work THAT GOD BEGINS AND FINISHES, so if this is what you meant by making salvation permament, WE DON"T DO THAT ,God does. (see 1 John 3:1-3) End of story

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! I was not lauging about progressive sanctification, I was laughing about you being a Calvinist and believing in doing something to make our salvation permanent.

What a monumental RED HERRING

T. Cassiday is throwing out red herrings. He said that synergism is adding anything to the work of grace, even belief. He applied this to regeneration. HE did not apply it to progressive salvation, OK, I realize that he means sanctification and there is a part we play in our sanctification, (...

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!! I must be in Oz. I keep seeing strawmen. Silly fellow. We will be sinless in heaven because we will be completely conformed to the image of Christ, which is a work THAT GOD BEGINS, PERFORMS, AND FINISHES, so if this is what you meant by making salvation permament, WE...

answers to questions in first paragraph... yes, because God was drawing Paul at that moment the scales fell out on the street called straight. His spiritual blindness was removed at the same time. He started preaching after these events. SO it sounds like you believe Paul was converted on the...