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don't be silly. You well know that a sinner must "repent" first and then they are saved. You people have a "block" so that you cannot grasp the basics of the Atonement!

No, your reasoning is faulty. They had to "look", that is, "do something". likewise the sinner has to "repent".

No, your view is way off. Unless the people looked at the serpent, they would not be healed. Likewise, unless the sinner comes to Christ in repentance, they could never be saved!

Only the Lord God of the Holy Bible is SUPREME!

I have shown on my post on John 3:16, that John Calvin did not believe in or teach "limited atonement". This is a unbiblical "heresy"

Whether or not anyone else believes a saved person can lose their salvation, I cannot answer, as I do not know what everyone believes here. No doubt those who do not hold to "once saved always saved", will believe this. My post is not dealing with the "eternal security" of believers. As to you...

I might add here, Revelation 22:17; "The Spirit and the bride say, "Come." Let anyone who hears this say, "Come." Let anyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who desires drink freely from the water of life." and, Acts 2:21; "And it shall come to pass that everyone whoever calls upon the Name...

rather childish response!

There are certain "Christians" who are content in twisting the Word of God!

typical Calvinist response when they know they are in the wrong!

that is what you say. So what I have quoted from the Bible from John and Acts, is wrong? Read again what the Apostle Paul says why people will go to hell: "They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will...

I say ME, not because as you put it, so that God does not get any glory, BUT, because I AM a sinner! WE sinners have to decide whether WE will accept what Jesus Christ has done for US. But, no human being can ever do so by and of themselves. As Jesus put it, "the Comforter...when He is come, He...

You say, "All called will repent and will be changed". So the sinner who is called by God through the preaching of the Gospel to repentance and faith in Jesus, will always repent? Are you saying that sinners cannot resist? Or, are you saying that those who have been predetermined to salvation...

So, how does the choice of the sinner to reject the Atonement of Jesus Christ and their Reconciliation to God, in any way diminish what Jesus did for the whole world on the cross? Jesus Himself clearly says, "you refuse to come to Me that you may have life" (John 5:40). He does not say that "you...

Read very carefully what Jesus says in John 3:16, "for God so loved the human race, that HE GAVE". This phrase "He gave", speaks of the death of Jesus Christ, and answers Romans 3:23-26, "for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the...

No it is not. "Reformed" theology has always taught that the death of Jesus Christ in its extent, was only intended for the "elect", and only these could ever be saved. That the "whosoever", is to be taken in a narrow, limited sense, rather than what Jesus Himself intended, "the human race". The...

the atonement must be "potential" rather than "actual", as its effectiveness cannot be automatically applied to all sinners, irrespective of whether they repent or not, but conditioned by repentance.

But surely Jesus Christ was punished for the sins of the entire human race on the cross. But this does not become effective for any sinner, unless they repent and accept Jesus' provision through His finished work on the cross. The sanctification is completed when the sinner repents and is saved...

says you! and yet I have shown from Jesus' own words in John 3:16, that His own death extends to the "whole human race". leaving aside your theology, you cannot but agree that Jesus says exactly this. I cannot see from the language used, any other alternative to "universal Atonement". If you...

This is a discussion forum, and that it exactly what I am doing. My OP is not that long, and because of the depth of the subject, cannot really be shortened. I usually would have written twice the length, and I like to be through in what I say, and deal with important issues like the Atonement...