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But he only remains under that sentence because of unbelief, not for lack of God's gracious provision of atonement, love, choice etc. Try this one instead... Suppose the judge paid a fine I could never afford to pay and then says to me, "Skan, your fine has been paid in full and you can go...

See your first quote. You are question begging by assuming Calvinism's claims are consistent with the claims of Romans 1. I'm not arguing against the claims of Romans 1, I'm using the claims of Romans 1 to argue against the claims of Calvinism. And instead of defending the claims of...

"Abraham believed and it was credited to his account as righteousness." Thus, what you just said is the exact same answer I gave, actually the answer scripture gave: "Because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God." Had he believed righteousness would have been credited to his...

This is the same merry go round no two different threads, so I'll leave it our discussion on the other one...

Do you believe the Germans who hid Jews from the Nazi's did wrong by lying to the soldiers who came to the door? I don't. I think they were heroes. I believe God would agree.

I've explained to you many times that I affirm Original Sin but deny the part of Calvinism's doctrine which suggest men are born unable to willingly come to Christ even when invited to do so by God. I believe God's revelations are more powerful than man's fallen nature. Which is an argument...

In what context would this phrase need to be for it not to literally mean that all things are actually permissible? Only someone who denied eternal security would take issue with such a claim. This is about being under Grace instead of Law. Under Grace anything and everything is...

I guess this is why God made some more conservative than others. When I take bibles to my brother in a closed country I have no problem deceiving the Muslim questioning me. I've never felt a bit of guilt for doing so....still don't. Some consciences are weaker than others. ;)

Let me help you out a little: The Bible: man is without excuse because God has clearly revealed himself through creation, and man, having clearly seen, understood and known God, refused to acknowledge Him as God but instead chose to trade that truth in for a lie become defiled. Calvinism...

Tell JHB, because he seems to think they have no excuse for such a response, when clearly their excuse is that they were born that way (nature) and thus couldn't do otherwise.

Fallacy: Argument from silence. Surely you don't expect me to find a passage where the authors of scripture anticipated the error of Calvinistic teaching by making sure to write that God's not choosing to save a man wasn't an excuse, do you? :tonofbricks:

I didn't say that. I said that he has an excuse for not accepting God's appeal to be reconciled. God doesn't have to provide salvation for anyone if he doesn't want to, but since he has and he makes an appeal to all, the question is, "What, if anything, prevents a man from accepting that...

Now, the next step is for you to admit that such acknowledgement of God's existence (as opposed to trading that truth in for a lie) can lead to saving trust in the God who has been acknowledged. That is like asking me, "Find a passage that says a Calvinistic view of total depravity contradicts...

Faith comes by hearing, but if the man, who is without excuse, chooses to trade the truth in for a lie that is his own fault, not God's failing (i.e. not loving, choosing, or graciously providing everything needed)

Let me just make a little adjustment and then my point will be made: For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he...

I didn't say it was. But Jesus comes close to saying that when he said, "The words I speak to you (gospel) are spirit and life." I've said the Gospel is a work of the Holy Spirit. He produces, preserves and carries it by Holy Spirit indwelled messengers throughout the entire world. Don't...

Ordained for what? What about a woman chaplain who works in a women's prison? Should she receive prayer and recognition from the church for her calling to her full-time ministry vocation? Sure, why not? What about a children's minister? Should a male children's minister receive more...

Let's reword this statement replacing the word "gospel" with Paul's definition of gospel, shall we? "Just the power of God for salvation alone, doesn't save." So, why did he call the gospel the power of God for salvation if it doesn't have the power to save? How does the Holy Spirit convict...

EXACTLY!!! :applause:

That's like asking, "Can the book you wrote without you having written it be used to teach others?" The Gospel IS A WORK of the Holy Spirit. The gospel is the means by which the Holy Spirit has made his appeal to man. It is the means God discerns his desire for all men to come to faith and...