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Actually that was John Calvin. He wrote, "No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief." I agree with Calvin on this point. No one disagrees with...

Has he given them ENOUGH revelation so as to believe he exists and acknowledge Him as God? Yes. Is the Gospel ENOUGH of a revelation to make an appeal to be reconciled? Yes. Faith cometh by hearing... Exactly, so why ruin that statement by also teaching that what is revealed is...

I stopped reading after... If you think I believe (1) head knowledge is the only essential key to acquire eternal life and (2) the gospel means regeneration; then you have no more responded to my posts then I have yours.

Let me see if I'm understanding your reasoning here: 1. You affirm that God doesn't grant men faith to believe his revelation. yet... 2. You affirm that God has revealed Himself to mankind enough for them to be without any excuse for their lack of faith? Is that accurate? I'll...

But it was a response, as your remark below proves... Yes. See, I affirm the gospel IS a work of the Spirit. The spirit uses the means of the gospel to convict, which is why I said what I did before. Right, that is because he understands that the Gospel is a powerful, though not...

Anything? No. But things like hiding the people of God from being killed by barbarians, yes. I think using deceptive tactics is not only permissible but beneficial in such cases.

It's only inconsistent to those who refuse to acknowledge that the gospel itself is a powerful work of the Spirit.

No, I'm saying that Paul is addressing 'carnal' believers who can't accept these deep things of spirit either as reflected in the context of this passage, which goes on to say in the following verses: "Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly--mere infants in Christ. 2 I...

But generally speaking, Calvinism does 'pretend to know men's hearts' and why the reprobates reject Christ's appeals (i.e. Total Depravity). I think that is what Webdog is referring to. The Calvinist appeals to mystery as to why God chooses to save one man over another, but insist that man's...

Didn't Rahab lie in order to hide the Israelite spies?

Right, because God's supernatural work in sending his Son, as God incarnate, to live a perfect life, reveal his plan of redemption, establish his Church, train his apostles, and be crucified, buried and raised to life again, commission his apostles to go into all the world preaching (and...

Agreed. But not unrelated subjects, for both are examples of God's revelation of himself to man. If man can 'know God' and clearly see, understand and know all that is to be known of God simply through the revelation of creation, how much more can man clearly see, understand and know and...

We've gone over this before>>>> As I told you then, I'll tell you now: Pharaoh is an example of one who was blinded in his rebellion from the obvious truth for a time so as for God to accomplish a greater purpose of redemption. Likewise, Israel now is being blinded in their rebellion from the...

Agreed. But, it does say a little more than that..."18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20...

Revelation never saves anyone. We are saved by grace through faith. Faith in what? God... through what He Himself has chosen to reveal. What Rahab knew of God is much "less" than what Moses knew of God, yet they both made the "Hall of Faith" in Hebrews 11. Why? Because they believed in...

"All things are permissible but not all things are beneficial." - Paul Your example appears to be both permissible and beneficial, so I'd say go for it.

Romans 1 says they 'know God' and clearly see, and understand his divine attributes and eternal qualities. It says they understand God's revelation of himself. It says this is why they stand without excuse. Calvinism says they can't even understand anything spiritual unless they are born...

That reminds me of a quote I heard, but I can't remember who said it or exactly how it was stated, but it was something like: 'The problem with Christians in America today is that there is not enough people trying to kill them.'

Who on earth is saying that 'others are only lost...after rejecting Christ?' Sounds like another straw-man attack to me.

I guess you equate interpreting scripture differently than you with ignoring? Convenient and sad. :tear: Your view doesn't jive with the biblical teachings of justice... or any rational/objective since of justice for that matter.