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I was referring to the common line of many Calvinists when speaking of their compatiblistic version of free will. When a non-Calvinists argues that men are able to come to Christ, they rebut saying something like, "He is able but not willing." That is what I was referring to. Jesus was...

Jesus said, "12 "I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will bring glory to me by...

Just curious.... Is there no "middle ground" such as "I feel God is leading me to reach out to that particular individual," or "I believe God wants me to go to that church?" Do you also consider such statements "deceived?"

I asked these questions to point out the real distinction being debated here. I alluded to it earlier, but clearly you don't believe Christ ever really had a human nature, but only human flesh. Why? Because to suggest he had a human nature would mean Jesus was corruptible (able to choose to...

In fact, you have. ONE person made that statement and I took issue with it along with several others as evidenced by this thread started by Willis. So, what "crew" are you referring to exactly, if indeed you haven't misrepresented anyone? No I didn't. I said I didn't agree and it was poorly...

Can you answer the question? What are the children of God prior to becoming His children?

P4T, I've stopped responding to your posts (for the most part) because doing so seems fruitless as you have the tendency to read what you want to see rather than what is being said. If you go back and re-read what I wrote you will see that I asserted nothing. I merely presented an objective...

I have discussed Eph. 1 extensively in other threads and their are numerous commentaries who have "stumbled across" this chapter as well, so I'm not sure what you are insinuating. :confused: What are the children of God prior to becoming His children? Amen! Good. Neither am I. :)

Icon, I'm interested to know if you believe Jesus' nature was corruptible (able to be corrupted), like Adam's was? If not, what makes his nature "human?"

I'm not disagreeing, just asking a question for clarification. Do you believe that Jesus' human nature was the same as Adam's prior to the fall? If not, what was the difference and how can it be referred to as "human" if its not the same as that of any human? If so, do you admit that...

Well presented! :thumbs: Calvinists love Romans 9 but fail to reconcile their views of Romans 9 with Paul's teaching in Romans 11, IMO.

I do believe the scriptures speaks of "the elect." The term typically refers to the Jews, as God's covenant people. There is also the remnant of Israel, which refers to those Jews chosen to for the "noble purpose" to take the message of redemption to the world (i.e. Paul; apostles). Paul, the...

I actually do agree that this is really the best way to look at this matter. Though, as shown, there are some passages which seem to indicate that God will save babies who die (i.e. David), I still think the strongest approach is to trust God. Think about it. If you have a beloved...

While I agree that it is an error to suggest that Jesus had a sin nature, I think if one reads back through the thread you will see the intent SEEMED to be the issue of defining a "sin nature" and how that relates to the "flesh." No one has a problem saying Jesus was "flesh" (fully man) yet...

Anything not done in faith is sin and only God knows the intent of one's heart. The question is whether or not God determines the intent of one's heart and then judges them for it?

You mean those same thoughts and intents He decreed to be (in such a way they could not have been otherwise)? Kinda sounds like God judging himself in a round about way, doesn't it?

The LORD does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all their depths. Ps. 135:6 The problem is when people presume that "whatever God pleases" is equal to their pet dogma.

Faith is what they lack. Humility (or lack thereof) may be one of the reasons they have chosen not to believe what has been clearly made known. The deficiency I referred to was their corruptibility....otherwise known as "the ability to choose otherwise." For example, Adam was able to choose...

Here he specifically addresses your question: And he goes on to lay those verses out...

Here is that link for Allan's post>>>