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Do you know anyone who has been up to heaven, had a quick look at the Book of Life and found his name missing there? No? Nor have I. So I tell anyone who will hear that if they will repent and trust in Christ, they will be saved. And they will (Joel 2:32; Acts 2:21; Romans 9:13). What do...

Right! So 'dead in sin' really means 'alive in sin.' Too bad you didn't tell God in time for Him to change the Bible.

John 6:44. The word translated 'draw' in that verse may equally be translated 'drag.'

Maybe so, but you certainly haven't proved it. Really? It's not me you're disagreeing with; actually it's God. :) Yes. Both those things. 1 Cor. 1:21. For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God, through the message of the message preached, to...

Note that the poster asks questions but does not answer the ones that I put to him. All sorts of people seek the narrow door and don't find it. The Pharisee in Luke 18 is one (see Matthew 5:20); Paul, according to Phil. 3:4-6 is another. And don't we all know people who are New Age freaks...

So being dead in trespasses and sins actually means being still alive in trespasses and sins; just a bit poorly. Romans 5:12. 'Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned......' (Rom. 5:12. See the rest...

Another verse suddenly came into my mind as I was reading the O.P.. Zech. 9:11. 'As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.' Who sets the prisoners free? God does. Why does He do it? Because of the shed blood of the New...

I disagree. You are making far too much out of a single mention of " Abraham's bosom" in a parable which makes no comment as to what that bosom represents.

The Received Text and the Majority Text are in substantial agreement with one another, except, as has been said, in the Book of Revelation. However, thereare a few other differences: most famously the so-called 'Johannine Comma' - 1 John 5:7-8, which survives in only a tiny number of Greek...

The fear of the Lord is not only an O.T. thing. It is described in positive terms in the N.T. also: Acts 9:31. 'Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee and Samaria had peace and were edified. And waliking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were...

I don't think it is quite right to speak of God's "ability" to do something (c.f. Genesis 18:14), but I've said before on this forum that the Bible says that there are two things God cannot do. He cannot lie (Titus 1:2) and He cannot deny Himself (2 Timothy 2:13). I think the second of these...

I'm glad to see that you now believe in particular atonement.

@Silverhair, Please post your stuff Cal/Arm section, so that I can ignore it.

Perhaps we are talking at cross purposes. I cannot see how anyone can be justified by faith if he is justified before he believes. That is my problem with justification from eternity. I most certainly believe in justification by the blood of Christ, and I think you will find it in my O.P.

Roman Catholics misunderstand them, just the same as you do. There are several verses in my previous posts that answer your points, such as they are. So read them again, and then quote them, explaining why you don't like them. Otherwise, shut up and leave me alone.

:rolleyes: See my posts #9 and #14.

No. Otherwise it gives the lie to Romans 5:1. We must hold to the whole of Scripture and not cherry-pick the verses we like best, or we shall be as bad as @Silverhair. :eek:

The answer is still not because we believe. The answer is God's grace and mercy, and the active and passive obedience of Christ. Perhaps you have not read John 3:16 recently. First, God loves the world in a certain way; the result of that is that He gives His only begotten Son to suffer and...

I do not believe so. The elect are chosen for salvtion before the foundation of the world, but they are justified when they believe. As I have said, justification is the legal pronouncement of God the judge that a sinner is justified. And as I pointed out in the O.P., sinners are justified by...

Actually, no. According to Titus 3:4-7, the prime cause of our justification is God's kindness and love (v.4) and His mercy (v.5). In v.7, we are justified 'by His grace,' that is, by His undeserved favour. Faith is not mentioned at all in that particular segment of Scripture, though in...