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I will start by freely admitting that my ability in explaining things clearly (all things, not just things to do with Christianity) is not the best. I will try once again in answering some of your points. You wrote: "The bible is clear that Christ was not just "the propitiation for our sins"...

You seem to have the wrong idea about Calvinist beliefs. Yes, they do believe what the bible says about God having chosen people before the foundation of the world. They also believe that all who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ will be saved. Why do some believe and others not? Not because...

Sorry, I don't understand. What "particular book?" I didn't mention any book in my post, let alone suggest that you read it. I simply pointed out that Baptists were around over 200 years before the Plymouth Brethren, so Baptists couldn't have grown out of Brethrenism.

I was brought up to attend the Church of England. Nobody ever told me why we went, or that I was a sinner in need of the Saviour. I eventually heard that in my late teens from a school friend who was a Christian. This led me to realise my spiritual state, and the fact that only Jesus Christ...

But Luke 13:24 is in the context of Jesus talking about what will happen when entrance to hreaven is finally closed: “"Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. "When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door...

I don't see how Baptists could possibly have come from Plymouth Brethren. The first Baptist church was formed in Spitalfields, London, in 1611 or 1612. The Plymouth Brethren didn't start until the 1820s in Dublin.

I feel it can only be helpful to use the same version. This would be a version favoured by the church, so that the pew bibles are the same, and when the preacher reads from his bible, the people can follow in the same version, rather than being distracted by thoughts like, "But my bible...

Thank you. But I thought (obviously mistakenly) that you believed that man by his free will could choose for himself whether or not to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Yet now you seem to be agreeing with my post where I said: "And we are told that the natural many cannot receive the things...

You seem too keen on telling other people here what they believe. You wrote: "In your view man is nothing more than a puppet who's every move and thought has been determined by God. Your view makes God the author of sin and evil." That is just not true of any of the many believers in the...

I am very sorry. It seems I replied ignoring your words, " And once God has drawn, convicted and enabled a change of mind concerning His Truth......." I humbly apologise.

I agree. And we are told that the natural many cannot receive the things of the Spirit of God. So something must happen to change a sinner dead in trespasses and sins. That is something God does. As Paul explains: “And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you...

But that free will is affected by the total depravity, which you said you accept. How can somebody whose will is affected by his total depravity believe on the Lord Jesus Christ? Paul wrote: “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to...

But believing the gospel is not simply a matter of being forward-looking and sensible: “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” (1Co 2:14 NKJV)

True, but we are told: “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” (1Co 2:14 NKJV) The natural man is the man in his natural state, dead in trespasses and sins.

The things you mention, having a stable marriage, a successful career and pleasant, affluent lives, are all to do with our earthly life. Making sensible, forward-looking choices regarding aspects of our earthly lives is not the same thing at all as being able to receive/believe the gospel...

Yes I did see those words. No mention of a few. As I said before, your words on this point and Candyjd's were very similar: You: "So it would seem that God actually wants all those that labor and are heavy laden to come to Him." Candyjd: "Again, the offer is to all who are weary and heavy...

You seem to have some false ideas about what I believe, so I will try to explain what I do believe, which hopefully will be helpful. Yes I do believe that those chosen by God before the foundation of the world will be saved, because they are the ones who will believe on the Lord Jesus Christ...

I have just re-read Candyjd's post, and I see no mention at all of a "limited few." That post was saying the same as you did in this sentence: "So it would seem that God actually wants all those that labor and are heavy laden to come to Him." Or as Candyjd put it: "Again, the offer is to all...

I agree that it is bad theology to use verses out of context. Sorry if I have been guilty of that. I will seek to remedy it here. Here are Ephesians 1:3-4 in the context of their surrounding verses: “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and...

Reformed Baptist churches are autonomous too. There is no such thing as a "Reformed Baptist pope" or a Reformed Baptist bishop ruling a number of local churches in some kind of Reformed Baptist "diocese."