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Yes, all those verses say that salvation is for all who believe, but none of them mentions the choosing/election by God. Elsewhere, in verses that I have often quoted, we are told that those who are saved were chosen by God before the foundation of the world. I think I would change that...

Yes, now that you have explained what you meant, I agree with you. God did give the law, which doesn't justify (unless one keeps it perfectly from cradle to grave, which of course is not possible.) I think it better to avoid "make" in this context, because it could so easily imply that it is...

So what does God choosing mean, if He didn't choose, He left it up to man to choose to believe in the Saviour or not?

But God doesn't make all guilty. You quote Rom 3:19 and Gal 3:11 to say that He does. Romans 3:19 says: “Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.” (Ro 3:19 NKJV) Nothing...

However, it is stated clearly elsewhere in the bible: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without...

Thank you for replying. It seems I should have said "completeness" instead of "perfection". (Having said that, I have often seen statements like this: "Seven often represents wholeness, completeness, or perfection in the Bible.") But whether perfection or completeness, my point still stands...

I really don't think we can use the number of letters certain words contain in one language (English) as evidence for the meaning of the word. "Abusers," "dabbler," "sinners," and "ungodly" all have 7 letters in English, and 7 is the number of perfection in the bible, but no way do those words...

Contemporary English does not identify second person singular pronouns as such, either, and I am sure there are other languages which are similar. Then there are languages like French, where "tu" is singular, "vous" is plural, but "vous" is also used for singular in formal settings.

A warm welcome to the Baptist Board!

If he truly feared God, he was not spiritually dead. God had given him spiritual life. But we are told: “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.” (Ge 6:8 NKJV) Grace is God's undeserved favour. Without God's grace, he would have been dead in trespasses and sins. Who says David was...

Yes, Thanks, Martin, that makes it clearer.

Well , I am a Calvinist and I believe that everyone who believes in the Lord Jesus Christ shall not perish but have everlasting life. To say that Calvinists don't believe that is just wrong. Yes, they do believe that the bible teaches that unsaved sinners are dead in trespasses and sins, that...

Well, if that is the case, thanks for explaining. However, writing "The Church of England (Baptist)” seems a most unusual way of saying that Baptists were making an attempt to reform the Church of England.

Reformed Baptists are called that because they believe doctrines such as the 5 Great Alones of the Reformation, that salvation is made known through Scripture alone, is in Christ alone, through faith alone, by grace alone, and to God's glory alone.

The Church of England isn't the Protestant Reformation. No denomination is the Protestant Reformation. But what has that got to do with what I asked to explain - what you meant by "The Church of England (Baptist)?

I am puzzled by, "and not the Church of England (Baptist)". The Church of England and the Baptists are different. The Church of England practices infant baptism. Baptists hold to believers' baptism.

Thanks, but I didn't take offence - I was just puzzled, Thanks again.

No, it's by A. M. Hodgkin. It's available free as a pdf file at: https://www.brethrenarchive.org/media/365850/hodgkin-a-m-_-christ-in-all-the-scriptures.pdf I haven't heard of Adolf Safir, so I have no idea how he approaches hermeneutics, or whether I would agree with him.

I don't see anything political in my post - it certainly wasn't intentional, if it was there. I am not "running for" (as you say in the States - we tend to say "standing for") any political post.

I agree. I used to have a book (I can't find it now) called "Christ in All the Scriptures."