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Preach The Word, I hope that was sarcasm and not how you really feel.

It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. (Jn. 6:45) I don't see what it so hard to understand about that. I love to see the Arminians get on here and use the big and theological...

Exactly Ken. Brother, you haven't proved anything either. "In the beginning" is used in both ways, so you can't MAKE it mean what you are saying no more than I can MAKE it from eternity past. It looks like neither one of us can. However, with the other abundant Scriptures to support what I...

I can prove that "in the beginning" in II Thessalonians 2:13 means in eternity, before the foundation of the world because Proverbs 8:23 uses the phrase in the same way. Ephesians 1:4 says the choice was "before the foundation of the world." Keep your freewill, I'll keep Christ. ;)

And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. (Rom. 7:10) Now, could you Arminians just explain that one away by forcing "disposed" in there?

Scott, you are making no sense. That is exactly what we are saying. God chose His church to salvation. His church is the "called out" individuals. The ones whom He purchased with His own blood. That is what "church" means. The church is not everyone. The church is only made up of born-again...

Those who believe manifest themselves to be born of the Spirit of God. Eternal life is the possession of believers and believers only. Not that faith is a condition of salvation, but faith separates the sheep from the goats. Salvation and faith are so connected that to deny one would be to deny...

If every man without exception is drawn, perhaps you could interpret I Corinthians 1:26-31. "For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise...

Supralapsarianism is the correct view. Election was not an afterthought. Election was not an act of mercy, but of love.

Christians are to communicate the gospel when a door is opened for them. Jesus told the disciples to preach the gospel to every creature. Look what Paul wrote: "If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and [be] not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, [and]...

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,.... That is, if a man shall make a good, sincere, and hearty confession to God, before the church and people of God, and before the world, that Christ is his Lord and Saviour, whom he desires to serve, and to be saved by; and this as...

"Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?" The "death" referred to here is not an eternal death in the lake of fire...

Some of the brethren on this board, and I do consider them brethren, may not agree with me on this important subject of reprobation. I believe, and the Bible teaches that election is based on the sovereign and free grace of God. To this we all agree. I do not, however, believe the rejection of...

Masked man? I don't understand the implication. The post I'm referring to is the one about the meaning of the word "draw" (Gr. helkuo or helko). The word cannot mean "to beg" or "to plead." That is the definition you force upon it. It certainly never means "to invite" or "to accept" either. Out...

Arminian Grace (to the tune of "Amazing Grace") v1 Arminian "grace!" How strange the sound, Salvation hinged on me. I once was lost then turned around, Was blind then chose to see. v2 What "grace" is it that calls for choice, Made from some good within? That part that wills to heed God's voice...

Chappie, your own defense proves your interpretation of "all men" wrong. "And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved." (Mt. 10:22) The disciples of Jesus Christ are not hated by all men without exception. "But he said unto them, All...

If every man without exception is drawn, perhaps you could interpret I Corinthians 1:26-31. "For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise...

The Bible calls Jesus the "Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Rev. 13:8). From what I understand, all of us agree that Calvary was in the mind of God from all eternity. The real question is whether or not God works His decrees around what man, according to His "free will," is inclined...

Do the Calvinists on this thread, besides myself, believe that God decrees things because He sees them happening? "Although God knoweth whatsoever may or can come to pass, upon all supposed conditions, yet hath He not decreed anything, because He foresaw it as future, or as that which would...

What is your view in regards to the disobedience of Adam in relation to the decrees of God?