All have sinned when Adam sinned - Rom. 5:12-19

Self taught are usually the strongest defenders of their position but not the best students of anything they have not concluded themselves

I made a mistake, earlier, I blame spellcheck. the position you support is NOT Baptist , it is taught by many,
It is also a trick of the devil for you not to accept responsibility for your actions. Are you solely responsible for you sins?

If you do not believe in personal responsibility you are NOT Baptist

I know of no churches that teaches we are the bad guys in the narrative

 

I have taught in a Baptist church , but not this, It does not in any way subvert the Baptist doctrine, It expands it,
The things you hold fast on are not Baptist.

Did you retire from the ministry?

 

Not all Baptist accept what you believe either. Calvinism is not original Baptist doctrine.Total depravity is not in scripture neither is any of the other Calvinist doctrines. The doctrine of Jesus Christ is the only true doctrine and it comes straight from scripture just as stated not reinterpreted by some over educated preacher who is so full of himself that he is convinced he is never wrong. The simplicity of the gospel is for every man woman and child in the world. Yet Calvinism seeks to make Salvation so impossible the average person just gives up..
MB

 

He is self taught, strong in his convictions. Usually not because their true but hat he has embraced them as his own .
This type of personality is desirable as a machinist, mechanic, esp. airplane, Military or any job where knowing details are important

 

I don't believe your statement here simply because Calvinism cannot be found in scripture.

The wise confounded.

Man has a sinful nature but it isn't what Calvinist claim. They can respond to the gospel when they hear it and they can hear it Act 28:28 Being disable from hearing is false. You keep relying on Paul for every thing why not rely on God?
MB

 

Look in the mirror when you say stuff like that, will ya?

 

I had to come back to this post because of the above underlined. There is no forgiveness of sin's with out the shedding of blood. Christ' death was required by God for our sins to be forgiven. Christ had to lay down His own life for our sins.
MB

 

no you are not

Please explain this verse in reference to you claim of Romans

Jhn 8:15
Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
and
Jhn 3:18
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Was Adam condemned already?

 

Can't prove me wrong?
Calvinism is the old doctrine of Catholicism. It has been wrong ever since Augustine thought it up. Your ridicule of me is appreciated. Christ said we would be hated because they hated Him. I consider your insults a blessing.
MB

 

If you are looking for the word 'Calvinism' in the Bible, you won't find it, but if you're looking for the doctrine, it's all over both Testaments.

What is it about 'dead' that you guys don't understand. Look! Lazarus is dead. He's been in the tomb for four days. You can preach to Lazarus; you can tell him how he didn't ought to be dead, and the unfortunate consequences of death. You can tell him how much better it would be if he were alive. You can tell him anything you want, but he won't hear you. He's dead you see.

And it's actually worse than that, because, quite frankly, Lazarus is a stinker (John 11:39). He in a bad odour with God; he's not only dead, but dead in trespasses and sins.

But when the Lord Jesus says, "Lazarus, come forth!" Forth he will come, and he won't be stinking any more. It's called monergism: the almighty power of God who alone can raise the dead, both physical and spiritual.

 

not as a man, will He?

If a man is not judged yet how is he condemned already?

The Law does not even apply to you, It was given to the Israelite between Moses and Jesus

 

Then according to Calvinism I must have been saved when I was born. I do not ever remember having difficulty understanding what my parents said and it was always the gospel in our home. As far back as I can remember I was told the gospel. You are wrong when you claim men cannot hear the gospel unless they are saved first. I was not saved until I was about 14 of age. 60 years I have believed in Christ I admit that I don't know everything yet I do know Calvinism is a false doctrine. It does not line up with the gospel.
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We are all lost in sin before Salvation. We are not dead spiritually as you believe. What Paul was speaking about has to do with being separated from God. This does not in any way prevent man from hearing and understanding the Bible Act 28:28
This is why Christ spoke in parables to those who were not His disciples. Christ spoke in parables to keep them from understanding.
Did Christ lie below;
Mat 13:10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
Mat 13:11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Mat 13:12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
Mat 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Mat 13:14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
Mat 13:15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

If what you claim is true then why did Christ speak to them in parables. Christ told the disciples why. Now if they could not hear because they were dead as you claim Christ would not have spoke to them in parables to fulfill prophecy.
How do you explain this?
MB