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    PinSeeker replied to the thread Can a tare become saved?.
    Might be interesting to hear you try to back that up with any modicum of actual substance, Dash, instead of making such a thoughtless...
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    PinSeeker replied to the thread Can a tare become saved?.
    Right... And there it is, making faith a work of man. All versions say the same thing... "assurance of..." "confidence in..."...
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    PinSeeker replied to the thread Can a tare become saved?.
    Innate to the heart-regenerate Christian. And again, that's because the heart has been changed from stone to flesh. By God. Which we...
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    PinSeeker replied to the thread Can a tare become saved?.
    ...saving faith, yes, and that is because the heart has been changed from stone to flesh. Right, so, even if it's inadvertent, quit...
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    PinSeeker replied to the thread Can a tare become saved?.
    Ah, so Christians cause... or make... people believe in Christ? <smile> I mean, I know you're not really saying that, but faith does...
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    PinSeeker replied to the thread Can a tare become saved?.
    Okay, well, so is your Arminianism. This is not what I have said; it is not a Calvinistic belief. At all. This is just one example of...
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    PinSeeker replied to the thread Can a tare become saved?.
    The Greek word "apostasia" means a defiance of an established system or authority. Divorce is quite different from that. This is an...
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    PinSeeker replied to the thread Can a tare become saved?.
    He does not. He says, Behold, that every Christian has a measure of faith. Every Christian is give that by God, and thus every...
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    PinSeeker replied to the thread Can a tare become saved?.
    Every human develops some kind of faith in something (or somethings) for all kinds of reasons. But God does not give His assurance to...
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    PinSeeker replied to the thread Can a tare become saved?.
    In a sense, Ronald, we agree. But there is another sense, the one in which, naturally speaking, we are all tares/goats from the...
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    PinSeeker replied to the thread Can a tare become saved?.
    I agree, but it has to be given you first. You don't assure yourself; such would be an empty assurance. The assurance has to come from...
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    PinSeeker replied to the thread Can a tare become saved?.
    Well, right. But what do you "use it" for, Behold? <smile> That really makes no sense. Because you have it, it certainly affects how...
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    PinSeeker replied to the thread Can a tare become saved?.
    Nope. 'Measure,' is not synonymous with mere 'ability' to do anything, Behold. 'Measure' in 1 Corinthians 12:9, should be understood...
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    PinSeeker replied to the thread Can a tare become saved?.
    I'm not "rationalizing" anything, Ronald. But yes, God's eternal decree, for sure. It is what it is. My intent is to make things...
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    PinSeeker replied to the thread Can a tare become saved?.
    Yes he is. We disagree. Some kind of faith, yes, but not faith from God, which is given only to Christians at the point they are born...