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Not all of it, but it goes back and forth and the same points (and "points") get made over and over and over again. It's like a soap opera, really, you can take a decade off and then pick it back up and it's as if you were never away at all... <smile> I know that Revelation 20:1-3 states that...

Wouldn't you first have to prove that any person (Jew or Gentile) can be grafted in can be cut off? We're talking about what Paul says in Romans 11, but this is just after he has written what he wrote in Romans 8, that regarding Christians, "there is therefore now no condemnation for those who...

Breaking in just for one thing. I know this was for SI, but he and I agree on this, of course, so by extension it applies to me also: The binding of Satan has already taken place through Christ’s death and resurrection (John 12:31; cf. Colossians 2:15; Revelation 12:9; Matthew 12:29). The...

Yes, of course, but again, as Paul says, "What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means! For He says to Moses, 'I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.' So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who...

Again, who is John Calvinism? <smile> Ahhh, no, I'm not in any way John Calvin's disciple... congratulations on spelling 'disciple' right... <smile>. But in that vein, I could say the exact same thing but inserting Arminius's name in the place of "Calvinism's"... No need; it would be an...

Strange statement... but a defensive thing, I get it. The issue is not about man's will, free or not, it is about the state of man's heart, his spirit, which is naturally at enmity with God, of his father the devil rather than of the Father. As do I, of course, but some of us understand God's...

Who is John Calvinism? <chuckles> Behold, either you don't understand or refuse to acknowledge the actual difference between Calvinism and hyper-Calvinism. Hyper-Calvinism is not "an over emphasis of Calvin's teachings," but on rather is the belief that God saves the elect through His...

Following suit with Calvin in understanding God's Word cannot even remotely compare with being a follower ~ a disciple of ~ Jesus. One could say that you, Big Boy, follow suit with Jacobus Arminius (in the same way I follow suit with Calvin)... and you do, even if you think you don't. <smile>...

I mean, people can be deceived by anything. Even in posting what they think is Calvinist doctrine (but is far from it)... <smile> I, for one, would rather folks not twist ~ and grotesquely so ~ Calvinist doctrine, as has been done on this and many other threads. And that would actually entail...

Bickering like a bunch of little kids playing sandlot football... <chuckles> Except you're not kids (supposedly, anyway)... <chuckles> Grace and peace to all...

Okay, well in my honest opinion, your opinion on this is silly. <smile> If God has made things the way they are ~ now and not yet, as I have said ~ then how is He or His Gospel "rendered impotent" to any degree at all? I think we can agree that in a sense, yes, Christ's victory is complete...

Again... Then why do we still sin, Zao, at least from time to time? Sin has not been destroyed in full yet. But it certainly will be... Okay, well then in the same vein as directly above, why is there still death? Why are there still folks dying? Death has not been destroyed in full yet...

From above.... They are not. See directly above. Individuals within every tongue, tribe, and nation are coming to the Lord. And this is proof of Satan's absolute inability to deceive the nations; he is bound from doing so. Now, is he able to exert some degree of influence in the world? Well...

Well no, it seemed from what you said before that you didn't agree. <chuckles>... Does anyone on this board actually hope any other person doesn't or won't agree with him or her? I... don't think so... <smile> Then why do we still sin, Zao, at least from time to time? Sin has not been...

An interesting post, for sure. I'm going to pick out just a few things and comment, or ask you about them, or... Well, you'll see: 1. "How can you conclude that Satan's works are "his ability to deceive the nations" despite the Word of God having told you that it is created human beings that...

I totally respect your opinion. <smile> I just refuted the first two alleged "contradictions" on my part in Post #998. Feel free to answer to that at any time; I'm sure that would be... interesting. Because right now, you're just saying stuff without even attempting to back any of your...

Well, right, because there are no passages that "take the opposite." Are you saying Scripture contradicts itself? Surely not... Okay, I'll take these two, and then we can talk about the other "hundreds" if you want... <chuckles> Luke 13:3... I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too...

<chuckles> No, that's not what I'm saying... <smile> But how God has chosen/decided to do things is... well, it is what it is. He's God. Grace and peace to you.

This is true; Paul says the following: "...it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, Who has mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, 'For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth'... God...