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In one sense, this is true; God does give mercy to all, at the very least giving them life. This is what we call God's common grace, meaning this measure of grace is given by God to all people. However, when we talk about God's saving mercy, His salvific grace, this is His particular grace...

Right, may have mercy on them all. But He obviously doesn't; Paul has just said ~ quoting Moses, but really God Himself ~ "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” And Paul goes on to say, "He has mercy on whomever He wills, and He hardens...

Any of us could be wrong, yes... But again, if you are a Gentile believer in Christ, then you are living proof of Satan's being bound. Now, it is worth saying also that if you are a Jewish believer in Christ, then of course that makes you no less a Christian. We are all one in Christ Jesus...

Revelation 20 The proof that Satan has been bound... (given that you are a Gentile) ...is you. The fact that you have been born again and are thus in Christ is proof postive that Satan is bound from deceiving the nations. Is it possible that Satan could be bound in this way but still have...

Okay, well, yeah, me either; there is no debate here. What is there to debate between you and me? Okay, fine. All good, yeah? Well, not to make this about me in any way, but I was just offering a little exhortation, really. If we're going to claim to be Christians, then maybe we should act...

You're missing the point. Points, actually. Grace and peace to you, WPM. Why? Because you don't think anyone should be publically rebuked? Is that not being a bit hypocritical? Hmmm, well, okay, so have you. We should all take the high road, yeah? But even so, not doing so in a...

You mean because you don't condone or accept heresy? That's not it... <smile> I'm certainly not "offended" by anything, but I am, as I said, often astounded by the manner in which some (supposed) Christians speak to others, whether or not they are Christians. Aside from that, to what you...

Well now that's just weird. <smile> Grace and peace to you.

Well, he isn't "enforcing" ...executing, exerting... that control as people think that control would or should look. Which certainly can give us the impression that He is not in control. But... His thoughts are not our thoughts, His ways not our ways. What we do know is, no purpose of His can...

Apologies to everyone on behalf of myself and Spiritual Israelite for taking up so much bandwidth here... <GRIN> Grace and peace to you all!

No, but I don't believe that man's salvation depends on his choosing. Which is exactly what Paul says in Romans 9:16. Nope. <smile> I mean, yes, I will deny that, because... it is clearly not true in "my doctrine." <smile> "For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but...

This is the general call of the Gospel. And, we can say that He "requires all people to choose whether to accept it or not," but His granting of mercy and compassion does not depend on our choosing (on human will or exertion, as Paul puts it in Romans 9:16), but on God, Who has mercy, and... He...

This can clearly be seen in Genesis 3, but more explicitly, David says, "Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me" (Psalm 51:5). In the New Testament (as if that makes any difference, really) ~ and this too has been cited many times ~ Paul says in Ephesians...

Um... "continue living their lives physically"...? Okay that's a really odd way to put it, but okay, yes... Of course they do. Why do you keep trying to pin this on me? Or Calvinists in general? Even though I keep telling you I and Calvinists in general do think everyone has the opportunity...

Apologies, but this is a ridiculous statement. Okay, right... <chuckles> ...but I can decide for myself many things, including if someone is thinking rationally and/or objectively or not, based on what he or she has said, and that's what I have done here... <chuckles> As evidenced by the fact...

Sigh... Good... agreed... (of course)... Again, it depends on the sense in which you mean 'cannot.' You may or may not "LOL" again, but 'cannot' can be understood in two very different senses... a) 'cannot' in the wooden sense of being mentally and/or physically incapable of something, or...

In the context of John 20, but again, Jesus was giving them for a time His power for a time to begin the spreading of the Gospel to all nations. This was not their salvific experience; that resulted in their repentance and belief, just as it does for all Christians. Everyone has this...

Right, my interpretation, but putting your own "slant" on it... and yes, not the scriptures themselves. Yes, that's absolutely obvious. <chuckles> No, I don't say that. Not "in order to repent and believe." That's how you want to paint it (over and over again), but I do not say those...

No. You think about it from your own... place. Not so. By "using your brain," I meant to... well, turn off your own personal biases and predispositions. Not even close to calling names. Okay, but who cares? But he can do what he wants, can he not? You get angry and indignant when posters...

Right, but in a certain sense, we are all tares from birth. The natural human condition from birth ~ as a result of the Fall ~ is that we are at enmity with God. Grace and peace to you, claninja.