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Even though I quoted those Scriptures verbatim. Interesting. Again: "I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And...

Good question. I say ~ in the context of the parable of the wheat and the tares ~ just as tares cannot/will not become wheat, so wheat cannot/will not become tares. Which is what you just said, which makes me wonder why you then asked the question you asked. And about the mass falling away, I...

Point taken, but riling him up wasn't my intention. And my only point to him and you (and anyone else in making the comment I made) was more about actually thinking about what I said rationally and objectively. Now, did I say it in an overly pointed, non-fruit-of-the-Spirit way? Yes, so I...

Yeah, so I said, "if you would start actually using your brain, that would be awesome" And somehow that's equivalent to and deserving of being called "incredibly dishonest" (so a liar, Post 581), "holier than thou" (Post 583), "evil" (Post 585), "dummy" (Post 589)... (not an exhaustive...

In the sense that God made some for noble use and others for common use, I do, too. Yes, He only chose some to be conformed to the image of His son before the foundation of the world (they are the wheat) and others He did not (they are the tares). It was that way from before the foundation of...

Hm. Well you do it in this very post. Your whole post is saturated with it: No. <smile> No. <smile> No. <smile> No. <smile> No. <smile> But He did hate Esau, as He Himself stated. And Esau is representative there of a whole lot of people. So we have to come to grips with that...

Wrongly, yes. No, that’s not it…. LOL! That’s a strange statement to make, considering that for the last several posts you’ve state the exact opposite of what Calvinists believe about this or that and then have clarified what you think is correct, and it’s right along the lines of what...

Such lack of understanding and ignorance. Astounding, really... astonishing. But yes, very Arminian. Grace and peace to you.

Well, he is a literal single human being... And yes, he represented himself, certainly, but as Paul says in Romans 5:12, "...sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned." Well okay, but why even do that, because neither of...

Kind of both, really... to just see how long I can keep you going... how many is this now? LOL! ... and trying to get you to quit making a fool of yourself. But so it goes... and goes and goes and goes... <smile> Well, that you're going to keep trying to paint it that way, but still every...

LOL! Knew you couldn't resist... <smile> Yeah, not. <smile> Nope. Neither did John Calvin... Yes, I certainly can't elect myself, as Arminians believe. Adrian Rogers... you know him? I mean, he died not too long ago, but a radio preacher... Love Worth Finding Ministries... very Arminian...

I've asked this question before, @Davy, but I'll ask it again: Who is the true Jew of God? Who is God's Israel? Before you answer, you might want to read again what Paul says in: Romans 2:28-29 ~ "no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. But a...

A lot of good things, here, in my opinion, David. Here's what I see in Genesis 2 and 3: 1. The condition of man both before and after the fall... question: tell me, if you would, what you see concerning these two things? 2. I guess this is a leading question, but who does Adam represent, and...

LOL! You know, at this point, I'm just getting a kick out of keeping you going. <smile> Obviously, it bothers you, and you can't let it go; it's kind of funny at this point. <chuckles> To be honest, I really don't even remember asking a question. Oh, wait, now I remember... but I didn't...

<eyeroll> You did, but actions speak louder than words. The fact that you keep going on about it tells me otherwise. But, really, who cares? I agree. <smile> But that's... not what I was talking about. <smile> Good grief! <pounds the table; smile> <eyeroll> Again, perception is not...

You do a great job of... displaying, I guess... otherwise. <smile> Maybe you could prove that by, you know, just letting it go, by dropping it... <smile> I didn't say that. I said you made at least one or two Arminian-sounding statements. That's all. Dude, come on. Drop it. I did. Oh...

It's not. It was really a good-natured comment I made, SI. Yes, at least some of your soteriology is Arminian. It is. If that bothers you, I'm sorry, but it is what it is. But I did not call you an Arminian; that was your perception only... which you even say here ~ "I don't think so" ~...

I think the resolution to this whole... conundrum <smile> ...is that there are really two different senses of this tares vs. wheat argument; and that there is not really much disagreement here, I think, even though some so strenuously... <smile> ... disagree with each other: A. If we think of...

Ahhhhh, I see what you are saying, and at least in a sense I agree. Yes, in Matthew 25, in Jesus's graphic portrayal of the final Judgment, he has two exchanges, first with those on His right, and then with those on His left: Those on His right: They know they had a relationship with Christ...