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"play on Greek..." <sigh> Goodness gracious. <smile> No, he "revealed" ~ said ~ that we have two natures, that our old sin nature is still present in our body (correlating with what he said of himself in Romans 7), but that sense we've been born again of the Spirit we now have a spiritual...

...from above: You did, and they were... bad. <smile> Really speaking of something else entirely, the context was very different. So again... you can't, not with any validity anyway. <smile> And I explained why, using Scripture to do so... Well, that's good that you say that, but you...

I know. <smile> But thanks! <smile> Good... O...kayyyy, but, we won't reject it if we are in Christ, because at that point we have been born again of the Spirit, and we will do no other; we don't even consider rejecting it, because... well, to put it in the words of Isaiah (35), our eyes...

Well, as to the first sentence, this is basically what I've been saying... because John is very clear on it in 1 John 2:19 of the "many antichrists" (unbelievers) who "had come" and had been among them, saying, "They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they...

Ah, well I'm simply showing the massive holes in the Catholic ~ and Baptist and a host of other denominations ~ idea that eternal life, if given by God, can be somehow lost. Jesus very clearly says in John 10 that it cannot. The gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable (Romans 11:29); God...

Right, but that whosoever is dependent on something. Read what Joel says in Joel 2:32 ~ which is one of the Scriptures He was directly referring to in John 3:16 ~ and, well, see what you see. If you really do see, then great; you certainly don't have to tell me about it... :) Right, not yet...

God ~ Father, Son, or Holy Spirit ~ never says "I might"... but always "I will." If you one is truly born again of the Spirit, he/she will not. Of his/her own free will and accord. We can stray from time to time... But if one has truly been given by the Father to Christ, that person will not...

No, I provide a smattering of a much, much greater body of work, the whole counsel of God. It's a bit like what the writer of Hebrews says at the end of Hebrews 11... time would fail me to tell of all the Bible passages that speak to what I'm saying. Ohhhhhhh, I absolutely agree. I wish you...

Faith is a gift of God by His Spirit (Ephesians 2:8; 1 Corinthians 12:9). His promises are contingent on nothing but Himself ~ His own perfect will ~ and have their 'yes' and 'amen' in Christ Jesus; He will keep every single one of His promises. Scripture is very clear on this over and over...

The Canon of Scripture was not "declared by the Catholic Church; that's quite ridiculous, and as Paul says, all Scripture is God-breathed (2 Timothy 3:16-17). And two points to the rest of this: 1. You just made the argument for Sola Scriptura, and 2. The Holy Spirit did not just write...

That was my point; Sola Scriptura does not posit in any way, shape, or form, that Scripture is the "only authority." But it does posit ~ hold ~ that Scripture... which is to say God and His Word... is the only source of authority for Christian faith and practice. But hey, don't let that stop...

It does, but in the sense that I related to you. But Christ's atonement is only effectual for many, not all; we know there will be some/many who will not be saved. I mean, they can be... Fair enough. If that is true, then why do some go to hell? Why do the ones of Jesus's left at the...

Oh boy. <smile> As I said a few posts ago to another poster, KUWN, there is a sense in which Christ died for the world — His sacrifice was sufficient for all — but also a sense in which Christ only died for God’s elect — His sacrifice was only made effectual (by God, of course) for those God...

"...if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come" (Paul, 2 Corinthians 5:17). Grace and peace to all.

Ahhhh, it always, without fail, comes back to free will with folks who see these things as you do... <chuckles> But we are either slaves to unrighteousness or slaves to righteousness, as Paul says in Romans 6. And we always present ourselves as obedient slaves one way or the other, depending...

So you think; fair enough. Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone) is the biblical truth that the Word of God is the only source ~ source, a very important distinction ~ of authority for Christian faith and practice. There are earthly authorities, for sure, but viewing any of these ~ including the...

In 1 Corinthians 15:44-47, Paul uses the Greek term psychikos, the adjectival form of the noun psyche, which is translated 'being' in verse 45 and can also be rendered 'life' or 'animated existence.' Paul's contrast between 'natural' and 'spiritual' is a contrast between that which is...

Well, except God... <smile> I mean, you know that, of course. But even that is not descriptive of what His foreknowledge, as Paul alludes to it in Romans 8:29, is. It cannot be a mere cognitive "knowing ahead of time," because in that sense God foreknows everybody and everything, and Paul...

After the thousand years... and after His return... but otherwise, totally agree. <smile> John's "thousand years" in Revelation 20 is synonymous with "in these last days, from the writer of Hebrews in Hebrews 1;2. I think we'll all be shocked, in a way, but, well, some of us in a good way...

Which you've probably ~ oh, wait ~ the Catholic church has attached its own little convenient (errant) meaning to... Goodness gracious. The way that verse starts out, "For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth," indicates clearly that the people the...