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Rom 5:11 More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Rom 4:1 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? Rom 4:2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. Rom 4:3 For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as...

You are correct, it is not a partial or one sided reconciliation. It is complete. It is for the whole world. The cross of Jesus was sufficient to reconcile every last human being on this planet. But it is conditioned upon believing in God. You cite 2 Corinthians 5:19 and completely overlook...

Angels perhaps? The bible does not give us very much information about anything prior to creation of the universe. But it does suggest that angels witnessed the creation.

We humans sense time in this physical universe through observation of things changing. But I don't think that is a very good definition of time in the spiritual realm in which God exists. The bible describes things changing before the universe was created. For example, Angels rebelled against...

But you just said that there was time before creation. You have tried to impose your view of this world upon God in His world.

If there was no time before creation of this physical universe, then what does that even mean?

Time is a physical creation. God is no more limited by physical time than He is by physical space. As such, for God, there is no such thing as the past or the future for that matter.

The Lord has spoken for Himself already. That is God's word, the Bible. That is sufficient. If it were not He would have made it clear and continued. Those who spoke on God's behalf didn't just claim to be doing that. God gave them sufficient ability to demonstrate His authority given to them.

Justification is a one time and done act of God. It is a state of being for the baptized believer. Sanctification is a life long process. It becomes completed for the baptized believer only at the end of his physical life and he is placed into the presence of Jesus. Salvation is, since it...

First I didn't call you a Calvinist. Second, I am hearing everything you have to say. I think you are wrong. What you say is simply not biblically accurate. The very idea that God would impute the sins of one to another is heresy. That is an ugly affront to God. Would you punish one of your...

That is the heresy propagated by Augustine and picked up by Calvin. It is gross. Yes I have and it saddens me terribly that there are those who claim to love God and to believe in His Son, Jesus, who could ever think God would do such an evil and malicious thing as instill a dead spirit into...

Yes, it was absolutely necessary that Jesus die. It was the supreme sacrifice that allowed God to be true to Himself. In His Holiness He cannot overlook sin of any sort. He must punish sin. In His Mercy and Graciousness He desires to forgive the sinner. The perfect sacrifice of His one and...

Not true. God formed your spirit in you (Zech 12:1). Do you really think He gave you a dead spirit? You were spiritually dead and was made alive. Born again spiritually, not born again physically. God's own words to us.

And you need to take an English refresher course.

You seem to be dodging here, still havimg no answer to my question. I would think that someone, professing to have been born again and having the Spirit speak directly to you, as you do, would know the answer to that rather simple question.

So then, you do not know the answer to my question. Why not just admit it?

Can one be reconciled and not be born again? Is there a difference between reconciliation and regeneration?

Can one be born again and not be reconciled?

Obviously, not very well. For example, what is the difference between being reconciled and being regenerated? If one has been regenerated, then what does reconciliation accomplish? Or if the regenerated need to be reconciled, then what did regeneration accomplish?