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Exactly. I emphasize God's power, you emphasize your own. The next verse says this because God knew that people would try to twist this verse to say "Oh, I have to do something!", When salvation is of the Lord, not man's choice.

Proverbs 21:1 -- The King's heart is in the hand of the LORD; as the rivers of water: He turneth it withersoever He will.

Apart from God, there is no hope. God can change the leapers spots! God can change hearts, but apart from Him and His grace to give us faith, and change our spots, NO! And I'm sure John the Baptist would have no problem giving God all of the glory, and would never claim that it was him who...

All is equally inspired, but not all is equally useful for specific situations. If someone was grieving the loss of a loved one, would you point them to the genealogy of Christ? No, those verses do not apply in this specific scenario. Does that mean that these verses are not useful or aren't god...

Who is he talking to? Israel, who is already chosen. He did not say "Every nation," He said Israel; those who were already the called according to His purpose. As for the Finney, even the title is work's righteousness: Change your heart! Do something to please God, and that is meritous in His...

No, but when you're holding the sword backwards and then crying 'victory', it needless to say does very little damage. To me, at least. Nowhere does he say this. He is asking God if He would save "for ____ number of people" the city, and God answered saying yes He would. Abraham was learning...

I agree you must be born again! Question: Can you birth yourself? Do you have any say in your own birth?

And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. 24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, 25To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and...

But was He telling God how to be God? Did He tell God He was unjust if He didn't govern precisely how Abraham saw fit?

Context! Read the next verse! .... but we've been over this, haven't we? You just can't NOT pull verses out of context, can you?

No, Christ obviously does the receiving of them. He said depart from me I never knew you, not you never knew me.

God humored Abraham. Abraham was not telling God how to be God, He was genuinely wondering how great God's mercy was. This is completely different than actually telling God He is unjust in how He governs His universe because it contradicts your moral compass. Notice that Abraham didn't tell God...

1 Timothy 2:5 Christ is the only one who can bring sinful man to the Holy God.

Right... because man never did anything to anger a perfect God. It seems we as mankind have forgotten our place in the universe. God is not a giant human. He is perfectly just in doing whatever He wants. You say He is only just if He fits into the box of what YOU call righteous. "No, God; you...

21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done...

So, you're not going to answer the question, then?

So, life experience saves us? "Boy, I was lucky [fill in the blank] happened, otherwise I would NEVER have accepted Christ!" We are giving seemingly "chance" happenings more power that God Himself in our conversion?!? Does God not control the path of history? If so, how dare He give some the...

And what spurns some to have faith and not others?

But how could God claim them as His before they had made this decision? And, if they are His because of their choice, how is that not works righteousness? If the only difference between them and the unredeemed is their correct choice, how is this not works righteousness?

Christ knows the elect, and they are His since before time began, and therefore Christ is able to say that all that the Father has given Him will come, because the elect have always belonged to God. If there were not a group of people who belonged to God, He could not give them to Christ. As...