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Eph 2:1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins Eph 2:2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience-- Eph 2:3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our...

Nah, we weren't born dead, we became dead in our trespasses and sins.

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Because we were dead in our trespasses and sins (Eph 2:1; Colossians 2:13).

So then you don't know. OK My question was what is a living relationship with God? Or perhaps the better question is what you think a living relationship with God is. The reason that I ask is that I haven't seen that phrase in the NT. So I don't know what you are talking about. I need you...

And what do you think is meant by the phrase "the word of God" in Hebrews 4:12? Is it Christ? Is it the Bible? Is it something you imagine God said to you personally? What exactly is meant by that phrase? Is that what you learn from Genesis 1:2? Where does that come from? And just what is...

As is yours.

That is just your opinion. And no, It is not anything I found online. But you really should read it. It could help you understand things a little better than you do now.

In none of those examples does it show God changing the hearts and minds for the purpose of either saving or condemning their souls.

That concerning Augustine. Yes, but he was not inspired and he was wrong. Here, as you so often do, you fail to distinguish between God's electing to service and His electing to salvation. You quoted Proverbs 12:1. But if you bother to actually read that and the rest of the chapter, it is a...

Yes, by the likes of Augustine of Hippo. Unfortunately, his thinking was much too influenced by his Manichaeism on matters of the struggle between a good, spiritual world, and an evil, material world. That philosophy, I am convinced, was what led him to his heretical view of God's inability to...

You think there were no Jews who were Christian. If you object to the phrase "Jewish Christians", then how about Christian Jews?

That he is addressing Jewish Christians doesn't make it not addressing the Church. No doubt some of the non-Jewish Christians were aware to some degree of the Law of Moses. That is not something Paul hid from them.

Not OSAS is not insecurity. The non-Calvin types professing OSAS typically tout free will except after having been saved. OSAS is not a requirement for eternal security. Salvation is by grace through faith and security is by grace through faith.

Why do some people not like the idea of OSAS? Because it is wrong!?

I will let Rella answer for herself if she chooses to do so, but I will address that from my own point of view. First, let me say that I think the Calvinist/Reformed Theology view, which I think is your view as well, is completely wrong. That view, in part I believe, is that God's plan was to...

What I understand is that you "see" what isn't there.

And the phrase "sin nature" is not in any of those. And nothing there about "Total depravity inherited from Adam" either. Nice try though.

My reply #31 was in response to your phrase "sin nature". That phrase is simply not found in scripture. Moreover, it typically results from the false notion of Total Depravity inherited from Adam, something you mentioned in the post I was replying to. That false concept is at the heart of...

I guess that means that you have a close personal relationship with him? :D:D