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Because Luther's idea of 'faith only' does not fit with what Paul wrote in Romans 6:16-18.

So God caused the one talent man to bury his talent and in turn for God causing him to bury his talent God has him thrown into outer darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth.........….and this is not being hard????? Romans 9:16 does not say man's free will is irrelevant. God...

The one talent man is accusing God of causing him to bury his talent. Is God a hard man in causing men to do things against their will? Do you believe God caused Pharaoh to disobey against Pharaoh's will?

The obedience is as necessary as grace when it comes to salvation..... no obedience = no grace... no obedience = serving sin unto death. Romans 11 God's people were always the one's who obeyed him.....in the OT those that obeyed by not bowing to Baal (v4)....under the NT by election of...

I see Paul's point is that even though Christians are saved by grace that does not allow the Christian to continue in sin. Therefore Paul's response to the idea that "grace alone" saves is "God forbid". John says sin is transgression of God's law, so the only cure to habitually sinning is...

In that context, God is not making a contrast between the 'regenerate" versus the "unregenerate" but is contrasting man's understanding verses God's understanding. 1 Corinthians 2:11 you do not know what is in my mind unless I reveal it to you. Nor do I know what is in your mind unless you tell...

You did post in post #68 "It's ironic that so many people don't notice God's own description of himself as one who reaps where he hasn't sown..." Are you making God a hard man by saying God reaps what He has not sown? I do not agree that God is hard man in reaping what He has not sown. The...

There is a night and day difference between choosing if someone to be saved or not and choosing one to be an Apostle. ===== So there is a sense in which God creates a new heart in man and man creates a new heart in himself. So creating a new heart in man is not something that happens...

God is not saying He is a hard man, but is making the point that if the one talented man "knew" God was a hard man then why didn't he try harder and do more to please his Lord and avoid punishment. The issue is, if God ordains all that comes to pass, then who is culpable for the man burying his...

If God ordains all that comes to pass that means God has ordained men to sin. Can men thwart what God has ordained to come to pass? No, then God is making men to sin. Did God ordain the man with one talent to bury his talent?

There is no verse that says Christ chooses who will or will not be Christians. John 15:16 refers to Christ choosing who would hold the office of an Apostle, John 6:70; John 13:18 ===== Ezekiel 18:31 men are to create a new heart within themselves. Hence men are told to "save yourselves" (Acts...

How can God cause men to sin against their will yet God holds no culpability for the sin He caused men to do? You have not yet explained this conundrum you have created. No verse says God has ordained all that comes to pass. In the parable of the talents, (Matthew 25) the man with one talent...

GOd does not solely determine for man what man does or what is in man's heart.

It was not a parable nor did you provide any proof it was just a parable. Nowhere does the Bible explain how providence works. God's hand is in events as they unfold but the Bible does not explain how. The Bible says all things work together for the good to them that love God but the Bible...

If God preordained all that happens, then He does have culpability in all that happens.

God foreknew all the choices men would make by sending Christ to earth at the time He did. God foreknew those Jews would choose to reject Christ, that Judas would choose to betray Christ, those Romans would choose to crucify Christ. Therefore God used men's choices to accomplish His will that...

Yes, God provided Christ as the perfect sacrifice for man but how does this prove foreknowledge always demands predetermination?

I gave you two examples where what God foreknew did NOT come to happen. Also, if God has predetermined all that happens why would He ever need to 'repent" Jonah 3:10? So you have not yet proved that foreknowledge always requires predetermination. I have never said God is not omniscient but...

I have posted this before, but Calvinists have created themselves a conundrum; "In Spite of All of the Foregoing Statements, We Have to Come to the Point Where We Confess That We Do Not Understand How It Is That God Can Ordain That We Carry Out Evil Deeds and Yet Hold Us Accountable for Them...

I would not agree with this myself, Ezekiel 18:19-20 I have always heard that the worse thing about sin is it can cause a person to be lost. The second worse thing about sin is it can cause innocent people to be hurt. In the case you cited, the children suffered for the consequence of...