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This is not what you said originally. In your post no. 119, you stated this: Religion is the attempt to make oneself acceptable to God by one's own works. True Christianity is not a religion because mankind's has no works to perform under the New Covenant of Grace through Faith. All the "works"...

No problem. If God didn't know who would be saved, He would be missing one of the omnis! Agreed. I just think we could understand enough to know how He wants us to be in this life, and to show us how to save our soul for eternity. I think we could at least know that. We'll never know what God...

The above does not sound like your writing. So should I post a reply to you.... or should I go look for some reply that I like on the internet and then post it? And what does your verse have to do with an inward call or an outward call? Nothing.

Yes. It's difficult to come up with verses that actually MEAN SOMETHING... instead of the verse salad you offer up. And The reason your verses are rejected is because you do NOT understand them and they do not mean what you think they mean. This is because calvinism is not found in the bible...

Could you post some scripture regarding the inward call and the outward call? I don't recall reading about this in the NT. I also don't recall reading about effectual calling. I do know that John Calvin spoke of these topics, but since I don't believe Calvinism is biblical, perhaps you could...

How about this: God Father draws everyone. God's grace is for all His creation...not just some lucky special persons. The good news of the gospel is for everyone...John 3:16 The rain falls on the just and the unjust.... The good news falls on the just and the unjust. John 6:44 44“No one can...

Can a person be Christian and never read the bible? Agreed. Some would like Jesus as Savior but not Jesus as Lord. Unfortunately for some....both are necessary. Agreed, even though you didn't finish the sentence (or at least, I missed it). Did I say God does not know who will be saved? Could...

I don't understand what you mean. What are we doing? What has caused this diversity? You think we on these forums have?

Religion: Rilegare To tie together. Religion has been given a bad name in Christian circles. The Jews did not accept Jesus. So He had to start a new religion. Now...should we also argue about what religion means and whether or not Christianity is a religion? Of course we have works to...

I find some of the reformed to be very sneaky. The above sounds great....but it isn't. This is the part that isn't biblical: GOD MOVES IN THOSE HE CHOSE, BEFOREHAND, BEFORE THEY WERE BORN.... No. Scott Downey God did NOT choose anyone beforehand. God NEVER chose anyone. God DOES CHOOSE...

Joe, I really cannot reply to such statements. I admire anyone who could engage with you. If you're trying to create your own religion, I doubt a Christian forum will be the place to start since most on here seem to be biblically savvy to me.

BINGO! John 6:44 and John 12:32 How to reconcile? The reformed cannot reconcile the two because they SEEM to be in contradiction to each other. Every other Christian seems to be able to reconcile because the bible is properly understood, and there can be no conflict in the bible. John 6:44...

Went back and read your post. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Well, what makes you think those that believe as I do DO NOT do what you say above? Why do you have Christian in quotation marks? Do you think that if a person doesn't read the bible they're not a Christian? Why do you state all that you state and then say "truth is the Word of God whether...

Before He ALLOWED it. OK Man has free will. God allows man to use that free will.

You ain't gettin' any slack from me! I agree. It's a relationship. A relationship takes two. Thanks for putting it in such an understandable way! :blush:

Oh for goodness sake Faith.... everybody is apostate but you. You're the only person that REALLY understands scripture. God is keeping it hid from the rest of us.... Right.

I can't believe that Lambano. God is not a God of confusion. I believe He desires us to know Him, wasn't this one of the reasons for the incarnation? A real revelation - and the final revelation. I disagree with a lot of Catholicism and I dislike the fact that bible study is so scarce in that...

You need to get updated Taken. The bible is not a SIDE BOOK in Catholicism.

Nice post. So how do we determine which of the myriad of Protestant denominations is the one teaching THE TRUTH? You say that God is to be our teacher. How come He teaches every Christian on this forum something different? Does God not know what God believes?