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God desires. God wills. Not everything that God desires will come to pass precisely because man has free will. The question at hand is: Does God will/decree everything that happens?

OK The above is correct if we can agree that God wants EVERYONE to be saved. 1 Timothy 2:1-7 1First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, 2for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet...

You didn't understand what I said in my post.... but no matter. Some theology is in order here. You believe that when Jesus was on earth, the 2nd Person of the Trinity was missing in heaven? It's OK if you want to believe that...

I don't see any scripture above. When a person can't defend their position, they resort to personal insults. The person that has been indoctrinated by men is you dear sir. MEN have made up the doctrines of the reformed. They do NOT go back to the time of Jesus who taught that we can be saved...

If it were biblical ALL Christians would accept reformed theology. Truth is, that it's so far from God's nature that it's not acceptable.... God cannot go against His own nature. There is NO USE to explain the gospel to anyone IF they have no free will to choose what the gospel teaches and to...

Bruce, you're going to have to be intellectually honest here, I don't have much time for being on the forum. Did I say there are verses that state that God causes sin? NO!! Definetly not me... It is the reformed and calvinist theology that believes in theology that makes God be the cause of...

Calvinists/Reformed believe we have no free will and thus cannot choose. Choose what you ask.... The free will to choose if we DESIRE to be saved by God. The free will to choose whether or not we want to sin when confronted with the choice to sin or not to sin. The free will to make any moral...

Why is it preposterous for me to state that a belief is unbiblical? Are we Christians allowed to read through the NT and just make up whatever doctrine we FEEL to be true with some verse for support? Do you realize that his means that THERE IS NO TRUTH? You've posted some nice verses, but what...

Great verse. Let's look at it: TO ALL WHO DID RECEIVE HIM: This implies that God must be received by us...actively received. An action is required on our part. TO THOSE WHO BELIEVED IN HIS NAME: Another action. We must believe just as Hebrews 11:6 states: 6And without faith it is impossible...

Sure. But what you state above is a feeling. We learn early on in the Christian faith that we should not go by feelings but by facts. The fact is that if it's me that chooses God, I can be sure of the choice I've made...it's my choice. That would be sufficient to assure me that I have chosen...

Plenty of reformed theologians. But PERMITS is different than PREDESTINATING Permits is passive and allows the person to do what he will. PREDESTINATES is active and put the onus on God. If God predestinates someone to steal.... how is that person responsible? I know that it's a mystery -...

And I replied to each and every one. They don't mean what you think they mean.

What does the above have to do with the jailor asking how he could be saved and the response from Paul?? You have a problem with this because you don't believe in orthodox salvation.... if you believe everyone is going to be saved...you read that into everything. The jailor and Paul were...

Your belief system is not biblical. It just is not what Jesus taught. Proof texts must be in alignment with the ENTIRE NT. Otherwise, everyone's own belief will be biblical and that means there will be NO TRUTH. I explained very well in my post 108.... if you can't accept it, that's up to you.

Aha! But you want to discuss universalism. Romans 11 We're serving satan....it's through God's mercy that we can become saved. God has mercy ON EVERYONE...this does not mean everyone is saved.... you can't only pick out the verse that seem to agree with you...you have to also take the other...

Of course you know I don't believe in CHOSEN, PREDESTINED OR ELECT the way that you're using it. As the thread title states,,,,it's not biblical,,,,it's not what the bible teaches. Already explained this a couple of times. Each in turn does not mean everyone. Paul is talking about the...

This is not correct. The Elect could be Israel or it could be those that are saved. HOWEVER, something must be done to become elect... and God is good enough to let us know what it is. Predestination exists in the bible, but if you don't agree with my post (I think it was 108) then I can't...

No. I was addressing Romans 9. Again, it's stating that we cannot work our way to heaven. It depends on God's mercy. Does God have mercy in the reformed system? What about all the poor souls He rejected? No mercy in Calvinism. What? I was stating HOW one becomes saved. Acts 16:31-34 29And...

OK At least you understand that God's choosing in the reformed system is based on nothing. We have a member here that doesn't even know this and he claims to be calvinist. Christ's sacrifice was SUFFICIENT to cover the sins of the whole world. But we still have to accept that sacrifice on an...

You bring up an interesting point. If it's God that does the choosing....how can we know He really chose us? This is from The Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin, Book 3 Chapter 24 Paragraph 8 Besides this there is a special call which, for the most part, God bestows on...