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"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to His great mercy, He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s...

Proneness to ~ predisposition toward ~ sin. :) How sin manifests itself in individuals is quite individualistic. What particular sins individuals are predisposed to varies and is intrinsic to the person regardless of age or exposure to society or lack thereof; people are people. Grace and...

If Jesus were not born of man and with the same sinful nature as all men... and then, though tempted in every way we are, conquering of temptation perfectly and remaining without sin ~ He was able to do so because He is also of God, God made flesh ~ and thereby fulfilling the Law... He would not...

"Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to ~ so that you both ~ will and to work for His good pleasure." [Philippians 2:12-13]...

Agreed! :) Hyper-Calvinism is not really Calvinism at all, but something quite different and wrong-headed. In RonaldNolette's defense, though, I'm not so sure he is a hyper-Calvinist, but only that maybe a thing or two he says he states in a hyper-Calvinistic way without realizing it. :)...

Yes, what he said is not correct. Free will is not even part of the initial salvation equation; it has nothing to do with the will. Man of course has a will, and free it is, and certainly can make choices, which is never denied in Scripture. But, Paul does say, "It does not depend on man's...

Yes, absolutely... Yes, but faith is not a work of man in himself, but a work of God, by the action of His Holy Spirit, as Paul clearly states: "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may...

Hey, RonaldNolette, I generally agree with you on this, as I think you know, but the natural man ~ man in his natural state ~ is subject to the Law ~ the letter and not the law of Christ ~ and is without excuse, because what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to...

The whole debate misses the point. It is not a matter of whether man has free will or not (no one disputes that he does) or whether he is able to use it freely or not (no one disputes that he is). The crux of the matter is the condition of the heart ~ what it's natural condition is and whether...

Well, you didn't ask, but merely stated, "give Bible references." l don't care whether it was an ask or any kind of imperative demand, but the fact that you even said it at all is ridiculous because I do it in spades with my every post. Beyond that, as for "bickering," you can stop it by...

In your opinion. Understood. Yes, it was ridiculous, because have, over and over and over again. You're trying to rewrite history. The record is clear and in writing above. The claim I didn't give Bible references is ridiculous. And I gave some, although, as I said, not an exhaustive...

LOL! Yeah, I meant how many other than Jesus. Obviously. My goodness. Yeah, it is. To keep asking over and over again and to get the same answers over and over again and then then to deny them over and over again... it's quite ridiculous. And you're doing it yet again even now. It's...

Well, okay, I'll accept that, too. :) Hey, how many people have ever been born without a human father, Keith? None, right? Well there are so many, but just a couple: I know what you think of John 8:58, but there, Jesus says, "Before Abraham was, I am." Not, I was, which even so would...

LOL! Oh, it... most assuredly does. :) Your "seeing" seems to be the problem, Wrangler. Sure. Grace and peace to you.

:) Grace and peace to you, Matthew.

Well, yes and no. Not in full yet ~ we still succumb to sin... here and there... <chuckles>... but this will happen on Christ's return. For now, we have been justified ~ made just through faith by God because of the righteousness of Christ, and therefore credited with His righteousness, as...

Well, I wouldn't say "disagree," really, in either case. I absolutely agree that the significance of the juxtaposition of God contrasted with Jesus cannot be understated and is shown in many verses. So, regarding your understanding, I do say ~ not to insult your intelligence in any way; this...

The Father, in sending Jesus, gave Jesus the title of Christ ~ His Christ/Messiah ~ and our Lord. And now, having finished His work of redemption through His death on the cross, Jesus has been highly exalted by the Father (Philippians 2) and glorified in His presence with the glory that He...

Paul is very clear in Philippians 2, that "He was in the form of God... but... (was) born in the likeness of men... (a)nd... found in human form..." The Greek word translated to the English 'form' is 'morphe,' which denotes not merely shape, but essence and even nature. It means the true and...

God can do anything. :) I'll accept that, yes, He knits us all ~ our physical bodies, individually, of course ~ together in our mother's womb. Sure. But Christ Jesus was never not existing. All things were made through Christ, and without Him was not any thing made that was made. The...