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Regardless of any kind of acronym, label, or any other kind of demagoguery, anyone who reads Scripture should easily be able to understand that God's salvation, once given by God, cannot be lost, because of God's invincible power to save. Nothing can separate those who are in Christ from the...

With all due respect, Renniks, this is a silly statement. Everyone is born in sin and in need of salvation in Christ and therefore justification. Being a member of God's elect even before the foundation of the world just means ("just" ~ wow, as if it is some mere thing) that at some point in...

Wish no more; it is a certainty. God's Word stands forever. :) Grace and peace to you.

Absolutely not. That is an impossible conclusion to reach without refuting what Paul says in that very passage, that He has mercy on whomever He wills, and He hardens whomever He wills... is thus the Molder and we are the molded, is thus the potter and we the clay... that some are prepared for...

LOL! Well, fortunately, what you or I think or say about God's purpose of election and His resulting work of salvation in His elect at the time of His appointing makes no difference. God determines His own purposes, and His purposes cannot be thwarted by anything or anyone. And once He has...

"What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means! For He says to Moses, 'I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.' So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, Who has mercy. For the Scripture says...

Right, but to think that God gave that one to Jesus and Jesus then subsequently lost him is... a terrible misunderstanding. Jesus loses nothing given to Him by the Father. As for someone walking away, these are lost before, and then it becomes evident, upon their walking away, that they are...

Well, First Thessalonians 2:15-16, right? Judgment was placed upon those who hindered the preaching of the Gospel to the Gentiles. Obedience is not in view here, but rather their having attempted to thwart God's purposes, which cannot be done (Job 42:2). And God inflicted judgment upon them...

I... don't care. :) I think you don't want that at all. It seems quite obvious to me that you are firmly entrenched and now just want to argue. Aside from that, though, I don't remember (maybe because this conversation has been so disjointed and drawn out) you ever discussing Psalm 110, so...

Right, but for some, what they think are facts are not really facts at all. That's the point. Grace and peace to you.

In your mind, sure, but like I said, that's the problem. Grace and peace to you.

Sure we can. I didn't insinuate such a thing in the least. But, just like Paul says there, it does not depend, initially speaking, on anything of man, but only on God and His mercy. Yeah, again, sure. Absolutely. Actually, Paul has spend the previous eight chapters proving and expounding on...

Well, in your mind, sure. But that's the problem. Grace and peace to you.

Yes, God gave us all brains... :) No, but rather, as Paul says, "it (God's election of certain individuals to salvation) depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy" (Romans 9:16). Otherwise, grace ~ which is unmerited favor ~ is not really grace. And this is precisely...

There is no age of accountability. We are all born in sin, dead in sin ~ this is the natural human condition. At some point, we are born again of the Spirit (John 3). Especially relevant here is John 3:3, where Jesus says to Nicodemus, "(U)nless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of...

Oh boy, another one... :) Yeah, you don't need to be saved more than once. :) Just once, and then kept by the power of God. Once the Father gives you to Jesus, He loses not one. This is what the Bible ~ Jesus ~ teaches: "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and whoever comes to...

Yeah, I would certainly stay away from Pentecostalism. Not necessarily the people, per se, but the "ism." :) But I would also get away from the idea of "burning in hell." Don't get me wrong; hell is certainly a place we want to stay away from, especially in view of what could be had, but...

There is no "age of accountability." All are accountable. Even David was born ~ even conceived ~ sinful (Psalm 51:4-5). The only thing it depends on is God and His mercy/compassion, which He has on whom He will have it. He draws His elect to Himself by changing the heart of the person (from...

Only ~ "only," wow ~ that the Jews wanted to stone Him for blasphemy: "Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.' So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple." No, no suggestion at all. My goodness. Right...

As much as anything ~ but actually much more ~ God proclaims His eternal being and omniscience and omnipotence in Exodus 3:14, and Jesus does exactly the same thing in John 8:58. Grace and peace to all.