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Well... you don't, LifelongSinner, think your repentance is perfect, right? I hope not, and apparently she's quite aware of that fact of herself, too, that her repentance ~ everybody's ~ is imperfect. It is kind of tongue-in-cheek, but true: we all need to repent of our repentance. One day...

Yep, stop right there. The doctrine of "OSAS," properly understood, does not trample on in any way the fact that sin cannot... is not to be... justified (as if that were even possible) sin in any way. And yes, the heart-regenerate Christian will certainly struggle against, battle, and fight to...

Um, no, Titus, they were opened. If you want to say broken, then 'broken' in the sense of finally revealed. This is Revelation we're talking about, for goodness's sake, the root word of 'revelation' being 'reveal.' They were not broken as if they were rendered null and void or something. My...

Excellent! Thank you, Titus. I'm not sure I follow you here, though. The fact that God will not break His seal (I agree with you on that) is rock-solid assurance ~ should be anyway ! that once we are called by God and thus saved, we will, without fail, be kept in that salvation, even to the...

Yes, it most certainly does: Paul is talking about himself and his band of brothers shortly after Jesus's crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension, the 12 men who were apostles appointed by Christ. Only these 12 are the "we" Paul is referring to in this verse. There have been no apostles...

Yes, it most certainly is. It's actually a form of... Well, that would offend you, so I'll keep it to myself. Well, I whole heartedly agree, but the problem is what you think is meant by "breach of promise." God did not ~ did not ~ break or revoke, or fail to keep His promise to Israel in...

No, but only when those rebuttals have been either ignored or mistakenly contradicted in the same iron-headed, tired, unthinking ways so many times. Grace and peace to you.

Yep. Yes, but it's a misunderstanding of epic proportions to see that as God breaking, or not keeping, or breaching His promise. But sort of understandable, because the antiquated language of the KJV makes it difficult in some places for people living many centuries later. It's not wrong, and...

God does not break His promises. All the promises of God find their Yes in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 1:20). And to carry that passage on, it is God who establishes all of us in Christ, Who has anointed us, and Who has also put His seal on us and given us His Spirit in our hearts as a...

LOL! My goodness. Grace and peace to you, Renniks.

Thank you for responding, stunnedbygrace. I'm going to break what you say into two parts and respond to each in kind: Okay, so, what I think I'm understanding (correct me if I am mistaken) is that the bolded parts of the two dichotomies above are what you are attributing to me (I realize that...

Okay, elaborate. I think the "opposite direction" thing is a misunderstanding on your part. But yes, please elaborate. Grace and peace to you, SBG.

Of man, Titus. They teach that faith is not a work of man. And it's not; scripture affirms that it's not. Absolutely. This is exactly what Calvin said, and exactly what I have said. Ephesians 2:8 is a good proof text also. So good; we seem to be on the same page. That's great. As I said...

Well, I don't think so, if both I and Stunned by Grace are reading you correctly, that our choice is what prompts God to save us. Not at all. I'll put it this way: The invitation is universal, and in the sense that Christ's atonement is sufficient for any number of folks to be covered by it...

APAK, it's a heart issue and not a brain issue. :) Ezekiel gives us a crystal clear picture of how salvation works, and who does what in it: "Thus says the Lord GOD... 'I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land. I will sprinkle...

No, the doctrine of Sola Fide is that ~ as Scripture says ~ we receive salvation ~ are justified by God ~ apart from and regardless of works or any merit thereof. But good works ~ and obedience ~ are the natural result of, and therefore validation regarding the gift of salvation and faith. If...

Well, he is right, actually, that God doesn't "need to win over His elect." :) I think you probably mean it in the right way, but your putting it that way sort of makes it out to be something along the lines of Him up there going, "Dude, I hope this works, but I'm just not sure..." :) And of...

I'll speak for PY, then: "Okay, game, set, and match. You made me look silly. But there's just GOTTA be SOMETHING that makes John Calvin a monster! There's just GOTTA be!" :) Grace and peace to you.

Exactly. See my response to Taken immediately above. LOL! You deny, deny, deny, and then you affirm it. And then you deny it, and then you affirm it, and then... :) Do you have... multiple personalities? :D I'm kidding, of course. Well, kind of, anyway. :D Grace and peace to you.

Preach it, Taken! :) This is exactly the iron-headed conflation I've been talking about. Right; Well, but only because... the don't have it. Even if they are with us, they are not of us, and if they fall away, it will be because they were never of us. Just like John says in 1 John 2...