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And where or from whom to they receive this love of the truth, BH? As you probably know, we (Christians) love because He (God) first loved us (Christians) ~ 1 John 4:19. I guess I'm answering this question for you, but knowledge regarding the things of God is a gift of the Spirit (1...

So, I'm supposedly not telling the truth about Calvinism? Or I'm supposedly not telling the truth about God's Word? Not telling the truth about what, Grailhunter? No matter; far be it from me to deprive you of your opinion (as if I were capable of that, anyway). At any rate, yet again, it's...

Thank God for that. :) Grace and peace to you.

Nope. Like I said, it's on you. Your the one accusing. Grace and peace to you.

Nope. Just having a little fun with you. Trying to, anyway. But we do all still have the old sinful self in us, so yes, I apologize. Grace and peace to you.

Right... He was not, until the events of Genesis 3. Thus we are, because he became that way. Before the events of Genesis 3. Afterwards, not so much. And because Adam and Eve are our first parents, we are born in this state. Nope. See above. Yes, but fallen and thus not perfectly (not...

Come on, dude. I was just being facetious. Laugh. It was... well, a bit, anyway... funny. My goodness. Not at all. I answered that question. Maybe you should read what I said again. Not that you're really misstating it here, but I think I was very clear in what I wrote. Again, they can...

It's a great document. I've read it countless times. Well... many. :) Grace and peace to you.

Not necessary; I'm very familiar with it. :) Well now those folks would indeed claim to be Calvinists, but really think along the lines of Hyper-Calvinism, which is not really Calvinism at all but an inadvertent twisting of it. Ah, double predestination. Supralapsarianism. The fact is...

That's kind of a clumsy way of stating it, but I'll allow it. :) No, I'm not "changing Calvin's teachings." Read on: This is really a different question altogether, Titus. Even depraved sinners choose to do things that are within God's will, at least from time to time. Surely you know what...

So, Scott, you are saying ~ much like Paul ~ that if you sin, it is no longer you who does it, but the sin that dwells within you. But, outwardly speaking, you still sin. Thus, you are striving ~ again, much like Paul ~ to put off the old man and put on the new. If you can say yes to that ~...

No, the term itself is not, but the concept assuredly is. The sinful nature, inherited from Adam, our first father, because of His first sin, is absolutely Biblical. And this is what's meant by "Original Sin." It's just a heading, basically, that encapsulates a very Biblical concept. LOL...

The concepts and the biblical truths summarized by each of those five very far-reaching concepts are incontrovertible. There are not really a mere "five points" to Calvinism at all; Calvin put them forth only in response to the erroneous five concepts that Jacobus Arminius propagated for...

Love the colored text... That would actually be, in your case, a reiteration (possibly) of what you think the facts are. And those would be...? This is not John Calvin's teaching. It is a false perception of it, but not it at all... only a (very) false caricature of it, a total strawman...

Perhaps. :) :) Hm. :) Okay, then maybe I need ask you to define the context, or at least your understanding of it. And then depending on that, I can make good sense of your 'yes.' :) Grace and peace to you.

Well, if so, great, but... It would be very interesting to hear why you think this is so. LOL! Okay, please. I'm very willing to give it a fair hearing. Again, how so? I mean, that's the unforgiveable sin, basically. And Calvinists (and others) believe that God keeps us from doing that...

Yes, and that's... concerning. :) What Scripture passage are you referring to here? Are you referring to 1 Thessalonians 4:15? If so, yikes... :) Yes if so, maybe you should start a new thread... :) Grace and peace to you.

I'm not... "pitting one scripture against another," as if one contradicts the other. Well, either it was a non-answer, or an answer to a much different question than the one I asked. I asked you if you think it is possible in this life to cease sinning, to be sinless. It's a yes or no...

Yes, maybe he's talking about the covenant of marriage. :) Grace and peace to you.

Scott, I asked a simple yes or no question of you. As I'm sure you well know, John also says, "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us" (1 John 1:8). Grace and peace to you.