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As I've told you multiple times, not being his sheep THEN did not mean they could never be his sheep. Many, in fact, did believe on him later.

Yes, because we are still in it now. It's pretty hard to get the whole wide perspective when you've just come out of something.

Repeating the same post over and over again isn't having a conversation. Good bye!

Yes, because not all choose to be! Not because God picked some and bypassed others.

Long? Not long at all by most standards. How often are history books written immediately following the events of history that they record?

Well like others have said, it kind of depends what you mean by the term. Christians down through the ages have had what could be called mystical experiences, where they see visions or feel especially close to God or experience other miracles. Nothing wrong with reading about them. I think it's...

When Jesus said the lost sheep of Israel, you hear: " The individual Jews he chose for salvation." I hear: "Every Jew that hadn't accepted him yet, and every gentile." So, there's no one he didn't come for.

By becoming aware of God and choosing to believe. I hate it when people create mysteries out of truth. It's like they deliberately choose blindness.

There was a sense in which Jesus came for israel so that israel could take him to the rest of the world. But he was amazed by the faith of gentiles more than once. And didn't hesitate to heal them. This should tell you something about God's inclusiveness.

And again, you don't get it. We physically live in a world under the sway of Satan. That doesn't mean we have to be controlled by him spiritually. The whole world lies under the sway, the dominance of the wicked one, but we who are of God have overcome all things including the evil one because...

Are you just making this stuff up? Because I don't see it anywhere in scripture.

Wow, you are so blind! So, you agree with the Jews, that God was only there for them and not for the "barbarians?" Maybe you should read Romans again and see what Paul says about that. What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the...

But, Jesus wasn't just sent for Israel, was he? He was testing the woman's faith. In fact, God did what the Non-Jewish women requested in that passage, because of her great faith! Your god is much too small and misery with his love.

You are adding to scripture. Nowhere does it say God gave Abraham faith. God foresaw that Abraham would have faith, and therefore chose him for a job.

Narratives are meant to tell a story, not teach foundational theological beliefs. Acts 13 is a narrative and though it can help us better understand our doctrinal beliefs it should not be foundational to develop our systematic. Text without context is a pretext for proof-text. We have to look at...

If you read that passage the right way, as a metaphor, (you know no person is literally born with hooves and wool, right?) you might understand that the one who enters the fold through Christ becomes one of his sheep and he was giving the invitation to those who currently rejected him, the...

I mean it's not the reason I posted the thread. And we obviously aren't going to change each other's minds.

I said "that is an argument from silence." You said: "does it say he did not preach baptism?" It doesn't say he did either so that's an argument from silence. You can make the Bible say anything that way, it's adding to the scripture.

You sure do love to dance around the obvious meaning of scripture to support your silly determinism. Why is in important for you to believe Jesus only died for certain people? Does it make you proud? I don't get it.

Thanks for proving my point. Yes we lie in the world, but are not of the world. We abide in a world that is under at least partial control of evil.