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I have no idea what you just said.

I already said we all remain in the physical world that is under the sway of wickedness. Either way, " world" still includes everyone and everything. You just create an issue that's not there.

But you assume that church is the RCC. It isn't.

The irony is, what you are sarcastically saying here is exactly what the Catholics claim about their sect.

I still see nothing about YOUR church being the right one.

I see nothing about your church having the only correct interpretation?

If I was mercifully giving money to the poor would it be fair to decide some didn't get any, even though I have an endless supply? Would it be fair to give it to one and just walk by the other one?

It's literally all through scripture. God saying:"If" you do this "then" I will spare you. That pretty much covers 90% of the Old testament.

I take it as God's strengthening the resolve of a person who is already hardened due to his own rebellion. It is important to note that the Hebrew word chazaq (translated as “harden” in English) does not carry the same connotation in Hebrew that it does in English. Chazaq is usually translated...

How does the concept of God arbitrarily picking some people for heaven and some for hell glorify him?

Well you will never learn anything by ignoring others interpretations of the same verses. I guess that's fine if you just want to accept what your church says.

The first thing to note about 1 John 5:19 is that the words “control” or “sway” are not found in the Greek at all. These words are added by the translators in an attempt to make sense of what John writes. In 1 John 5:19, translators have to decide whether the substantive adjective (Gk., tō...

I see mercy the same way as most Protestants, I suppose. I don't see anything telling us mercy is merited. But I also think in order to call God merciful, he would have to be "fair" and either offer salvation to all or none. The difference between my beliefs and some is that I suspect God is...

So, God wills different truths for different people?

If you are correct, there's a very good chance you will be among the damned. If you are correct perhaps God only decides to pick one guy for salvation. There's no way to know if he's just randomly choosing people.

He's letting scripture interpret scripture IMO. I just used Wesley as an example. The point is that none of us learns in a vacuum and God can use others to teach us things we might miss.

Obviously I don't believe God decrees everything. Because God says otherwise.

I think it's worth noting that all the great theologians down through history had these same verses, and most did not reach the Calvinist conclusion that you do. Perhaps you should read some of the other ways these verses are interpretated. For example, Wesley's notes: ] Having predestinated...

What? It was Jesus claiming to be one with Yahweh!

We all do in the sense that this world is under the influence of the evil one, and we are part of the world.