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haha, be a smarty pants because you can't answer the question. :rolleyes:

Yeah...spiritually dead, you just admitted it. The flesh is hostile towards God too, not any better.

Lol, boxy type answer, I'm not a fan of boxes but I do like tulips ;)

The Bible does teach that man is dead in sin. Ephesians 2:1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins. <--- Did that not apply to you?

Yet again you avoided my question.

It is not a handicap or judging. So it's just OK for John the Baptist and Jeremiah to not have a "free will" as it is put, but for everyone else they do.

The most important thing in life is the Gospel. You and I can't make people believers; we are called to preach Christ crucified. Whether you take the position I do or not, either way no one can escape the fact that God already knew everything before He created anything. God does elect people...

When you became a Christian it was because of the Holy Spirit convicting you of sin; if not for the Holy Spirit you, myself, and others would not be Believers. So then it was not your own free will because if not for God's conviction, you (myself included) would still be lost and in sin.

John 6:44 - No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day @Episkopos

So you believe that before coming to Christ you were a good person not deserving of the judgment of God? 1 John 1:8,10 If we say, "we have no sin", we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us....If we say, "We don't have any sin" we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us. People...

We preach and evangelize because that is the avenue in which God has to call those who will be saved. God's sovereignty and mans responsibility fit together. We see in Acts 13:48 that all those who were "appointed to eternal life believed". It seems every so often this topic comes up and I...

I didn't interpret it, I simply quoted it. If it's faulty human interpretation then why didn't you offer your suggestion other than "God hates religion"?

I agree, brother! Time and place for everything as we continue our spiritual walk of growth.

Mark 4:11-12 "He told them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables so that, "'they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!'"

I eat and drink all the time when doing my Bible readings. Coke is my favorite drink to have when reading lol

@Mister Michael some people try and make this so complicated. Before you read the Bible, pray that God would open up your eyes and heart to understand His Word and to make things clear to you. If you are truly seeking God you will find Him. Spend time reading the Word and ask God to reveal...

I like the way R.C. Sproul put it when it comes to free will (AKA people choosing on their own ability) "It involves choice without desire. That is like having an effect without a cause. It is something from nothing which is irrational..." Romans 8:7 clearly states the mind of the flesh is...

He's telling you not to judge but yet he is judging you. Lol.

I agree with the second part of your post. We don't have to teach babies to sin, it's already there and God did unleash His righteousness judgement on Sodom and no doubt there were children there.