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What do you mean by "sealed"?

Outdoor activities (fishing, hiking, that kind of thing). The state parks were open so we have been visiting them.

I like this. This is accurate to my own experience. He speaks with a voice in my mind, not heard by my ears but preceived. Like thinking about something knowing those thoughts did not originate with you. It is like the difference between human knowledge and spiritual knowledge. The latter...

I don't mind at all. I've often said that the "biblical" word for "atonement" is "reconciliation". Good stuff.

How do you know? ;) God uses people (God is a God of means). When a preacher shares the gospel with a person then that person hears an audible voice from God. God's Spirit moves in the believer in ways others cannot judge. It is not the means but the result that we judge. When someone says...

Made just like us except without sin. The "flesh" is the same. Christ came had a body of corruptible flesh (obviously, because "corruption" in terms of our physical bodies are a part of growth and Christ grew from an infant to a man). You are taking "corruption" out of context. The point...

That is true, as is Christ coming in the likeness of sinful flesh.

Some, like me, have no problem on those grounds except that it causes a disharmony in redemption absent Scripture itself. Christ was forsaken to suffer and die under the powers of darkness and evil. God did not deliver Him from that fate. But God delivered Him through the wages of sin so that...

Always. Take care, brother.

I disagree. I believe that Paul is in fact speaking of "the elect" rather than individual elected people with a final salvation in mind. It does not really matter so much. Either you are right and I am wrong or the other way around. I've been wrong before so it would not hurt my feelings to...

I've been lurking. I'm a lurker. :D

Exactly. That is what Christ experienced that we cannot because He is God and He is sinless and holy. The Father sent the Son into the world to save the world. The world killed the Son. The Father justified the Son, raised the Son, and glorified the Son. And as meany as believe in Him will...

IMHO the context presents the "elect" as Christians with the view of an ultimate salvation ("on that day"). It is corporate. The elect as a whole group.

I agree (not with your application of "forsake" as I believe Christ was forsaken to suffer under the powers of evil as He was not delivered from death rather than abandoned by God via separation). But "forsake" means forsake. Not sanctify. We can debate what the word means in context of the...

Jesus experienced the full weight on the powers of darkness crashing down on Him, the wages of sin, yet He was without sin. Christ experienced the ultimate injustuce as the sinless one taking on our infirmity, the wages we deserve.

Amen!!! The idea that I get from Scripture about church is that the members are open with one another, uplifting one another, supporting one another, etc. This cannot happen if church members are mere attendees there to get a sense of worship and listen to a message, but never act beyond the...

A Christian can respond by caring for others, following the laws in place, taking the appropriate steps to protect themselves when necessary, and not living in fear.

Yes, we are chosen to be saved. Scripture says those who are saved are chosen form the foundation of the earth. No, salvation is not only "for" the elect, but those who are saved are added to the elect (Scripture does not speak of the elect as if one not yet saved is elected to salvation, but as...

My view is Christus Victor, which like PSA is a tradition of Christian thought. I did not mean to imply that you held that view (I know that you affirm PSA).