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Zwingliism at its worst.

All of that sounds okay. However you ignore what came before. Yes, God foreknows ~cognitively knows beforehand~everyone and everything. But from verse 28 it is apparent that in verse 29 he is referring to "those who love God". It is they, those who love God, who in verse 28 Paul says are...

I get it. Just another of Paul's many mistakes.

the 1st world earth age?? this 2nd world earth age?? I have no idea what you are talking about. I think I don't even want to know what you are talking about. The discussion of "the creation" in Romans 8:18-25 is mankind. I hate to break it to you, but my dog is not "waiting with eager...

Being one of God's elect depends upon God's foreknowledge of the believer who is saved which is by grace through faith. You are not an apostle. Besides He chose Judas. Israel was God's chosen. To be chosen is to be an elect. All Israel were chosen. Not all Israel were saved. Clearly there...

There is only one baptism (Eph 4:5). There is one baptism in water with two basic objectives. One is the forgiveness of sin, i.e.., Justification, the other is the gift of the indwelling Holy Spirit which I argue is one and the same as baptism in/with/by the Holy Spirit. "raised with him...

.....and repenting and being baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.

You are of course correct. My bad. But salvation does depend upon the individual's will. He has free will to believe or disbelieve. God's will for whom He will save has been established and the conditions laid down in the form of a promise. Even in cases of the apostles. They had the...

Did someone else force you to repent? I don't think so. No, you would be trusting in God to do as He has promised. And He has promised that in baptism in the name of Jesus Christ He would forgive your sins and give you the gift (the indwelling) of the Holy Spirit. Baptism is the neither the...

Romans 9 is so often misquoted as you have here. The mercy and compassion that is spoken of in verse 16 is not about salvation. It is about God's using them for His service here in this life. We know that from the very next verse where Paul says, 'For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this...

But you can will yourself to listen to the preacher preaching the word about Christ. And you can will yourself to believe the word about Christ and thus have faith (see Rom 10). And you can will yourself to be baptized. And as Jesus said, in believing and being baptized God will save you (Mark...

In the middle voice subject both performs and receives the action expressed by the verb. The Greek word "tasso" is interpreted in the middle voice in Acts 20:13. In the context of Acts 13, it makes much better sense that it be translated/interpreted in the middle voice in Acts 13:48 also. In...

You are welcome. I have been known to do that more than once.

Wrong topic.

The fact that one cannot earn salvation does not mean that one does not need to do something to receive salvation. The fact that a condition is required to receive a gift does not negate it being a gift. If someone promised to give you a million dollars if you would send him your name and...

Faith which is believing in God is a requirement. It is something that we must do. It is a condition for being saved. Scripture tells us that there are other things we must do also. For exmaple. Rom 10:8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is...

You need to be very careful in such declaration. Consider the following: Rom_10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 2Thess_1:8 dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our...

You lie ! ! ! I believe in God's sovereignty in all things. I believe in His foreknowledge. I believe in God's predestination decrees. I believe in God's election to salvation. I believe in God's omnipresence. I believe in all of God's divine character traits. I understand Calvinism. I...

I have no trouble with any of those. However, none of them establish the Calvinist doctrine of election. Those are all quite in agreement with 1 Peter 1:1-2. 1Pe 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and...