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They're obvious to you and I, but I can tell you from experience that they aren't obvious to everyone.

I agree with you in terms of our experience of salvation, but I do believe that those who recieve Christ were chosen to receive Him from before the foundation of the world and from God's perspective always saved. The scriptures say that the angels minister to those who will inherit salvation...

Hello brother, I think you're spot on so far, but strange as it may seem there are individuals here who "troll" threads regularly. Just keep shining brightly with His truth and they'll turn to stone eventually. ;)

So, you don't accept the concept of common grace (as opposed to saving grace?) 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who...

While I appreciate the sentiment of the OP, I trust the Lord because He is nothing like we are despite having created us in His image and most significantly, He does not change but remains eternally the same. When you turn the ignition key in your car, you expect it to start, but it might not...

Well then, confessing Christ with your mouth is a work and salvation is therefore by works. Why do you ignore context in your interpretation of the doctrines of grace? Paul only denies works in his Epistles when contrasting faith with the works of the law. Even the book of Galatians is...

I have errands to run so I won't give any lengthy argument here, but just posit an idea that occurred to me while washing the breakfast dishes. Suppose for a moment that the number 6 represented the creation as complete, without any consideration of God's Sabbath day. Then the number 666 could...

This is an arbitrary definition based upon your theology, not on scripture, effectively an assertion, not a provable argument ( it is not supported by the teaching of the Apostle Paul, who is the secondary source of all biblical teaching on the subject of God's grace, Jesus being the principle...

No, yes, yes. The English word love isn't an accurate translation of "agape". I don't believe that there is a single word in our language that conveys "agape" properly. We tend to think of love as an emotion and God is not an emotion. Agape is, if I've understood it, a verb, an action. In such...

Uh, particles like nuons, gluons, leptons, etc., have been observed since the first cyclotrons were built and postulated since the late 19th century and understood to some degree when I was taking college physics in 1977. It's not really new science. I'm not sure that I believe in...

I wouldn't find much to argue about here, but I think Piper is wrong in underestimating God's Sovereignty over creation. Not a hair drops from your head that God isn't aware of. I read a book a few decades ago written by a "particle " physicist and titled the "Tao of Physics". This author...

Ok. So, if Calvin got it right, He was taught by God. However, God doesn't have a "nature" in that nature describes the qualities of creation. I use the word "character" instead as that applies to "likeness." I tend to be careful about that as scripture warns us about worshipping the creation...

While our experience should confirm our faith, our faith should not be built upon our experience, but upon the word of God and the solid rock of our Lord Jesus Christ, blessed forever, Amen.

No, not at all. And I haven't said that God enabled me, but that He works in me and through me, just as the scriptures teach. God created us for good works, to walk in them, as He has prepared beforehand. The Catholics have a phrase for a "class" of sin that they call "sins of omission". These...

Isn't that what I've said?

Uh, in pointing to Abraham, you prove election by God, not personal choice. I believe God because I know Him. I don't know Him because I believe Him. Our belief comes from God. 23 Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” 24 Immediately the father of...

I've read the scriptures dozens of times and you haven't explained why the scriptures teach that you must be born again in order to believe, not believe in order to be born again. When were you born again? If you don't remember the experience, then you probably weren't. It is a moment that...

If this were true, everyone that read or heard the gospel message would respond in faith, but not everyone does. Salvation is God's work and according to His will, not ours. Do you remember the moment that you believed the gospel and received Christ by faith through prayer?

I think you're missing the point that belief is God's work in us, not something we could ever arrive at by ourselves. If it's God's work, it's still a work, just not ours.

No Farouk has understanding and you're missing the mark. There is no irony in the Lord's statement which is entirely consistent with all His teaching. The scripture teaches that the lord works in us to will and to do. Without the indwelling of His Spirit, the Lord can't be known to us, just...