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Do you believe that Jesus only died for His sheep? Because that question is what is on the table here. It is a Calvinistic belief; but you are saying you are not a Calvinist so I assume that you do not believe it. Nevertheless I believe that the Calvinistic position that I have been dealing...

It is a done deed from the perspective of eternity. From time's perspective, it is conditional on the person continuing in the faith.

There was a situation in holy scripture wherein Paul the apostle and his companions wanted to preach the gospel to a governor of a city in Rome, Sergius Paulus; and there was a sorceror named Elymas who tried to turn the deputy away from the faith. Paul's response: Act 13:9, Then Saul, (who...

No; you only think that: and in saying what you say, you are in violation of Luke 6:37. My point is, more accurately, that when a man is saved, he is not only saved from the penalty of his sins; but from their power and practice (Matthew 1:21, Titus 2:14-15). And that the Lord is not going to...

The word "if" is in fact used rather than "because". Therefore I think that the point of @Michiah-Imla is better than the point of @Tong2020.

No; because that is what I am dealing with here. Calvinists.

But I'm certain that you don't support their behaviour even though you might be contending for their salvation.

Nope, it doesn't. For my point was that God will indeed say to people who continued in faith to the very end, "Good job!" ("Well done, thou good and faithful servant") And also, it is clear that the reward spoken of in that passage is that the servant will "enter into the joy of his Lord"...is...

Clearly, if anyone is a worker / doer of iniquity, he will be cast into the furnace of everlasting fire (Matthew 13:41-42, Matthew 7:23, Matthew 25:41). The works of the flesh are all things that if you work those works, you will be acting in violation of the law (Galatians 5:19-21); and also...

I do not believe that the "overall exegesis of scripture" is ever going to contradict what is spoken by singular passages of scripture; unless that overall exegesis excludes those passages in its affirmation. I normally do my best to give the proper exegesis of any scriptures that I might...

Now, when you combine that passage with the Calvinistic viewpoint that Jesus only died for His sheep; which are the elect; and that if someone is not of the elect, they cannot come to Christ; It follows that if someone does not currently believe, they are not of the elect (because they do not...

Galatians 5:19-21 gives the understanding that one must cease to do the works of the flesh (i.e. repent) if he is going to inherit the kingdom of God. Matthew 13:41-42, Matthew 7:23, Matthew 25:41 tells us implicitly that those who work / do iniquity shall be cast into the furnace of...

No; because those who don't believe are condemned already (John 3:18). How then is their name written in the Book of Life? Truly, from the perspective of eternity, the Lord knows those who are His; who will ever receive Him. But I would say that their names are not written in the Lamb's Book...

If God decides that the person's works were the works of an unregenerated person, then their names may not be written in the Lamb's Book of Life. For those whose names are written therein, their works will be revealed by fire as gold, sliver, precious gems, wood, hay, stubble; and if any man's...

No; our means of being made righteous is faith in Jesus Christ, from beginning to end (Romans 5:19, Romans 1:17). We receive the Spirit by faith (Galatians 3:14). And because we have the Spirit, we bear the fruit of the Spirit; against which there is no law (Galatians 5:22-23). In other...

Doesn't refute my point.

Mat 25:21, His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. Mat 25:23, His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful...

I feel that he is really and honestly misunderstanding me... You came into this in the middle of the fray. This whole "war" between me and BB1953 started when he, out of the blue, started saying that the gospel that I preach is FALSE and PERVERTED. He did this because I accepted his $1,000...

It just goes to show that the principle of Matthew 7:1-5, Luke 6:41-42 is faithful. Since @Blood Bought 1953 is the one who gave the $1,000 challenge to defeat his doctrine; and, when it was defeated, refused to pay up.

Gal 3:24, Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. Rom 3:20, Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. Psa 19:7, The law of the LORD is perfect...