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Yes, because in Acts 16:15 we read ~ quoting ~ "The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul..." So, "opened," which is past tense... <smile> So, how far in advance of what was said by Paul the Lord did this we cannot say. Possibly immediately prior, but possibly...

Again, very telling... Ah, so man saves himself, and keeps himself. Yeah, no, and no. "...it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, Qho has mercy..." (Romans 9:16) And, "...if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace" (Romans...

Such willful ignorance... Grace and peace to you, though...

<chuckles> Among other things, sure. God predestines some ~ not all ~ to be conformed to the image of His Son (Romans 8, Ephesians 1). There is no other predestination in the Bible. In Romans 1, as you know, I'm sure, Paul says He "gives up" some, "gives them over to their own selfish...

They... "done come too late..." Well that says a lot about you, it seems... LOL! Murderer... You know, King David was a murderer... <smile> John Calvin was not. He merely acknowledged that Servetus was guilty of heresy (which he was), and heresy was a crime punishable by death in...

In a purely humanistic sense, yes, any Calvinist ~ and hopefully anyone ~ would say that man has free will. But... Dan... there is a certain sense in which man's will is never free. How he uses his will always ~ always ~ depending on... according to... the state of his heart. Before a man is...

Wait a minute… are you actually saying that they’ve said they don’t have free will, so they use their free will? I mean… uh… Yeah that’s a head-scratcher… <chuckles> I really don’t think anyone on here is saying man does not have free will. I mean to say that would be essentially to say man...

Providence, certainly. The Lord ~ Jehovah Jireh ~ provides for His people. Grace and peace to you.

No telling, but probably a very ordinary explanation. Hmmm, well I agree, but would say rather that things that seem miraculous to us… <smile> …happen. <chuckles> Yeah, God certainly can’t be put in any kind of box… <smile> Grace and peace to you.

A nice story. <smile> But yes, I do not believe that a brass screw was... transformed... into a diamond ring. Now, does that mean I think you are lying? No. Here's what I would say of miracles (and these are not my own words): What is a miracle? What isn’t a miracle? The word miracle...

Sure. Okay, yes, but in the sense of what I said to 1CL above, that... well, quoting myself, the Bible... so, God, as it is His Word... repeatedly affirms that God is sovereign and in control of all creation and human affairs, so in that sense, everything could be classified as...

Hmmmm… I’m not; I’d like to hear. Let's hear it. I will say that I anticipate being able to explain just merely what happened came about by natural means. But even so... I mean I think we all believe ~ I hope, at least ~ that the Bible... so, God, as it is His Word... repeatedly affirms...

Not to interrupt, but, well, not knowing exactly what you or @Brakelite are actually referring to with regard to your personal experiences, I might challenge the assertion that what you experienced, whatever it was or is, was or is actually a miracle... an extraordinary ~ 'extraordinary'...

It’s all about Jesus, 1stCenturyLady. In just about every story and every narrative in the Old Testament, it’s about Jesus in one way or another… somehow Jesus is represented, sometimes by a person (like Joseph in Genesis, or Moses in Exodus, or David in 1 & 2 Samuel), sometimes by an animal...

<chuckles> With you for the most part but... <smile> Jesus did not need faith. He did not need His assurance of salvation, as we do. He is the object of our faith. We are assured by God and convicted by the Spirit of these things hoped for and unseen. This is what faith is, by definition...

Continued from above... On Israel and salvation (again)... Not the physical nation-state of Israel. God's Israel. In which ethnicity has no bearing and numbering far, far, far more than just the citizens of the physical nation-state of Israel, than just ethnic Jews. See above. I know...

I think this is the last one... hooray! <smile> Wait... no... <chuckles> On martyrs, the tribulation (again), Daniel... <chuckles> That's not what I said... I wasn't talking about martyrs... except in the sense that we are all martyrs in the sense that Jesus spoke of His true followers in...

Continued from above; page... oh, I've lost count now... <smile> On salvation, and Paul, and the tribulation (again), and Romans and Ephesians, and... <smile> It's not about "National Israel." But I do agree that not all of Israel, as Paul means it in Romans 11:26 ~ which consists of all...

Page 4... <chuckles> Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, boy, Revelation 20... all these conversations go here at some point... <chuckles> He is. Jesus said so, in Matthew 12... "if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.... how can someone enter a strong...

Part 3... <chuckles>... Regarding Arminianism and Calvinism... Why? Because you're Methodist? Yes, John Wesley embraced Arminian doctrines. Even I, as a Calvinist, would not say Arminius or Wesley were ~ or anyone who believes what they did regarding soteriology is ~ a "bad Christian," or...