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Wow. Okay, sure, but what is immortal is eternal, with regard not necessarily to eternity past but eternity future. This is a conflation. You're right that for now we are mortal beings, and will die (unless Jesus returns first). But when He returns, we will then be made immortal... and will...

That would be fine; happy to discuss… Ah, yes, the dreaded “however”… <smile> Beebster, I appreciate your thoughts and even much more so the tone of this post… And I apologize that you have had to endure such personal, belittling comments from other posters… supposed Christians… unfortunately...

Right, and if one is born again of the Spirit, regardless whether he or she is ethnically Jewish, he or she is a Jew, a Jew of God, of God's Israel. As Paul also says, "...no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. But a Jew is one inwardly, and...

Well, first and foremost, it's whether or not God has had that mercy and compassion on the person, given them this mercy and compassion, or not. Which... still the condition of the heart is what it is before and/or after... it's receptiveness depends on God's mercy and compassion having been...

Agreed. No, its a matter of the heart. And in terms of Jesus's parable, the seed that falls... well, doesn't fall on fertile ground. And something has to make that ground fertile in the first place; it all starts out... bad... No, it's always a matter of the heart. I mean, Paul says...

For the most part, yes. For the most part... and then the other part of it is that you're only hearing what you want to hear and disregarding the rest (The Boxer, Simon and Garfunkel, 1968). And you're letting some of the things about him color your whole opinion and take on him, which is all...

Continued from above (4)... Hmmmm... so nations are born again of the Spirit? He does. Goodness gracious. Both Jew and Gentile. Individuals from every tongue, tribe, and nation. And ultimately, as Jesus says in John 5:28-29, "Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are...

From above (3)... That seems to be all you, GodsGrace. You keep saying wrong things about it, over and over and over again. And I correct, but you just keep going. But that's kind of good, I guess, in the sense that as long as you do, there is hope for you... <smile> Ah. LOL! The...

From above... (2) It has been, for several posts. We really should be able to stop talking about that, too. Ah, even though my posts have been saturated with Scripture... Hmmm... Like I said, you can if you want. I can anticipate, and I think I would be preeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetty accurate...

I'd like that, but I don't leave folks hanging. Not saying you do, but just... I don't. But yes, that would be fine with me. Well no, not really, because I know you can't... <smile> The Catholic Church has its problems, for sure. Augustine did not teach this, however. Here's proof for...

Right... Hmmm... well you can tell me what you think His purpose is, I'm sure. What I will say is that His one chief purpose is to glorify Himself. Now, He has many purposes for many things, but all fall under this... blanket, I guess: God's chief end is to glorify Himself. And as Paul says...

From above... page number unknown... <smile> And yes, I know I'm wearing you out, but that's really not my intention... LOL! Well we fail from time to time, yes, we do not do His will perfectly. Yes, for now, we still sin. But when we confess our sin, He is always faithful and just to...

From above... Hopefully this will be all; I think this is page 5 but really I've lost count... <smile> And I may be repeating something from above; if so, you'll have to give me some grace... <smile> Of course not. Under no circumstances. To do so would be... the unforgivable sin, actually...

4 (from above)... Ah... well... good. <smile> I sure wish you'd quit... uh... saying so many dispensational things... one might wonder why you keep doing that... <smile> Right; never said or insinuated otherwise. Our belief is the direct result of God having given us faith, which...

3 (from above)... I'm not surprised. Do some research. It's not hard. You owe it to yourself to know what you're arguing so strenuously against. <smile> That's the thing, GodsGrace. You've made statement after statement through all of this about "the reformed," and Calvinism, and...

2... We don't, of course. My point there was and is, this is the implication, however unintended it may be, of the Pelagian/Arminian understanding of what we call soteriology... who does what in salvation. Well, right, but we want to, also, correct? So it's an act of our will. And, if a...

He didn't. The perception of that is understandable, but he did not. I would actually really, really like that. And would challenge you to do so. Regardless of where you got them, you have some very wrongheaded understandings of who Augustine was and what he believed and taught. Starting...

They are one and the same thing. Just because it is translated a little differently in the ESV and the... whatever your version here is; the KJV? No matter... does not make them different to any degree in meaning. The ESV is better for us today just because of the antiquated language of the...

Fair enough. But the better term to used is covenant theology. <smile> All the term 'reformed theology' means is that... well, not that it was anything new, but that it was the theology that the reformers, the leaders during the period we refer to as the Reformation ~ which officially began...

Totally senseless. You are more than welcome to your opinion, as I have said. Not at all. I know what you mean, and why you think this, but you are mistaken. John clearly says, in 1 John 2:2, that Christ's propitiatory work is for ~ for, in the sense of sufficiency, not in the sense of...