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John 15:16 was Jesus speaking to His disciples, the twelve. There is no indication that it was spoken of any others.

But not works of law. Obviously, believing is a work. Jesus says so in John 6:26-29. And Jesus says by that work, i.e. by believing, we are saved (Mark 16:16; Rom 3:24; Rom 4:22-25, and so many others),

No, faith is not a gift from God. The statement, "it is a gift from god" in Ephesians 2:5 is not a reference to either faith or grace, but rather to the entire phrase, "by grace you have been saved through faith". That is, it is salvation that is the gift. We know that because of the Greek...

Faith is not a gift. Rom 10:14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How...

Once again, the KJV, which you apparently are referencing, gives a really bad interpretation/translation of Galatians 5:22. Faithfulness, not faith, is a fruit of the Spirit. (ASV) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (DRB) But the...

Absolutely! Colossians 2:11-13 proves that regeneration comes through faith: 11 In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also...

IThose five points do present a view of Calvinist soteriology, but there is more that is wrong with Calvinism than just those five points. That is simply not true. There are aspects of both that are true and there are aspects of both that are false. I believe that there is more truth in...

Obviously, the do not need a savior until they have sinned. Until they have sinned, they are not lost. Eze 18:20 "The person who sins will die...."

As Logikos said, as babies they were not lost.

The discussion of the Post was originally centered on Calvinism. While I would tend towards Arminianism rather than Calvinism, I think in light of the OP, the discussion should be Calvinism versus non-Calvinism. Why introduce Arminianism into the discussion? I think it would be best if the...

Nah, the worst is Total Depravity, because that is the basis for the false Calvinist soteriology. It is a denial of the fact of the God-given free will for humanity. Moreover, it is a statement of God's total lack of communicative capability with the unregenerate. It is utter nonsense. The...

And most non=Calvinists.

No, you are wrong. It is not that they don't believe because they weren't sheep. They weren't sheep because they didn't believe. You Calvinists always get so much wrong, and not just wrong, but actually anti-biblical.

But the Calvinist definition of the elect is anti-biblical.

ROFL. And that response makes your posts just that much more ridiculous. With your mode of argument one could use the Bible to assert anything and everything. Again, that is not what it says.

It doesn't say that. So much of what you believe simply is not biblical. It is strictly in your wishful imagination.

If they were saved, why did Christ need to die? Besides, in Calvinism, you have no way of knowing that you are one of the saved and not one of the damned.

And you think you are among His sheep? Perhaps, but in Calvinism you can't know that for sure.

The Bible doesn't say that. John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:17 "For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through...

That God would cause everyone to be totally depraved makes God the cause of evil. And yes, that He could save everyone simply by regenerating everyone but doesn't is evil by neglect. But total depravity is a false doctrine as is monergistic regeneration.