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You have stated that, but you haven't shown it with scripture. You have not shown it with scripture. You also have stated some nonsense about faith being different from belief. It is not. I have shown you from Colossians 2:11-13 that faith is the requirement to be born again. It says there...

Again with that seriously ridiculous phrase, "faith to believe". That phrase doesn't exist in scripture. The concept doesn't exist in scripture. There is no distinction between faith in God and belief in God in the scripture. That is because they are the exact same words in scripture.

I just showed you in Reply #398 that you are wrong. One needs faith to be born again.

It is not by water; it is in water. That is the time, the occasion in life, when God forgives us our sins and gives us the gift of the indwelling Holy Spirit. Luke,, in the occasion of the Ethiopian Eunuch clearly states it is baptism in water. Peter, in referencing the water of Noah and the...

first, faith is not a gift. Second the reason we must be born again is to regenerate our spirits to a live condition as it was when we were born the first time. That is why it is call born again. The is why it is called REgenerate. Our spirits were alive when God formed them in us, then our...

Again with that nonsensical expression "faith to believe". To have faith in God is to believe in God.

Colossians 2:11-13 says "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, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who...

The entire chapter 2 of 1 Corinthians is Paul's assertion and defense of his divine revelation. Divine revelation is Scripture.

Did someone call you Rumpelstiltskin?

You can disagree all you want. But the truth is that the definition of faith is ABSOLUTELY belief without proof or certainty. You don't even have proof or certainty that God exists. And that is precisely the essence of God's word. Had God wanted to provide proof and certainty of His...

Paul saidin Eph 2:1, And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, What do you think he meant?

In that passage, Paul is speaking about the literal death of the spirit. He is describing the separation of his spirit from God. Paul, in that passage, has just denied the doctrine of Original Sin. At a very young age, he had no knowledge of the law nor the consequences of disobedience...

That is a terrible distortion of the truth presented in that verse. The meaning is simple and straightforward for anyone not disoriented through false doctrines. Are you seriously suggesting that Ephesians 2:1 is speaking about persons being physically dead? Or that Ephesians 2:5 is speaking...

Act 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

You said, And I still have no idea what you are referring to or talking about. But it probably isn't important anyway.

Not directly. In spiritual restoration, i.e., being born again, the gift of the indwelling Holy Spirit is given. The Holy Spirit provides help to the one restored to live as God would have him live. That is simply not true. That of course is the soteriology promoted by Calvinist/Reformed...

Oh, we have met before. I am the 4WD of a previous forum engagement. Nice to see you here though.

That of course, is the time when salvation is ultimately realized, but the scriptures often and repeatedly express salvation as a done deal. Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, In spite of the often-made accusation by...

Yes, I would agree with most of that. The truth that they knew was a truth that is available by observation of creation. Paul says, they did not honor God or given thanks to Him. No, that is no quite right. It is not the will that is restored; it is spiritual life that is restored. You...

I have no need to be convinced that God's sovereignty doesn't make God out to be an ogre. It doesn't. The problem is not God's sovereignty; rather it is your lack of understanding about God's sovereignty, or rather your misunderstanding. That misunderstanding causes you to also have a...