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"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;" "Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. " It's eternal salvation if...

Everyone has been given enough knowledge to seek God... through the natural world. So that they are without excuse. God's very nature has been revealed to us through nature.

Actually it doesn't. That quote comes from the Psalms, where the righteous and evil doers are being contrasted. Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on the Lord. 5 But there they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is...

1. Yes 2. Absolutely. 3. Absolutely not.

Not. That's absurd. Tribulations can make you bitter or better. Paul tells us what they produce in someone that follows God. It's not automatic. Does everyone know who experiences trials become more patient and hopeful? No, often just the opposite. So what makes the difference? It's what we...

That is two different options, unless you are a universalist.

And yet people have been convicted directly by God for centuries and then sought out the truth about him and found the gospel. So, your formula is not quite so simple. Anyone can be appointed for eternal life if he is currently a seeker. Asking is doing something to increase our faith! Asking...

I pray to God. Copeland rarely enters my thoughts, and I sure don't send him any money.

Copeland better do it again. It doesn't seem to be working!

Yes, but not entirely. See, it's not so simple. I would fall into the arminian category, but again, that category is wider than Arminius' specific beliefs. It depends what you mean by arminian.

Jesus says he who seeks will find, and the one that knocks will have the door opened. Do you think God will withhold knowledge from the one who is honestly seeking? Do you limit God to rely on men physically preaching only or does the Spirit work in other ways too?

Lol, no, it's literally what the verse says.

So, you just answered by not answering. One can not refuse if it is something God alone produces in a person. Which makes it irresistible and you are teaching fatalism.

I pick option three. He was sent to save those who are willing. One becomes his, one is not born his person.

I just told you. Yes, both Christ's Atonement and our faith have to exist for salvation. I don't see what the issue is? The atonement is for their sins, same as it's for ours. It's only applied to the believers.

Matthew 10:1-8 Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; and...

Coming from hearing Gods word doesn't' mean everyone who hears God word has faith, obvious, so where's the dividing line. You claim God just gives some faith and not others, but if faith is something we have to ask God to help us with, we obviously have something to do with the process. You can...

I am essentially arminian in my beliefs, although I don't claim to believe everything Arminias did. Arminian or Calvinist as just labels to give us an overall understanding of where we fall on these issues.

Because it's not an either\or. Gods actions are one part of the equation and Paul's belief another part. God chose Judas too, but he did not cause Judas to betray Jesus, for example.

If the faith is coming from God and I can do nothing to accept it, then obviously God is doing everything while I do nothing.