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Yes, praise God that when we sin, we have an advocate and are not condemned.

I'll tell you what he didn't mean. He didn't mean what was in the cup was actually blood. Of course it's symbolic, so was the Passover meal. It's full of symbolism, so why would his adaption of it not be?

I didn't read the whole thread, but if it was literal and not symbolic, I must have missed that part where the disciples all turned into vampires and suddenly decided it was ok to drink human blood, and the part where Jesus drained his blood into thier cups.

Lol, goofy analogy. But, if you picked one and leave the others to rot on the vine, you certainly did destine the others to rot.

So, God does not plan rape, but you just told me multiple times that God plans everything that happens in some sense. So you need to make up your mind. Allowing is not planning. I plan my trip somewhere. I don't plan the disaster that might happen on that trip. I can plan for it, or try to, but...

It is God's grace for salvation! That's what prevenient grace is. It's given to all, as I just showed from scripture.

Like I said you believe God is less merciful and this proves it. You believe Paul when he said he desires salvation of the Jews, but not God when he says he's not willing that any perish.

Could man choose anything else if he wasn't chosen for salvation? It's a distinction without a difference.

faith [comes] πίστις (pistis) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's Greek 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. by ἐξ (ex) Preposition Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting...

This is all speculation. If there were such people in the crowd we know nothing about it. The fact that God gives up on people just confirms what I said about them choosing not to listen. Again, what are you trying to say? If they were hardened, they were not always of the devil... they weren't...

Yes context is important. And the context confirms that we have to remain in him after our initial commitment. It says nothing about the people who had just believed being incapable to believe. I find it amusing that you are doing exactly what you just claimed I did, trying to change what the...

I can't figure how any Christian would have a problem with knowing that God can't violate his own character. If he could, would he be Worthy of worship? If God can do evil, how can he be a Holy God? Of course God was just to destroy evil people. He said "thier every thought was only evil...

I'm quite aware of all these verses. I would ask what you think you are proving by quoting them? BTW, the proverbs verse needs to be read in context or it will be misunderstood. Solomon is talking about the heart that is committed to God, not just anyone's heart. "Every way of a man is right in...

You are just saying what you think God is, not what scripture says. I didn't say God made mistakes, BTW. And it's not about what I think. God said he regretted making men. God said he regretted making Saul King. How does that fit with his omniscience? Beats me. But it's not debatable. I'm...

I'm going by what scripture says. There's no condemnation for those who are in Christ. No sin but disbelief is unforgivable.

It seems I heard of some of this going on in the Methodist Church. Some people in my family use to do ministry in Methodist churches. We were fortunately in the old style services where they sang the hymns and the pastor was not afraid to call homosexuality a sin. Sadly, those churches are...

Where did I say I was infallible? I guess we will find out eventually what apostasy is. I happen have a pretty wide view of grace. I suspect that there will be a lot of folks saved in the end who have some very wacky theology. But Christ's deity is front and center doctrine. It's not a...

James does not teach that we are saved by our good works. It teaches that we are saved by faith… but by the kind of faith that produces good works. James is arguing against the false notion that “a merely spoken or mentally assented” faith is a substitute for saving faith. So, no, we should not...

I guess I would like to see some concrete examples here beyond mere cosmetics. The church I currently attend has lots of men present and I'm just not sure what it is you think makes a congregation feminine? Is it music that speaks of a loving God? Maybe it's just my corner of the world, but I...

Yet God says things happen that never entered his mind. "And they built the high places of Baal that are in the valley of Ben-hinnom to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, which I had not commanded them nor had it entered My mind that they should do this...