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Sure it is. I have kjv right in front of me, the words are written down, plain and simple.

I think that by utilizing context, you can make the Bible not say what it plainly does say.

I said it in plain English. What do you think it means?

I don't think so.

Interpret them by what I said about them afterward...that is a part of my communication to you.

Knowing beforehand.

I am of the opinion that every verse of scripture stands alone as a bastion of spiritual truth. And also, the immediate or topical context never nullifies the plain meaning of any singular verse.

See my quote of you in post #179. He predestines according to foreknowledge (Romans 8:29-30, 1 Peter 1:2). God does not arbitrarily exclude people from the kingdom of heaven.

You have misinterpreted my words.

No, I just see in 1 Timothy 2:6 what you do not. What is the point of arguing?

Not the end of the discussion. If there is a point to it, then their choice matters.

Luk 24:39, Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

But there is no point to it. God chooses them, they don't choose God.

I disagree.

I am condemning no one...but your eyes have been blinded to the truth.

Nope.

You have three fingers pointing back at you (Matthew 7:1-6, Luke 6:41-42).

And I am condemning no one... What I am saying however is that the message that I bring is the message of salvation.

Yes, I am judging your fruit...your judgment that a basic attitude of the redeemed is arrogance. This indicates to me that you yourself are not redeemed.

But you are obviously greater than me in your own eyes, since you are the one who is schooling me... And what you fail to realize is that the thing that you call arrogance is not in fact arrogance. It is a certainty that I have studied to shew myself approved, a workman that needeth not to be...