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That is pretty funny...and it shows that you aren't even comprehending or listening. I told you what it means.

#288... It is God's good pleasure then, to not save the non-elect, and to put them in the lake of fire for that He didn't choose them. Such a loving God you serve.

You are a Calvinist...you should know the answer to that question. But to me it is related in a nutshell by Jeremiah 17:9.

What makes the elect so special? Why does God choose them? Answer me.

It's Luke 8:13...and I agree about John 6:47...that it is talking about an epignosis (which primarily refers to a heart faith) that procures everlasting life. Communication with the dead (whether from them or to them) is necromancy...and Catholics are guilty of it. As for the latter thing...

If grace doesn't come through faith, then I don't need faith to be able to have grace.

You can deny it all you want...it is clear that at least one of you is denying Total Depravity in its essence because you want to believe that there is something in you that is inherent in you that makes you worthy to be given faith. Otherwise God arbitrarily chooses certain people to...

If grace comes first, then faith isn't necessary.

For one thing, you deny Total Depravity in your heart, when it is a major tenet of what you are supposed to believe as a Calvinist.

I could ask you the same thing...if you are saved before you can come to faith, why come to faith? you are already saved. But in answer to your question, we come to Christ in repentance...which means that we turn away from our sins when we begin to place our trust in Him...this, however...

First of all, you are twisting my words to make them suit your fancy. Secondly, you are condemning us for not holding to the doctrines of Calvinism, not for rejecting the doctrines of the Bible. The Bible teaches what we are saying and not what you are saying. And therefore 1 Corinthians 2:14...

A pastor will preach (and faithfully)...you are a sinner, and the only way you can be saved is through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. Come as you are, with all your sins, with all your iniquities...let Christ come into your heart, and He will take care of the sin that is in your heart...He...

It is not your fault. 1 cor2:14 is in effect. They cannot welcome truth until salvation comes to visit them. ;);) Proof that Calvinism is a cult...now you are even condemning those who do not hold to the doctrines of the cult.

As long as they are alive on the earth I don't have any problem with that. But to pray to (ask them for something is the same thing as prayer) the dead is necromancy. Deu 18:10, There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that...

Really? So Mary is not a co-mediatrix in Catholic teaching? And Catholics are taught that there is no coming to God through the saints? That is news to me... The definition in the Strong's allows for epignosis to be referring to mental assent. In your definition this appears to not be a...

I think that you should simply ask the Holy Spirit what the interpretation is; what I believe about it doesn't matter. But I will tell you that the Holy Spirit will not give you an interpretation that contradicts the plain meaning of Romans 5:2.

I do not have any issues with Catholicism, although I do believe that 1 Timothy 2:5 shows that it is a flawed theology. The reason why I refuse to accept your definition of epignosis is because it would make the Bible untrue.

That is reading what you want into the text.

Initial faith is always an imperfect offering (Romans 3:23)...for we are sinful by nature and we cannot offer a pure offering to Christ, as if we can be saved by a virtuous faith in the beginning. God takes what we offer Him and purifies it...like in OT Israel when the altar was sanctified by...

Dude, I believe in the Trinity. You were baptized in Jesus' Name yourself. Should I ascertain from that that you also secretly hold to Oneness beliefs? I have preached the Trinity faithfully on these boards; but because you are a Tritheist, you oppose me in that. You are not a real...