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Right, so it's inadvertent. Which I knew also. Or... possibly you're just in denial, still. It's probably at least a little of both. I'm well aware of that, too. <smile> This much is true, and if you don't, then... <smile> ...the issue you are taking is not really with me. And your...

What you say Calvinists believe. And some who call themselves Calvinists may, but that would make them, at least on these points, not Calvinists. So there is no "so" (again)... I know, but I don't care. <smile> The initial choice, yes. It's just amazing to me how anyone can refute what...

No. The way you are stating that question... no, that's not what I believe. I've answered this question in all its forms many, many times, in this thread and many others. So there is no "so." The premise itself is invalid, so there can be no "so." If you ask that question in the sense that...

Yes, and we've been here a thousand times. He did die for the sins of the world, and everyone in the sense of sufficiency... and even to make it possible for everyone. But... <smile> ...God gave Jesus who He gave Him; not all are His sheep, and of His sheep, given to Him by the Father, He will...

I have never argued against this. In your opinion. I get it. Yet again... "could not" in what sense, SI? Again, "could not" in the sense that they will not do so, and will thus purposely do the opposite... rather than "could not" in the sense that they are incapable of "being willing to do...

No. They are not willing to do so. They are only willing to do the devil's will. This is true of all people unless and until they are born again of the Spirit. It was true even of you and me at one time; we were children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God... I am not; that's just...

And finally, back to 1 Corinthians 12... ...believe Paul was actually right in 1 Corinthians 12:9... <smile> ...and I do... "All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, Who apportions to each one individually as He wills." What you say here is not true for at least two reasons: 1...

SIGH... As Jesus told Nicodemus in John 3, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.... Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God." Sure, we are sealed with the promised Holy Spirit...

Nobody I know ~ especially not me ~ ever said "faith is God's." Who ever said that? Yeah, not me... Faith is God's assurance to us of our salvation in Christ. Yes, we have it, and it is our assurance from God of these things. And, some have a greater measure of it than others, but this does...

What was it, now, that you said about "word salads?" <chuckles> What you suppose to be the implications are the issue. They're false implications, not in the sense that you are lying or anything like that, but that the supposed implications themselves are invalid. Nor do I mean you are...

You do. Over and over and over again. You either purposely misrepresent it, or you inadvertently misrepresent it because you don't understand it (even though I clearly explain), and often both at the same time. But yes, over and over and over again. Agree; nowhere have I denied this or...

The issue is in what sense one understands that "man has no ability." Just on it's face, it's very true. Man does surely have the ability ~ merely in the sense that man can make a decision between this or that ~ to repent and believe; in that sense, it's quite ridiculous to think man cannot do...

No, I'm debunking, in effect, what you erroneously think John Calvin said and thus what Calvinists believe. Other than it's His sovereign prerogative and for His own glory, yes. As Paul says... well, rhetorically asks: "Has the Potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one...

Finishing: I assume no such thing; you either miss or twist the point of what I said. Again, I asked... and notice the little smile after... "if the responsibility for one's salvation is divided between God and the one, then shouldn't one praise and worship both God and himself/herself for...

Fair enough; I... don't care. But I'm not; Calvinism Schmalvinism. <smile> God said what He meant and meant what He said. At the outset here, it seems worth saying that I see from time to time in your responses to others that you take great umbrage when they misrepresent (either purposely or...

He is bound ~ absolutely restricted ~ from being able to deceive the Gentiles as a whole. Yet again, every Gentile Christian is irrefutable evidence of Satan's absolute inability to keep the Gospel from reaching to the ends of the earth. This became the case two millennia ago... thus Christ's...

And here we go again... It is. I respect your opinion, but it is. No, because God is at work in us ~ because we have His Spirit leading us ~ we will work out our own salvation and can be confident in doing so. The process of sanctification will look different in each one of us, because we are...

The Holy Spirit not only inspired the Word of God in certain men across the centuries two millennia ago, He has maintained its integrity ever since then. Yes, the Canon is complete. t is what it is. Grace and peace to you.

David, there is a certain sense in which our will is never free. As Paul says in Romans 6, we all are, at any given time, either slaves to unrighteousness or slaves to righteousness. We are all naturally the former, but if and when we are born again of the Spirit, then we become the latter...

Right. No need, in my opinion. Grace and peace to you.