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Absolutely not. See above. Grace and peace to you.

I agree... Nice cut and paste. I mean, really, nice... that's not meant to be belittling in any way. ...despite the M.O of you and Big Boy... But notice the bolded and enlarged part of your own quote above. There, it is plain to see that God did not predestine some ~ any ~ to this eternal...

Does it say how old we were? <smile> I would be a bit interested to know what in Scripture you are referring to. But even David says he was born in sin, even conceived in it ~ "I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me" (Psalm 51:5). That's surely not what I ~ or...

Yes, but it is not used in the same context in all the places it appears. In other words, 'no more' can mean for a season, and it can also mean forever. And it can also mean both; more on that in a moment. David, you're making my point for me. During God's millennium, which we are in the...

Yes, but it didn't take long... <smile> And that would be because of the sinful nature we are born with. Every person is a sinner, even before sin manifests itself outwardly in a person. And, as Horton said, in Dr. Suess's "Horton Hears a Who," a person is a person no matter how small."...

Neither, I think. <smile> Grace and peace to you.

A distinction with no difference... I mean, not to put John Calvin on equal footing with God, of course, or anywhere close to it, but... <smile> Nobody's lying. THAT is EXACTLY CORRECT, Big Boy. Fantastic. So you should understand that Christ's atonement is unlimited in the sense of the...

Not all of it, but it goes back and forth and the same points (and "points") get made over and over and over again. It's like a soap opera, really, you can take a decade off and then pick it back up and it's as if you were never away at all... <smile> I know that Revelation 20:1-3 states that...

Wouldn't you first have to prove that any person (Jew or Gentile) can be grafted in can be cut off? We're talking about what Paul says in Romans 11, but this is just after he has written what he wrote in Romans 8, that regarding Christians, "there is therefore now no condemnation for those who...

Breaking in just for one thing. I know this was for SI, but he and I agree on this, of course, so by extension it applies to me also: The binding of Satan has already taken place through Christ’s death and resurrection (John 12:31; cf. Colossians 2:15; Revelation 12:9; Matthew 12:29). The...

Yes, of course, but again, as Paul says, "What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means! For He says to Moses, 'I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.' So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who...

Again, who is John Calvinism? <smile> Ahhh, no, I'm not in any way John Calvin's disciple... congratulations on spelling 'disciple' right... <smile>. But in that vein, I could say the exact same thing but inserting Arminius's name in the place of "Calvinism's"... No need; it would be an...

Strange statement... but a defensive thing, I get it. The issue is not about man's will, free or not, it is about the state of man's heart, his spirit, which is naturally at enmity with God, of his father the devil rather than of the Father. As do I, of course, but some of us understand God's...

Who is John Calvinism? <chuckles> Behold, either you don't understand or refuse to acknowledge the actual difference between Calvinism and hyper-Calvinism. Hyper-Calvinism is not "an over emphasis of Calvin's teachings," but on rather is the belief that God saves the elect through His...

Following suit with Calvin in understanding God's Word cannot even remotely compare with being a follower ~ a disciple of ~ Jesus. One could say that you, Big Boy, follow suit with Jacobus Arminius (in the same way I follow suit with Calvin)... and you do, even if you think you don't. <smile>...

I mean, people can be deceived by anything. Even in posting what they think is Calvinist doctrine (but is far from it)... <smile> I, for one, would rather folks not twist ~ and grotesquely so ~ Calvinist doctrine, as has been done on this and many other threads. And that would actually entail...

Bickering like a bunch of little kids playing sandlot football... <chuckles> Except you're not kids (supposedly, anyway)... <chuckles> Grace and peace to all...

Okay, well in my honest opinion, your opinion on this is silly. <smile> If God has made things the way they are ~ now and not yet, as I have said ~ then how is He or His Gospel "rendered impotent" to any degree at all? I think we can agree that in a sense, yes, Christ's victory is complete...

Again... Then why do we still sin, Zao, at least from time to time? Sin has not been destroyed in full yet. But it certainly will be... Okay, well then in the same vein as directly above, why is there still death? Why are there still folks dying? Death has not been destroyed in full yet...