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It is God who works in people to hear and accept Christ. God does not 'just ask people to let Him in'. He draws them to Christ, and Christ saves them. All work of God, not God begging men to please let Him in. John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I...

God does not wait on you to allow jack squat. Quit trying to put Him in a position where His hands are tied. You are nothing but the effect of His will. Daniel 4:35 All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among...

The older I get, the more I realize how much I have to be thankful for, and the more I realize how much I need Christ to save me because I am incapable. Which is a topic some people disagree on here... I'm happy to hear you all are doing great. Thanks for reaching out.

Yes, she is great, thanks. How is yours?

Hey, Dan! Nice question. I like your engagement here. Reinforcing your structure is what is needed. Why would you add something like another forum category when the ones you have aren't being used properly? I see random threads consistently made in the Christian Debate section that have...

Tryin' to be like Him. You aren't?

God supplies your existence, so you are nothing apart from what He causes of you. Everything happens by God's force. Nothing exists by itself. God's power is what makes everything exist and occur. If God stopped existing (impossible), then you also would stop existing. Nothing about you nor...

Jesus flipped tables.

Let me lay this out straight... And you can let me know if I misunderstand. You believe... ------------ God wants man to be saved. But sometimes man decides to take control of the situation by not allowing God to save him. ------------ You think you have God under your thumb. That kind of...

All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing. That crumbles your theology to a pile of dust. God does what He pleases. God declares the end from the beginning. God determines what happens in reality. Not man. Quit making man the creator of the universe actions. Daniel 4:35 Isaiah...

God is not the tempter. He creates evil and works all things according to His purpose. Satan is the tempter who serves God's ultimate purpose. God determined the crucifixion - the greatest act of evil in all of mankind. Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create...

James 1:13 does not mean what you think it means. God plainly says He creates evil. Isaiah 45:7. God works everything according to His purpose. That is what the Scriptures say. Proverbs 16:4 God creates all things for His purpose, even the wicked. You are twisting and struggling to explain...

If only I desired to spend the energy on picking apart every one of your sentences with critical precision. Look what you say here... Just look. "If what you say is true about salvation by faith alone...then people can sin all they want and be saved without loving God! Therefore, these people...

You have a problem with some Scripture. 'Says God moved David. 2 Sam 24:1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

What? You missed the part where God determines sin. He determined Christ would be Crucified. Yet it is against His very law to murder. We are commanded to not sin. I agree. That doesn't mean sinning puts us in hell after Jesus becomes our Substitute.

With the way you preach, you must think you aren't doing evil. A learned Christian is sensitive and knows just how much they sin in their lives, because they know God's Standard of judgement. A works salvationist like yourself thinks they are capable of doing good enough to please God...

You post tons of Scripture, but it doesn't address the issues like you think it does. Maybe post a manageable amount at a time, and we can have some reasonable engagement. I don't know about you, but if I sin, I have an advocate with the Father. Remember Jesus? The one whose works you keep...

You didn't address the verses where God controls Satan to do the tempting. You just denied them. Try Proverbs 16:4 along with them.

Free will belief is by far the wide gate. Hyper Calvinism is much less common. Might as well suppose Hyper Calvinism is the way. That looks like a problem for you.

2 Sam 24:1 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. 1 Chr 21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. 1 Chr 21:8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I...