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By what power do you exist?

How can God create something without causing it? You believe He created evil but didn't cause evil. How can this be? God says Himself that He hated Esau. He also says He created Esau for His own purpose. So He created what He hated. Therefore hating sin does not mean He didn't create it...

My belief basically lines up with Calvinism, and I lament to God over my sins. So I don't wish to avoid ownership of my sins. Though I wish to avoid sins. Let's keep this going, though. Arminianism is the answer for those who wish to keep their sinful sense of power. The Arminian says.... "God...

The way I understand it, they probably attack him on what they figure are unfavorable logical conclusions of some of his words, and then use his other words to reveal his apparent contradictions. That is sneaky. Suppose Calvin says God creates and controls all things. Since evil is a thing...

OK. You disagree that God works in you and that words have meanings. We didn't get very far, but I figure we are done here. God bless.

Words mean things. God works in you. Work in is not work with. You keep saying God works with, but He says He works in. Work in is control.

Now you jump to merely focusing on predestination.. please stay on track. You said nobody is controlling you. Does God work in you, or not?

God doesn't work in you? What do you know? Believers know that it is God who works in them to will and do of His good pleasure. Philippians 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. This reminds me of those who say, "God has no hands on me! The...

Who proposed free will for God to have to deny it? He created everything from the beginning. What is a monster? So if God created you to be the controller of your own future, then God is good. But if He created you in order to control your future, then He is a monster. This exposes a lot...

This reminds me of a conversation I once had with a brother in Christ... I don't want to have a free will. God's providence is too great.

Whatever value God determines. You're questioning the value of a God who controls absolutely everything for His own purpose. What do you worship?

Almighty God is all power. The mind that thinks God isn't controlling everything within His creation is the unreasonable one.

You will abandon what you are teaching if you just find Scripturally sound answers for those questions? This tells me you admit you do not even have Scripturally sound doctrine to begin with. But if you do not have Scripturally sound doctrine to begin with, then why are you teaching?

That doctrine in itself is self refuting unless you have two or three Scriptures to prove it.

Can you clarify what you mean?

Because God granted me faith to believe.

Perhaps he thinks it's selfish to not be fully committed to the idea of having kids as well, so that saying you don't think you'd make a good parent would just be selfish in itself. You say you'd never want a kid to go through terrible parenting like you did. That sounds like the basis a great...

I don't know. But what does "can you say me it" mean?

There is no need to be sorry with me, Gary. We stand here on equal ground. In fact, since you don't have a complete picture, it's me who should be clarifying my position. I don't know if my position is in line with Calvinism or not. Some people here have called me a "Hyper Calvinist", since I...

Great question, Nancy. What if you're evangelizing to Esau? Romans 9:13 ...Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.