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The name is PinSeeker. I've been very clear; all human beings are born "totally depraved." But I think you think "totally depraved" is something different than what John Calvin meant by that term. In a sense, yes... from God's perspective, as He is outside of time, infinite, and all time is...

LOL! What does 'elect' mean, GodsGrace? And whose... well, Whose... purpose of election is it? Who does the electing, and why? And Paul is very clear in Romans 9:16, that "it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, Who has mercy." And I'll turn what Paul says in Romans 9:22-24...

I hope so. Just being thorough. It shouldn't; that sounds like a you thing. I have no idea what you mean by this. Other than that maybe what you're saying by this is that since God chose who would be saved, there was no need for anyone to pay the wages of sin (death), but that's quite...

It is. But dispensationalism is pervasive, especially in the West. Ohhhh, it exists. Here's the Westminster Confession of Faith. There are 33 chapters but it's really not that long a read. Relevant to what we're discussing, you might focus on Chapter 3 (Of God's Eternal Decree), chapter 9...

Maybe... <smile> I've been very clear about this. Christ's sacrifice is sufficient for all, and in that sense is for the whole world, for everyone... unlimited. However, we know that not everyone will be saved, Christ's atonement is only applied to and effectual for those who have been given...

Good... Fair enough... Ah well, physical Israel and God's Israel, regardless of timeframe, are two different things. There is some overlap, but... well, as Paul says in Romans 9, "not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel," and "not all are children of Abraham because they are...

This is... mostly... excellent, Titus. These things I would take some issue with: "Jesus had not shed His blood before the cross, therefore His church had not yet been established.... Cant be in the church if there is no blood to purchase you. An a atonement for sins... folks had to hear...

Well, yes, and no. But no only, if the thinking is only in the first sense of Christ's atonement, which is indeed unlimited in scope, and not in the second, which inarguably is limited in scope. Both are true, and neither at the exclusion of the other. Ah! <smile> Well, I have been very...

Yikes. I certainly don't mean to do that... Grace and peace to you!

Titus, I know this was/is a conversation between you and @ElectedbyHim, but if I may... <smile> There is a sense in which Jesus did die for the whole world, for sure, and 1 John 2:2 is not the only place where we see that. But there is also a sense, a different sense, in which He only died for...

You're conflating a couple of things, Titus. Regarding believers, yes, believers like me can go against God's will for my life in a multitude of ways, which is sin; He wants us all to be perfect as he is perfect. So, experientially speaking, yes, we can go against God's will. But even then...

"Calvinist's"... what? the 'apostrophe-s' indicates possession of something, Titus... <chuckles> Sorry; just poking a little fun atcha... Come on, now, don't get hot and bothered, laugh a little... <smile> Anyway... Such a blanket statement without any explanation; we see a lot of that on...

You believe what you think Revelation 5:8 says (or just what you've been told, maybe), which is very much incorrect, which I was very clear on in my last post. Again, a key element in this vision is the scroll. The scroll is a heavenly book containing God’s plan and the destiny of the world...

Ha! Now that's funny. <smile> Grace and peace to you, GG.

<eyeroll> Not what I said... Although to this, does your Catholic catechism allow dead people to pray for you? And how do you know they do? And, do you thank them, or... praise/worship them? And... please (please GOD) don't bring up Revelation 5:8 again... And how do you know they do? I...

You were. Irrelevant ~ we were addressing Catholicism and prayer to the dead. Okay. Relevance? None... Well not those who are still alive, who haven't physically died yet, I agree. <smile> Everyone who has died is deceased... physically dead. Now, if you want to change what we're talking...

So you think, but no, just the former; not the latter. You may say I'm not understanding it correctly, but never would I disagree with God's Word... and I'm saying precisely the same of you. Right, well, then based on what I said directly above, we should be able to leave it on good terms at...

Yes. <smile> <eye roll> <smile> Yes. <smile> You pray to Mary and to "Saints," e.g., John Paul II. Good folks, for sure, but they're dead. Of course not. They are dead. If they are elect, then their spirits are with Christ Jesus, but only Christ Jesus intercedes to the Father on our...

You've shown... well, stuff... for sure. LOL! The Catholic Church did. Genesis through Malachi, yes. Jesus is the Word become flesh (John 1:14). But not the Apocrypha. Well, yes, but mistakenly (to put it nicely... <smile>)... Not true. There are good things in them, but what you say...

LOL! I have, but just to repeat, Joel 2:32, Romans 9:11-18, Ephesians 1:1-13, Ephesians 2:4-10, 1 Peter 1:3-5... I've quoted all these before, several times over... So you think; fair enough. I say it does; we disagree. Hebrews 11 speaks of Abraham three times in terms of his faith, which...