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@Carl Emerson @Ritajanice As long as @Behold continues to think that faith is a work of man ~ which is directly opposed to the following... Romans 9:16 ~ "in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of Him Who calls... it depends not on human will...

Indeed. I have heard the term "backsliding" many times; you probably have, too. And, God can remove His countenance from us for a time if He so chooses, for disciplinary purposes, but this does not entail losing our salvation, of course. Agree. Absolutely agree. And this verse is very much...

I wouldn't call that falling away, Carl. The Bible seems to indicate true falling away is a result of never having really been one of Jesus's sheep in the first place. As John says, "Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have...

Faith is of God, given to us by God ~ His assurance, and conviction of things unseen given by the Holy Spirit. I've told you this over and over and over again, and it's not just me saying that, it's in Scripture over and over and over again. We do not assure or convict ourselves of anything...

That's not what he said, Behold. Hearing is the vehicle through which faith comes... is given to us. As Paul says in Romans 10 ~ which, if you don't know, is in the New Testament... <chuckles> ~ "faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ" (10:17). You do have your...

...your ridiculous opinions, and nothing else. I hope no one, but I think ~ at least right now ~ several. No, if God didn't choose any one person to be conformed to Christ, it's because He didn't choose that person to be conformed to Christ… which may sound a bit silly, but the point is, we...

No one does that, Behold. Not John Calvin, and not Calvinists. That's merely your false accusation. He gives grace to all, all kinds of grace, whether they acknowledge it or not. But the grace of salvation he gives only to those He has mercy and compassion on, and these are His elect. So to...

That's the thing; there's nothing to defend, because all of your assertions and accusations against Calvinism are so ridiculous. It is. I never argued that it did. God predestines certain individuals, ~ us, as Paul says, meaning each and every one of us Christians ~ those He chose before the...

Total rubbish; just a ridiculous, non-sensical rant. But a break here, because there's a little something here that's worth responding to: Let's restate this question thusly. Yes, if all have sinned, and there is none righteous, no not one, then the question is, how can we possibly be...

That might hold some water, coming from you, if ~ and this is a big if ~ you even understood what Calvinism is. All you've done is twist it into something That I assure you... see what I did there? <smile> ...it's most definitely not. Agreed, but John Calvin ~ not Jacobus Arminius ~ was right...

I agree; I'd stop if I were you. Not at all. I do get, though, that to you, it is... But that's just you. In... your opinion. I get it, but no. Now, "gifting you to choose Christ..."... that's off, but not far off, actually. What the one given saving faith (assurance and conviction...

The second. And that will be when Christ returns. LOL! Yeah, not sure why you're telling me that... Verses 4-6 is spiritual in nature, and the first, and the second, which is the physical, occurs just after the return of Christ in verse 7 and just prior to the opening of the judgment scene...

No, he doesn't; I agree. <chuckles> I don't ~ in the sense of what hyper-Calvinism truly is. But John Calvin was right... in refuting all five of Jacobus Arminius's five "objections." Well, neither Calvinism nor hyper-Calvinism does that. But they both hold that our faith is a gift of God by...

He does. Or purposely ignores it. And Paul sets out what we call the "golden chain" of salvation: We are foreknown, and then predestined... Actually these are so closely associated that they are the same event, really... And then called, and then justified (which are also simultaneous), and...

You weren't, because a true hyper-Calvinist is not really adhering to true Calvinism at all, but a distortion of it. A little education on such things would do wonders... Well... maybe... <smile> That's just idiotic, Behold. He did no such thing. Paul's explanation of God's foreknowing...

No, but you ~ I ~ can certainly proclaim its inherent rightness... <smile> Hmmm... well no one has "issues with God's grace," but some ~ you, in this case ~ certainly have issues understanding what God's grace truly is, and, in a real sense, just how amazing God's grace really is. This is...

Interesting that you don't cite what you copied and pasted from... This much is true... ...but this is not. What God actually does is, He gives them over to themselves and their own selfish desires and passions, which is exactly what they want and have chosen for themselves... even though, by...

And I'll separate this from the rest... You know, that is a problem... that Calvinists can come across as self-righteous. And that is sin rearing its ugly head, and I, as a Calvinist, have to ~ and do, in all humility ~ repent of that... in dust and ashes. But, Behold, you kind of have to...

Continued from above: Absolutely. It was going to happen, and Jesus, being God Himself, knew it full well. Jesus, Behold, was acknowledging that in His humanity, His will was that this cup pass from Him, but knew that the Father's will was for Him to be crucified, and that because it was the...

So, before I address this, I'll just say that hyper-Calvinism is a distortion and a misunderstanding of what historic Calvinism ~ what John Calvin actually believed, preached and wrote about. A few points: Both historic Calvinists and hyper-Calvinists would call themselves "five-point...