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As a Particular Baptist (5-point Calvinist), I agree completely with you that "saying a prayer" is NOT how God saves ... however I cannot in good conscience agree that God does not use such means to guide His monergistic work. If God can speak through Balaam's Donkey [Numbers 22:28] then God...

In SPIRITUAL darkness: "And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh...

I don't know who "most" are ... I offered the opinions of 15 different translators or teams of translators across 600 years of time. That's a pretty broad sampling. [shrug]

In a multitude of counselors there is wisdom: KJV: And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. NKJV: And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend[fn=Or overcome] it. NLT: The light shines in the darkness,and the darkness can never...

Which manuscript? Not only do I know that, I also know that there is no LXX ... there are multiple families of LXX and there are at least two major FAMILIES of Greek text traditions. None of which changes the fact that JESUS knew what I AM meant, the Jews that wanted to stone him knew what I AM...

Right after Jesus said "Before Abraham was, I AM" ... the Jews listening to Jesus tried to stone him for BLASPHEMY for Pete's sake. How much clearer can scripture be about what the people standing there thought Jesus meant! (but you want to argue that they were really reading the LXX in Greek...

He pretty much did: Exodus 3: 13 Then Moses asked God, “If I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name? ’ what should I tell them? ” 14 God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the...

I don't remember the details, but I seem to recall John being a troublemaker and refusing to die when they tried to kill him ... so they banished him to the Island of Patmos for the rest of his life (or something close to that).

Beware the tail wagging the dog. GOD (Father-Son-Spirit) is eternally and unchangingly complete before we existed and has no NEED for any outside thing. God is already FAMILY. WE are adopted and grafted into His Family by His grace. We are ultimately nothing more than wet clay ... whose...

step (1): God makes dirt "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." - [Genesis 1:1] step (2): God makes man "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being." - [Genesis 2:7] step (3)...

Why did God put humans on earth? It was a mistake: "And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart." - [Genesis 6:6]

We were talking about MARY as the Queen Mother ... I can't keep running after these ever changing goal posts of yours. You do realize that most of the "Davidic Kingdom" AFTER King David was evil (especially those "Queen Mothers"). That was why I thought Mary would be more like the mother of...

Nope. However, when someone claims that Mary is Jesus’ Queen just as David’s mother was David’s queen … I expect David’s mother to be David’s queen. I also expect that if I ask for a verse about David’s mother, the many verses offered in response will be about David’s mother. It seems a...

Non sequitur (as expected). I ask for a reference to DAVID’S MOTHER - whom you hold up as the archetype for Jesus’ Mother - and you offer: John 2:7 (Not David’s Mother … but John 2:5 is the best advice that Mary can give to anyone.) Psalm 45:9 (the king’s bride, not David’s Mother) 1 Kings...

Quote a scripture verse mentioning David's mother ... this typological Queen. (Wait, let me guess ... it was passed down in sacred Tradition and written down just when you needed it. No reason for skepticism here.) [I know ... I am ignorant and wrong, blah, blah, blah.] :Zek:

One small question: Ordo salutis (order of salvation) When are we Justified? [definition of terms] Justification: God’s freeing of one from the penalty of sin—the pronouncement of "not guilty" on a sinner (Romans 5:9).

Non Sequitur. (spare me your delusional rants)

Informative and worth a closer look.

I stand corrected, I was thinking of Constantine in the Fourth Century. However, that is the history of YOUR church … a tale of men clawing dogma by dogma and burned dissident by burned dissident ever further from the Church found in the Book of Acts by Jesus and the Apostles. My church begins...

I apologize for the misunderstanding. Yes, as a Baptist I believe in Credobaptism and reject the practice of baptizing infants (or anyone else that does not believe). No, I am not a lunatic that would deny that Paedobaptism is an ancient practice within the church mentioned in the 3rd Century...