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Given to all, commonly. Sure, everyone alive, for now, lives under and in His grace, whether they acknowledge it or not. No one is suggesting otherwise. But, not all are saved, which is a particular grace given by God only to His elect. Well, you say this, but in effect, your whole position...

His whole context in Romans 9-11 is God's elect, God's purpose of election of some to His ~ His, not our ~ Israel, the Israel of God, which, if you remember from Romans 2:28-29, he said, "...no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. But a Jew is one...

Well sure. :) We all do. :) Yes, there is grace that is common to all, and in that sense, common grace. But the grace of His mercy, His compassion, His salvation He only gives to some. Yes, as Paul says in Romans 11:5, "at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace." Those who...

You are. That's your whole point. He gave us grace because we believed/trusted. That's absolutely backwards. Absolutely not. See above. Yes, me, too, but don't stop there, Eternally Grateful. Yes, "...by grace (we) have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the...

Okay, well good, I was really just kind of poking at you. :) I mean, all this is well and good, but come on, man, going on about it in such manner is... a bit much. :) Okay, well fine, but meditating on God's Word ~ um, our Creators... :) ~ is one of the ways we commune with Him ~ um...

Yes, but you're saying that His grace is dependent upon our belief, and this is not the case; in fact, that is directly opposite what Paul says in Romans 9:14-18, and specifically verse 16 (underlined): "What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means! For He says to...

EG, apologies for piling on... :) That is not my intent. But perhaps I can help. :) There is a sense in which Jesus did indeed "purchase salvation for the world," and a sense in which He did not. That may seem on its face to be a contradictory statement, but not so. On the one hand...

Ah, you're a Superchristian. I see. :) And that you're much more... worthy... than they? :) Yes. :) Or actually reading it, apparently, because it passed from relevancy way back then? Hmmmm... :) Grace and peace to you.

Hmm, your "creators"... maybe that's a typo...? At any rate, your statement here then sort of begs the question, "Why, then, did God give us His Word?" And, Jesus is the Word, and we are to walk with Him... Hmm (again), this too is an... alarming... statement. You do know, I hope, that we...

Well, He doesn't. As the writer of Hebrews says, "Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days He has spoken to us by his Son..." (Hebrews 1:1-2). However, today, we have the written Word, of course, and we have the Holy Spirit, Who...

Actually, Jesus Himself credits Moses with the writings found in Genesis through Deuteronomy (Matthew 8:4; Mark 1:44, 7:10, 10:3-5, 12:26; Luke 5:14, 16:29-31, 20:37, 24:27, 24:44; John 3:14, 5:46, 6:32, 7:19-23). And so do Luke (Acts) and Peter and Paul (in Acts and their epistles...). Not...

Ugh. Another one... :) You know, I say, just believe in and worship and serve and glorify the Lord, and live as you are called by Him, presenting yourselves as a living sacrifice. As Paul says... Present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual...

Goodness gracious. Such wild-eyed speculations and ramblings. Looks like another... "fun"... thread. :) Grace and peace to you all.

Which... I've said, I think about a 184 times... :) Matthew 22:14. Pointed out that one, too.... Noice! :) (That's 'nice' with an Australian accent...) :) Right, 'cannot' in the sense of 'will not' ~ not in the sense of literally being unable to kneel or submit, but being absolutely...

Oh'p! I got a reaction. Seventy-seven... :) Poor thing. Didn't mean to make SI cry... :) Grace and peace to all.

Seventy-six... :) I didn't make any kind of all-encompassing statement, Spiritual Israelite. I did not in any way say you have offered nothing at all. So no, what I said was not a lie, and I am not a liar, or a "joke." Seems to me we could just chalk that up as a misunderstanding, which...

So, the 74th time is a charm...? :) And a rhetorical question, here, SI: "waste any more time on (me")... why do you even say stuff like that? Hey, I see you are doing the same with WPM now. Are you "wasting your time on" him? Truthfully, though, in a certain sense, I agree. :) You just don't...

Right; no Calvinist does that. Sola Scriptura takes care of that, and sola Gratia... and, well, all of them: Sola Scriptura (Scripture alone; God’s life-giving speech reveals to us His salvation and calls us to faith and repentance. Scripture alone is our our guide to walking with God) Sola...

Continued from above: Certainly. :) My mind is made up, obviously. :) Wait... I do have free will... Don't I...? Yes. :) Again: No. :) Again, as Paul says in Romans 6:17, "...thanks be to God..." ~ not "thanks be to yourself" :) "...that you who were once slaves of sin have...

Returned to you in full, Spiritual Israelite. Every word. The first thing that comes to mind is one of my most recent responses (Post 343, to be specific), which drew nothing but crickets. You had said that I "think that a person only believes if God gives them faith" (a little over halfway...