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Well, right, because there are no passages that "take the opposite." Are you saying Scripture contradicts itself? Surely not... no, what I am saying is that you are contradicting hundreds of Scripture. If God wants all people to be saved, how can his desire be thwarted. Is God unable to...

All you have done is to list a bunch of verses. You have not defeated those passages that take the opposite. For every verse you quoted a non-Calvinist could present with you the opposite. Luke 13:3... I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. 1 Tim 2 This is good, and...

The "may" that you highlighted is part of a Purpose Clause that goes with hINA. There is no sense of contingency with this clause. When you do Systematic Theology, you have to take into consideration hundreds of other passages. One passage that everyone seems to have overlooked is 2 Pt 2.1. This...

Jesus lived under the OT era. the Gospels are about Jesus in the OT. That is how he was able to fulfill the Law. And that is why the writer of Hebrews says that the Mosaic Law has become obsolete.

What I said was your theology toward your God is the same concept that Muslims have toward their god.

I am about as far away for the Reformed view that one can go. Please remember, God created all of us to seek him. This is part of his grace and mercy.

So, we really got to work hard at it to one day become saved, hopefully before we die. Let's all get up tomorrow and work our fingers to the bone. The sad part is we won't know we are saved unless we do the right works and a lot of them. You know who else believers this: the Muslims. It seems...

Ever wonder why God condemned mankind in Adam? Note this in Rom 11.32 For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.

Let me reiterate what I said earlier. Christianity is not based on religious faith. Religious faith has no place in Christianity. And why is that? Because Christianity must remain open to objective verification to all skeptics, and skeptics are not expected to have any kind of faith BEFORE they...

Let me reiterate what I said earlier. Christianity is not based on religious faith. Religious faith has no place in Christianity. And why is that? Because Christianity must remain open to objective verification to all skeptics, and skeptics are not expected to have any kind of faith BEFORE they...

In fact, Mohammed (founder of Islam) and Joseph Smith (founder of Mormonism) did exactly that. Their religions are based on unverifiable claims. Neither of these guys could say, “Do not believe me unless I perform the works of God.” Why? They would have been immediately exposed as frauds...

Abandoned my faith Here's a real shocker, not that anyone should care, but after all these years, I have abandoned my faith in Christ. True, life has been unbearable for me over the last years. You might even say... unfair. There has not been one day over this time that I haven't prayed that...

Number 2, the Day of the Lord, bringing judgment is the task of Jesus Christ (not the Father or Spirit). All judgment has been given to the Son. Also, note that the Joel 2 reference uses LORD for Jesus Christ.

No, we are in agreement here. I misread your post

I don't see "hour" as some abstract concept here.

1 John 1-10 1:1 The word of life: is what we (those of apostolic rank) proclaim to you (fellow believers): that which was from the beginning (Christ and our apostolic testimony of his life), what we have heard (his words), what we have seen with our eyes (miracles), what we have gazed upon and...

Can't remember who wrote this, it is just in my notes The text of Rev 3:10 reads: o{ti ejthvrhsa" toVn lovgon th'" uJpomonh'" mou, kajgwv se thrhvsw ejk th'" w{ra" tou' peirasmou' th'" mellouvsh" e[rcesqai ejpiV th'" oijkoumevnh" o{lh" peiravsai touV" katoikou'nta" ejpiV th'" gh'" (“Because you...

Don't you just hate reading about the Bible!

Below is a dramatic account of a man named Polycarp, a friend of the Apostle John himself. On the fateful day described below (somewhere near the year 150 AD), Polycarp was asked to renounce Christ in exchange for his life. Unmoved by the threat of death, Polycarp, having received his...

=================================================================================== He should have never put it in there! The King James Version (KJV) was originally published, in 1611, by the royal printer, Robert Barker. In the margins of that very first edition, there were some 8,422...