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Did God call Judas to salvation?

No scripture states that, so no Calvinist claims that. Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity ... Rom 1:24 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions ... Rom 1:26 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over...

Ok, let’s talk about “Able To” vs “Want To” ... Do you have the moral free will to immolate yourself (to pour gasoline all over your body and set yourself on fire)? Do you want to set yourself on fire?

Here you go: [Jhn 10:2-4, 11, 14-16, 26-30 NASB] 2 "But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. Jesus is the “shepherd” and God’s chosen are the “sheep” (see below). 3 "To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them...

I have grown weary of answering your posts only to have you respond with accusations that I will not answer your posts. I requested the actual name of someone in scripture that illustrates your point of view ... the name of the man that God “called” and ultimately exercised his free will to...

I was asking for the name of an actual person in the Bible.

That is not what Jesus warned the Pharisees about when he used that phrase (unpardonable sin).

Could you please show me the “free will” that God calls (like Saul) but they say “no”. If they cannot say “no”, then explain how the will is free. Moses? (went to Egypt) Jonah? (went to Nineveh) Noah? (built the Ark) Abram? (left Mesopotamia) I keep attempting to think of the man that said...

[2Co 4:3-4 NASB] 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. [Jhn 10:26, 29 NASB]...

Until you attempt to press them on their verses to see if they really believe it, then it gets all “mystery” and changing the subject. John 12:32 Will Jesus draw all men without exception? ... they say “yes” Was Jesus lifted up? ... yes. When? ... first century. How were the people living in...

[1Th 1:4 NKJV] 4 knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God. [1Th 1:4 NLT] 4 We know, dear brothers and sisters, that God loves you and has chosen you to be his own people. [1Th 1:4 NIV] 4 For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, [1Th 1:4 ESV] 4 For we know...

Let me try to be crystal clear. We have the same “free will” that Adam had. The question is what is our “will” really Free to do? Our will is free to do anything that is in agreement with our nature. So what is our nature? Our nature is the same as the nature of Adam. We want to be like God...

Twice bitten ... talk to the HAND!

... and you probably wonder why I am reluctant to respond to your posts.

Let's run this as a modern exercise in evangelism. You get to play the Holy Spirit filled Evangelist (God in Acts 3) and I will play the sinner (Adam in Acts 3). [evangelist]: "We both know that you sinned, so just confess and repent and God will forgive you." [sinner]: "Alright, you caught...

As long as you are willing to consider that God "knocking" can sometimes look like Saul on the road to Damascus with ""we open the door" being closer to "Yes, Sir." :)

How do you define "these" and "those" as in "... those who are called according to [His] purpose. For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined [to become] conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; 30 and these whom He predestined, He also...

Yes, they sinned of their own free will. Do you notice what they NEVER did of their own free will: Seek God with their sin. Confess their sin. Repent of their sin. Obey God in the first place by not sinning. Yet the argument is often made to me that people today are CAPABLE of choosing, of...

Good post. I am almost tempted to address your points, but “once bitten, twice shy”. So I shall pass.

Is there any reason why Adam, Eve and Cain should not have been among the most likely candidates to be among the “whosoever” that exercises their free will and seeks God, confesses their sin and repents? So why did all of them do none of it and in fact act just as bad as the worst reprobate ...