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Abraham truly did obey God JUST LIKE WE DO. :D God's instructions to Abraham were: [Genesis 12:1-3 NLT] 1 The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father's family, and go to the land that I will show you. 2 I will make you into a great nation. I will...

Could you explain the analogy to a city boy ... so I know whether to be offended or not. Now I still just feel confused by the statement. :confused:

Those were verbatim quotes from the two gospels where the parable is found. One says the seed is the "word" and the other says the seed is the "word of the kingdom". Since you did not reference which verses you were speaking of when referring to the parable, there were two "scriptural"...

As a strong monergist and a 5 point Calvinist, I can agree with salvation by grace through faith ... not of works and not of ourselves ... foreknown, predestined, called, justified, sanctified and glorified by the power of God ... for the glory of God ... an act of unmerited favor from first to...

[Genesis 15:1-6 NASB] 1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great." 2 Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of...

With this ... [Genesis 22:15-18 NASB] 15 Then the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven, 16 and said, "By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 indeed I will greatly bless you, and I...

The word or the word of the kingdom. 1. Irrelevant to the actual parable, so it is not clearly stated. 2. Yes, there is a Gideons Bible in every hotel room. 3. In practice, one person telling another is the usual way the word is transmitted to most people.

There also lies a large part of the problem. A species was once “able to reproduce and produce fertile offspring”. Now two different local populations of Darwin’s Finches interbreed (proving that they are the same species by the old definition) and their offspring are declared yet another new...

How does this not give men reason to boast? (Contrary to what God states in Ephesians 2) Planting and watering are indiscriminate. The word of God is preached to the Elect and the Reprobate equally. Only God can till the soil of the heart to make the seed grow. Soli Deo gloria!

To some extent, most religious figures take on a mythical status. There is a natural human tendency to place them on a pedestal and assume that they do not suffer from any of the problems that we lesser mortals do. That is why people are so ruthless towards the Jim Bakers of the world. One...

Ask and you shall receive ... You made a request. When I provided a requested example, you "moved the goal posts": Later you ask how God saves ... When I provided a scripture in which God himself explains how he saves and why he saves that way (by grace through faith and that not of...

You are probably in luck!

No, I didn't. I wasted enough time chasing balls for your insult and amusement. Keep moving the goal wherever you would like, and let someone else chase after your balls. :cool:

No kidding. GOD's role in salvation is different than Man's role in salvation. You cannot ask about GOD's role and expect an answer that describes Man's role.

I am not implying it, but Romans 10:9 explicitly states it ... [Rom 10:9 NASB] 9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus [as] Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; No "might". No "and". It just says "you WILL be saved". Better take your...

Thank you for the clarification. I agree that good works do not a Christian make [Matthew 7:21-23]. On a very personal note, my Grandfather dedicated his life to helping people, from tales of his special "sales" as a grocer during the Great Depression through 30 years in the volunteer...

You are going to have to make up YOUR mind. Asking 'How does the LORD save?' is not the same as asking 'What do people do to become Christians?' You asked and I answered the first question, exactly how God said He did it.

I admit to not quite following what point you are making here ... ... However this part I completely agree with. Now if this was any sort of a challenge to the verses that I quoted, then I am confident that an examination of those verses in their larger context will support my conclusion that...

"For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast." [Ephesians 2:8-9]

Do you have a degree in IRONY? ;)