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Maybe it's you being... dense... <smile> Nah, I think it's you just being... obtuse, and purposely so. <smile> Sure. Is this some kind of refutation of what I said? I don't think so... Hmmmm... "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven"...? You don't see the...

From above... An alcoholic very often will not recognize or acknowledge that he or she is an alcoholic... And in the case of being dead in sin, no. LOL! I don't even know how you get that out of what I said... but don't really care... <smile> But, well, par for the course, really...

Fair enough. It's not about me, SI. It's about you, and the sense in which you're saying some things. What I often intend is for you rethink some of your statements and assertions. But I can't make you do that... In one sense, it is absolutely possible. But in another, different sense, it...

Okay so I just looked back... <smile> Hmmmm, okay. Yeah that explains it, I guess. Well, so how do you reconcile that with, oh, the Lord's prayer, particularly "...Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven," and "lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from...

Absolutely not. I mean, your opinions about and allegations against Calvinism are what they are, and you think they're true, but they are not true at all, but distortions of Calvinism and what he wrote and said. I'm not saying you're lying, but what you have said regarding these things is not...

So we've talked about this, Spiritual Israelite, so, while there may be something here or there that I might respond to, for now, only this: What you think are Calvinists beliefs. I mean that's the problem, as I have said several times to you. What you think are Calvinist beliefs ~ at least...

I mean, you're welcome to your opinion, so yeah, fair enough. But originally you said they were apostles, which, well, some of them would be, but they were not yet apostles. Anyway, yeah, I say that if they were disciples of Jesus Christ, then they were believers, just like you and me. Again...

Well, yes, before He chose them, they were unsaved. Sure. Ah, yes, Judas, for sure. Yes, I "rememer" him. <smile> Certainly, we can all be devils from time to time... That God used Judas to accomplish His purposes and His will does not mean that he was not saved. If you disagree, then I...

Even though Jesus ~ Who is God, of course ~ told them directly that they did not choose Him but He chose them... and thus called them... and appointed them that they should go and bear fruit and that their fruit should abide..." ~ language that Paul mirrors precisely in Ephesians 2 in speaking...

His disciples, which includes us. In John 10, to a group of Jews questioning Him, He says, "you do not believe because you are not among My sheep. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out...

Hey. Spiritual Israelite. Answer me this, and the follow-up, if you will: Do you pray for the salvation of others? If yes, then... why? Grace and peace to you.

Christ Jesus is the Savior of all people, the world, in the sense that it is possible for all to be saved because of His act of redemption. Christ Jesus is the Savior of only the elect in the sense that the elect are the ones given to them by the Father, of whom He will not lose one, but raise...

I mean, who cares about all that, really, Berean? The only real treasure is God's Word and the truth therein... Christ Himself, Who is our hope, our salvation, our all. He is the way, the truth, and the life. And one day our faith will be sight. Grace and peace to you.

Hmmm, so your theology and/or eschatology is based on a song? I mean it's a nice one, but.... <smile> David, you said previously that "God established a literal 1,000 years in Genesis." I'd like to see you expound on that with... something more than a song... <smile> Grace and peace to...

Hmmm. Well I agree in a certain sense, but maybe not in the sense that you seem to mean that. God is making all things new (Revelation 21:5), not "making all new things." <smile> Grace and peace to you, Scott.

Hmmm.... Well, the parts of Scripture that are apocalyptic, yes, for sure, but of interpreting Scripture as a whole no. Interesting. I would say those who read apocalyptic parts of the Bible as they are meant to be read see it just as literally as anyone else, that all these representations...

But there will be, right, Scott? One great day, that's all there will be... Of course then, our faith will be sight. Lord, haste the day... Grace and peace to you.

Hmmmm, "near," and "soon," and "a little while"... Such a troublesome (to men) terms/concepts... Not that God causes confusion or discord, because He certainly does not, but yeah, those things... nearness/soon-ness, a little while (with regard to time)... to God are very different than what we...

Hmmmm... <smile> Well, I'm not disputing that, per se, but I might be somewhat interested in what you think the justification for such an assertion would be. As far as I know, the word "thousand" only appears a couple of times in Genesis, and neither one has anything to do with years. Maybe...

Yes, I agree but only to this point of what you said. I wholeheartedly disagree that the thousand years is to be understood in the sense that you understand it. As I have said many times, the thousand years is to be understood in the same context as the cattle on a thousand hills in Psalm...