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I'm not sure just which idea you actually believe as scriptural. I thought you had agreed with mine, but now you seem to hold that Kermos is correct. If so, I totally misunderstood what you stated.

What is your definition of "righteousness, or even righteous?

fully agree, However Kermos, holds the view that man's nature is different between a believer and an unbeliever.

You use the word "converts" yet scripture never uses that word in this context. His death redeemed, reconciled, justified, but never converts. I cited several texts that address this very point. You choose not to address them because they all deny your view.

You tend to cherry pick verse that seemingly fit your theory. However the context belies such an understanding. I Pet 1-5 is the context. Vs 3-4 is addressing the overcoming of death to all men through Christ's resurrection. Then it speaks about an inheritance that awaits believers. But who...

you just proved me correct. What the text says is that God granted repentance to the Gentiles as well as Jews. God does not repent for either one. Making it available does not make God the active agent in repentance. He does not control it, but by His work of redemption, offers it. Eph...

I think we are hung up on the meaning of words. You use "causing" and scripture uses "influence". A vast difference in meaning. If you really believe that God causes man to believe and that God causes man to think differently, the how do you answer that man, a believer still sins. Your theory...

You got one thing correct. Christ accomplished the will of God. But your text of I Pet 3:18 makes all men converted to Christ. Unless you believe that ONLY believers were unjust and all other man were righteous. Your theology shows a complete lack of understanding of who Christ is and what He...

God's objective purpose for Christ was to redeem the world. His work accomplished two things. He overcame death, the condemnation of death as a result of Adam's sin. secondly, his blood sacrifice would redeem the world from sin. God's purpose was it make it possible for mankind to overcome...

So far so good if you believe that all men were unjust. I Cor 15: 20-22. Rom 5:8-11. God's work of redemption was objective. It is an accomplished work, accomplished by Him coming into this world to redeem this world. To bring His creation back to Him. Heb 2:9, I John 2: 2, Rom 5:18-19. Col...

First, being "born again" does not change man's will. It is free and independent from the will of God. Being Born Again, is man accepting the offer of God to repent and be baptized. Man is just as free in ;will before and after "being born again. Man, a Christian, submits his will to the...

Outside of scripture reality shows how erroneous your view might be. Scripturally, Adam was indeed created with a will of his own. An independent will. The prayer of Jesus in the Garden before His arrest attests to the fact man has an independent will. Christ denied His will from His human...

You are very correct. They would like it to be about 1 billion. They want to accomplish this in this century. That's about 7 billion diffrerence today. The US has some willing participants like John Holdren: Obama's science czar and a proponent of eugenics, population control.

Climate Change: It is the greatest hoax ever plotted against people in this world. It has been around since the 1960's but the UN got serious about it in 1980. In the 70"s they got hung up on global cooling. The world is heading for a new ice age. Their scare came in 1980 when they learning...

Wow, so offensive. Here are your two negative statements. #1 SAINT..... = Learn to hear them, and protect yourself from them., as these DARK LIGHTS will break your faith if you dont pay attention to what they are teaching you. And once they have broken your faith, your discipleship is RUINED"...

Interesting! Within your post you make to negative statements relative to your view. Seems you don't really believe what you are saying. Just saying. I'll let you read and think about it before I show you the two statements. Interesting! You made two negative statements in your post that is...

Quite the opposite, that was the whole purpose of Christ's redemptive work To restore mankind back to life. That mortal will take on immortality. I Cor 15:52-53. Man had the capacity to become mortal. But Adam sinned without being mortal. His sin was condemned and he became mortal. We sin...

Applicable definition of mortal - the ability to die physically or subject to death, as in human being. There was no such thing as mortal in existence. God's statement that if Adam ate of the Tree of Good and Evil he would die. That was physical death. Dust to dust, I don't know what a sin...

You said: Christ's atonement was not designed to provide eternal existence for unbelievers--that was already a given from the creation." I don't disagree with your explanation of how a believer uses the atonement for sin, We have never disagreed on that point. However you ONLY speak of ONE...

All you are stating is the life of a believer. But that life is not even possible except that Christ redeemed the world, defeated death and sin. Your last sentence is crucial. All men were created to an eternal existence. Not just unbelievers. Why would Christ, through the work of the Holy...