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Yet once again you fail to Biblically prove what you allege.

Actually the Bible is clear! Fallen, DEAD mankind has only the ability to freely choose that which according to his nature comes naturally to them. Without the Spirit within spiritually DEAD mankind have not ability to understand that which must be spiritually discerned. You say the...

The difference that you refuse to acknowledge is that faith to believe IN Christ cannot come from the spiritually DEAD! But once the spiritually DEAD have this faith through the power of the Word and Spirit, then the spiritually DEAD are made spiritually ALIVE and turn to Christ in repentance...

That's why the prophetic words of Christ have dual fulfillment. The Old Covenant faithful saints represented the Church as She existed through Israel before the coming of the Messiah. Just as the New Covenant faithful saints represent the Church as She exists throughout the world or Gentile...

If the Holy Spirit had no ability to communicate to the unregenerate, NONE would be saved. Where we differ in our understanding is how the unregenerate are saved. I believe Scripture affirms and have shown we are eternally saved by the power of the Gospel and the Holy Spirit working God's...

Certainly sounds like Paul is speaking of the man regenerated by the Holy Spirit to me! Romans 8:9 (KJV) But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. But you say, unregenerate...

Tell us, we wait with baited breath to hear your explanation of how unregenerate DEAD mankind can have faith/believing in Christ for eternal salvation??? You have repeatedly implied that eternal salvation is not through the power of the Gospel and Holy Spirit, but rather is by DEAD unregenerate...

Whose graves were opened after Christ was resurrected, when many saints came out of the graves and went into the holy city? Matthew 27:52-53 (KJV) And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the...

I'm saying that faith in Christ and believing in Christ cannot be separated. Faith is created within fallen spiritually DEAD mankind, and that is the work of the Holy Spirit through the proclamation of the Gospel. Then through that power man will believe in Christ. You say the Holy Spirit...

It only appears nonsensical to you because you believe those who are spiritually DEAD in trespasses and sins have the ability within themselves to muster up faith in Christ thereby believing Him. Yet, still you cannot explain where this ability to have faith to believe IN Christ originates...

TS, I understand and agree with how you spiritually interpret these prophetic words of Daniel. I don't understand why you cannot acknowledge "thy people" of Daniel's prophecy is not limited only to people of faith. For the prophecy to make sense it must be understood as having dual prophecy to...

While it is true the spiritually dead have the ability to physically hear, physically hearing does NOT have the ability to eternally save mankind. Man MUST be born again to both know and enter the Kingdom of God. That's why physical birth does not eternally save man. Christ sent His Spirit to...

You still have yet to explain how one who is spiritually DEAD in trespasses and sins can hear the message about Christ to be eternally saved? What had those of Acts 2 heard that caused them to be "pricked in their heart" and ask what they must do to be saved? They heard the Gospel preached in...

I'm quite surprised by your comments! How can we live already in anew heaven and new earth since this first heaven and earth have not passed away? Revelation 21:1 (KJV) And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more...

In one sense I agree there is assured hope for having life in heaven after we physically die. But the life we have in heaven after our body breathes its last is only a temporary home. But heaven is not where we shall have immortal & incorruptible resurrected physical bodies from the graves to...

Yes, the better resurrection the Old Covenant faithful saints looked for was physical resurrection to immortality and incorruption. The Bible shows us physical resurrection to physical life again. Those resurrections were not the better resurrection the Old Covenant faithful looked for...

No it isn't! If that were true than Paul telling us we are saved by grace through faith when we were spiritually dead makes ZERO sense! While I agree faith in Christ is believing in Christ, but that faith/believing comes to spiritually DEAD man supernaturally by God's grace. FAITH...

Where in Scripture can we find "a resurrection that is better than the normal one"?

Who has argued that angels or Satan were or shall be saved? In fact the point I made proves that devils believing Christ does not mean they have saving faith!

How does a man/woman spiritually "dead in trespasses and sins" obtain faith IN Christ to believe Him? What of mankind is DEAD before being saved? According to Paul we had to be made alive (quickened) by the Holy Spirit when we were spiritually dead to believe IN Christ for salvation...