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LOL. How is that "free will" if there is no chance that they will do anything but resist Him? There's nothing free about that. Free will implies that someone is capable of choosing to either respond to the Holy Spirit with repentance and faith or to reject His call by resisting Him. We are born...

NOTE: It's not talking about saving faith at all. It's talking about faithfulness. Loyalty. It's an extra measure of faith that some need in order to do what God has for them to do. It is what some need in order for others to find them to be trustworthy so that they will follow their lead. It...

Nope. You are not accepting what it actually says. The book of Hebrews is addressed specifically to saved people as only saved people could be described as "holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling". Also, the writer says about those who he is addressing that they profess and...

By all means, please use scripture to back up your claims. Please do that more often. It very clearly indicates that we are the bride and He is our husband. As I said, you are trying to deny the obvious. That is us (the church). Only those who belong to Him are His bride, which should be...

How long have you interpreted that passage this way? It's highly unusual for someone who believes in a pre-trib rapture to interpret the passage in this way. Anyway, the context of that verse is in relation to escaping things that would occur on the entire earth. Luke 21:33 Heaven and earth...

That is completely false. You are denying the obvious here. Have you never read this: Ephesians 5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24...

Show me where scripture teaches that God made Pharaoh to be as he was in terms of God predetermining that Pharaoh would be the way he was even before he was born. Why is it that even though they knew God they have no excuse for not being thankful to God and not glorifying Him as God? Wouldn't...

You are completely ignoring some of what I'm saying and misrepresenting my belief as a result. I explained that it was entirely up to God to decide who He would have mercy on, but it just so happens that He decided to give the opportunity to all people to receive His mercy. That is what Romans...

You didn't address my point. This was in response to what I said regarding John 15:16. You think that verse is saying that all who are disciples of Jesus are chosen to salvation and we didn't choose Him and, yet, Jesus said this about one of those He had chosen: John 6:70 Jesus answered them...

What evidence do you have to back this up? In Hebrews 6:4-6 Paul is still talking to the same people he calls "holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling" in Hebrews 3:1. How can an unsaved person possibly be included among the "holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling"? I...

That wasn't even my point. My point is that verse 26 establishes the context of the desolation described in verse 27. It relates to the destruction of the city and the sanctuary described in verse 26. I believe it is correct and, again, the fact that Jesus referred to the destruction of...

No. Take the time to look up several different translations of Daniel 9:27 and you'll realize that it must be very difficult to translate. At least the second half of it, anyway. English translations vary wildly on that verse. Here it is from the NIV: Daniel 9:27 He will confirm a covenant...

In Romans 9:6-8, which is what I referenced, he wasn't just defining who is Israel. He was also defining who is not Israel. He said " For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel". So, he was speaking of two Israels here. That's the only way to make sense of what he said. He also said...

How could any of those that he called "holy" have had a sinful unbelieving heart? That makes no sense. And why would he warn them to see to it that they don't have a sinful, unbelieving heart if they supposedly had no choice in the matter? Why would he tell them to "encourage one another daily...

Well then, PinSeeker, why do you think that people cannot fall away after truly repenting when that is exactly what Hebrews 6:4-6 says? It says anyone who does fall away after having truly repented cannot be renewed again unto repentance. That implies that they had repented previously but can't...

In Romans 9:6-8 Paul clearly makes a distinction between those who are physical descendants and those who are not. That's why he says "Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children. On the contrary, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.". How can you...

LOL. As if everyone who has "been preaching on this stuff 40 years" agrees with you. Hardly. All what you said means is that you have been wrong for 40 years. Both your hyper-futurism and the full preterist view of the person you are debating are as wrong as wrong can be.

Here's one thing you and I can agree on. That no one sould believe MatthewG.

They had already started before the day of Pentecost long ago. I would see the last days as having started after the death and resurrection of Christ. The last days marked the beginning of the new covenant established by the blood of Christ and the end of the old covenant that was made obsolete...

It's obvious to me that #2 is the correct interpretation. It lines up with what Paul said in Romans 9:6-8 which is that there is an Israel besides the physical nation of Israel that is entirely spiritual in nature. In Romans 9:6-8 he goes out of his way to show that being physically descended...