\Well thank you for putting the right cite with the right verse.
Your welcome.
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But the natural cannot please God nor can they receive the things of God!
Right, 1 Corinthians 2:14 is true but you wrongfully read it from a Calvinist bias, friend. I don't believe you are really seeking to read 1 Corinthians 2:14 in context to what it is actually saying. In other words, the big difference between us is that when I talk about a verse with believers we are in disagreement over, I try to make time to reread the chapter
(sometimes the previous chapter and later chapters) to get a refresher. For I desire to get a feel and theme for what that verse is saying in light of the big picture of the context. However, I get the impression that you are just taking this snippet out of the Bible to defend Calvinism without really reading that verse in context for yourself. You are not really reading the verse to draw out meaning (exegesis), but you are inserting meaning into the text (eisegesis). Do you ever consider that maybe you could be wrong and the Bible does not support your belief in Calvinism?
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And remember sin doesn't need to be the deed as Jesus said. all we have to do is give mental consent and we are living in sin! but that list is not all encompassing as you know.
I am not new to the Bible. Of course Jesus taught against a mind sin at the sermon on the Mount.
Matthew 5:28-30
28 “But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast
it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not
that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast
it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not
that thy whole body should be cast into hell.”
So Jesus is warning us that to look upon a woman in lust can make us in danger of being cast bodily into hellfire.
The apostle John says that hating your brother makes one like a murderer and no murderer has eternal life abiding in him:
“Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.” (1 John 3:15).
Do you see a loophole around these sins besides not doing them?
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The unsaved man is at war with God! Romans 5.
What actual verse says that in Romans 5?
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We are spiritually dead Ephesians 2.
This is not a present reality for true faithful believers in Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 2:1, and Ephesians 2:5 both use the words
“were dead” as in reference to a believer's past life of sins. But this death does not mean that we were not capable of responding on our own to God's call.
As I pointed out to you before, 2 Thessalonians 2:10 says that those who perish are perishing because they received not the love of the truth that THEY MIGHT BE SAVED. There is no MIGHT be saved in Calvinism.
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this is the very reason why we have to be Born A
Is a believer born again during their regeneration (election) by God or is the born again experience take place sometime after? Can you describe the born again experience for the believer?
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But as you know th e works of the flesh are far more than just Galatians 5. even just giving mental assent to it is sin. Even the good works done by the unsaved God calls filthy rags! and as Jeremiah declared there is no soundness in man and Paul said in Romans 7 that in our flesh dwells NO GOOD THING! this is why we have to be born again. We need to be made a new Creature! God is not interested in reforming the natural man- He creates us brand new and declares the old man dead and gone!
I believe a Christian is born again or changed spiritually when they accept Jesus Christ as their Savior. This change is practical and happens in reality. A believer will live a holy life and put away sin, and bring forth the fruits of the Holy Spirit. Calvinism is not needed for this to happen.
In Romans 7: Paul is describing his old life of sin as a Pharisee in Romans 7:14-24.
So Paul is not advocating how he can disobey God and still be saved. Read Romans 8:1, and Romans 8:13.
As for your interpretation on Isaiah 64:6:
I believe you are reading this verse out of context. Try reading the verse before it (See: Isaiah 64:5).
Do you believe a Christian can abide in sin and still be saved while doing so?