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John 11:25-26 25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?" The bottom line is: If you do not believe that you are saved eternally, forever...

You don't disagree though what I said Romans 10:17 should say, other than the fact I attributed it to that verse. The statement, other than the fact that it is not in the Bible, you nevertheless agree with, that faith comes by one first being regenerated then the sovereign imposition of it on...

Gerstner and MacArthur make unBiblical separation between meritorious and non-meritorious works. There is no such distinction in the Bible. Again, the gospel message of Reformed Theology makes faith and works necessary for salvation. Understand why: It is because man is spiritually dead...

(According to Calvinism, it ought to state in Romans 10:17, "So then faith comes by the sovereign regeneration of God and His subsequent irresistible imposition of it.)

Amen! Faith comes by hearing and hearing from the word of God. Faith does not come as the irresistable gift of God, but through the Holy Spirit empowered persuasive Word of God as expounded through men like Paul who exhaust ALL MEANS in order that he may save some! Antonio

Here again you do not answer the question but detract from the points with your equivocacies. Why did Paul waste his time expending all efforts to use all means so that by all means HE might save some? Why did he not just give the gospel then move to the next person and let God decide when...

David R. Anderson, “Regeneration: A Crux Interpretum” Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society (Autumn 2000): 43-65. 2 In the Dialogue with Trypho, 7 and 8, Justin Martyr (d. 165) explains: “I and every other completely orthodox Christian feel certain that there will be a resurrection of the...

III. Augustine’s Soteriology Two salient features of Augustine’s soteriology are standard fair in any text book discussion on this most influential of Church Fathers. His approach to the depravity of man emasculated man’s ability to pull himself up by his own bootstraps to the portals of...

THE SOTERIOLOGICAL IMPACT OF AUGUSTINE’S CHANGE From PREMILLENNIALISM TO AMILLENNIALISM: PART ONE David R. Anderson Pastor Faith Community Church The Woodlands, Texas I. Introduction In a recent article1 we introduced the concept of “Spread Sheet Theology” by suggesting that this...

For those of you who are interested: here are some links for you! A free grace message board: http://www.faithalone.org/chat.html Short, concise articles on problem scriptural passages: http://www.faithalone.org/news/passage.html Longer, more scholorly journal articles on a variety of...

Fru, you are responding to many other threads, but have neglected this one! Antonio

You all overlook the obvious contradiction in your theology. The deaf can't hear. Your gospel preaching falls on deaf ears. They cannot understand it. Once God regenerates them, then they are given the faith. Any exposition of gospel truth that you can give is superfluous, is it not? And if it...

Robbie, BRO! Nice to see ya here! Blessings and grace to you, dear brother! Antonio

Hey aguiwascalvinist, you write: I understand this verse by Jesus in a very different way. You may want to explain what you think this verse means. Very briefly, to me, this is an invitation to truly have life now (purposeful, meaningful, and abundant) and a GREATER experience of life in...

Josiah, you are only 17 years old and yet you have this knowledge? Many people go through their whole Christian lives and not understand these distinctions. You are right on! This is a very good post! :thumbsup: :amen: :clap:

Some seem to deny that there is any soul winning or persuading men as to the gospel. Why do it when they are unable to hear and respond apart from sovereign regeneration and Irresistable Grace imposed? If one must be regenerated and then made to believe, then persuading someone as to the truth...

I hear you, Raz. The poll presupposes cost to the recipient, not the provider. It is either free, or too expensive...

With all due respect, depthdeception, this sounds like a "paradox" akin to the many in Reformed theology. Antonio

Is eternal life absolutely free or not?

I see. Thank you for that information. It may take him a while to formulate a good response. He is good at good responses. Antonio