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Well children, it has been real, but gracewriterrandy is about to leave the building one last time. "To those who lack the will to know the truth, nothing is as mysterious as the obvious." See you on the ice.

Come on, you can't be that obtuse. Read what I wrote above [try to read without moving your lips.] If you try really hard, I bet you can understand what I wrote. Well, maybe not.

The blood of the lamb was only applied to those houses in which and for which the lamb was sacrificed. No one took the blood of their neighbor's lamb and applied it to their house. The house for whom the lamb was slain was the house to which the blood was applied. Accomplishment and...

There are two words translated "Repent" or "repentance" in the NT Scripture. One speaks of an after regret. It seems what you are talking about would be represented by that word. The other refers to a change of mind, which would obviously lead to a change of behavior. It is this word that is...

If you are not willing to have an act you did not perform imputed to you, the you will be damned to eternal torments. The only way sinners can be justified is through the imputed righteousness of Christ. Adam was his typos. You might want to ask yourself in what sense Adam and Christ are alike.

If your little brother received what he deserved, then he is damned. What I believe, however, is that God has mercy on the unborn and infants so that they are not damned. And stop imputing to me things I have not said and things I don't believe. I don't have much use for you or your belief...

Janxharris, No, God did not send Jesus for everyone for the purpose of saving everyone. If he had, everyone would have been saved.

If God plays no favorites, why does he send his gospel to some and forbid that it be preached to others? See Acts 16. If he could save all and doesn't is he not playing favorites? The verses in Scripture what talk about God not showing favoritism, literally state God is no respecter of face...

Will you people never learn? No Calvinist believes God forces people to do what they don't want to do. Please stop wasting time with straw man arguments. I believe in the context of 1 Pet 3 he is talking about believers. In Romans nine, he speaks of showing longsuffering toward the vessels...

At times both God's work and the sinner's response are referred to as conversion. The work of conversion could even be conceived to involve the sanctification process. At times, God's work is referred to as regeneration and the sinner's response as conversion. To me, this is unimportant. The...

If you mean sinners themselves must repent it is one thing; if you say sinners must repent "of themselves" it is another thing altogether. Surely, you don't believe anyone here disagrees that sinners must repent do you?

Arcoe, Surely by now you have read enough of this discussion to know noone believes it is unnecessary for sinners to believe and repent if they are to be saved.

You might want to read the following post. There is a difference between a person himself repenting and a person repenting "of himself." Sinners continuing in a state of sinful nature do not repent.

When we say "it is all of God," we don't mean sinners don't need to repent and believe. Calling is God's work; conversion [i.e., repentance and faith] is our work. It is not God who repents and believes but the sinner. Apart from repentance and faith, no sinner will ever be justified. What...

Quite an array of verses. Perhaps you can direct me to the one or ones that mention anything about man repenting "of himself." There is no question sinners must repent and believe or that it is their responsibility to do so. No good Calvinist believes the conviction of the Spirit is...

Would it surprise you that "sufficient for all and available to all is agreed to by both Calvinists and Armininans?

That there are many things a person cannot do to be save is not the good news. It is the bad news. Paul preached the bad news before he preached the good news. E.g., Therefore by the deeds of the law shall no human being be justified in his sight. . . " What he didn't tell the jailor is...

If you don't think this is about salvation, what do you think it is about. It is bracked by Paul's expressed desire for the salvation of his Jewish brethren. The whole of Romans 9-11 concerns the salvation of the true Israel within Israel.

If Romans 9 is not about salvation, what does Paul mean then he refers to the vessels of wrath fitted for destruction and the vessels of mercy which he prepared beforehand for glory? That sounds a great deal like destruction and salvation to me.

Additionally, you need to realize the difference between God's declared will and God's decreed will. God has declared that murder is wrong, but he decreed that Judas hand Jesus over to be murdered. The text does not say God has decreed that no one perish. He is saying that God is exercising...