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Who doesn't say they believe the bible? Even the Pharisees say that.
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Who doesn't say they believe the bible? Even the Pharisees say that.Really? Just because I believe what the Bible says... that you can actually respond to the Holy Spirit? The total bondage of the will makes faith irrelevant. Yet, we are told we can increase our faith and that people are rewarded for having faith. How can you be rewarded for something that is irresistibly impossed upon you?
Why would anyone need mercy if not sinful?This is totally backwards. For one, you are arguing with the scripture there, for another God says that without knowledge of the law, there is no sin.
Paul says that even before a person comes to Christ he ought to recognize the grace he was given through the creation. You're modifying your position though. Your doctrine is a moving target that tries to escape it's own illogic whenever that illogic is exposed.
Now what you're saying is that God not only has to zap you in order that you obey, but that he has to make you sin so you can learn his attributes. Let's not forget that he created gravity and all of creation as a set of tools to make you sin, rather than blessings. Weird god you worship.
Faith is a fruit of regeneration (the Holy Spirit).And the Calvinist one is false, because we are told over and over again in Scripture that Faith precedes regeneration.
But works cannot save according to Paul.You're repeating a slogan that can't be found in scripture. James says that a dead faith cannot save a man.
And we can't be born again unless we choose to respond to his call, so I guess we are all doomed.Our will is not free to choose anything but sin unless born again.
Nope,Faith is a fruit of regeneration (the Holy Spirit).
You are turning the fruit of salvation into the flesh driven means of self-salvation. Whoever believes (trait) vs whoever "chooses" to believe (work of the flesh).Nope,
Faith comes first,
then regeneration.
As Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the desert, in the same way the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to be its judge, but to be its savior. (John 3:14-17)
You cannot discern spiritual truth unless first saved (born again). = false Jesus every time.And we can't be born again unless we choose to respond to his call, so I guess we are all doomed.
But, it doesn't say any such thing.
Instead it says stuff like this:
If you confess that Jesus is Lord and believe that God raised him from death, you will be saved. For it is by our faith that we are put right with God; it is by our confession that we are saved. (Romans 10:9-10)
Since you have accepted Christ Jesus as Lord, live in union with him. Keep your roots deep in him, build your lives on him, and become stronger in your faith, as you were taught. And be filled with thanksgiving. (Colossians 2:6-7)
Hmmm... Seems you are dead wrong.
Judas was condemned because he betrayed Jesus. We don't know if he was originally a true follower or not, but he made his own choice, like everyone. He had the opportunity and ability to be saved.
He could have given her an eternity. If she didn't have the capability to repent, there would be no amount of time that could have helped. You do see the illogic of what you preach don't you?
He in fact was saved. He lost his salvation as Peter preached when they chose another apostle to replace him. He had been given a part in the ministry and of his own volition chose another path.
You seem to have no problem speculating that God did not grant her the ability to repent.
You might want to take a closer look at the definition of the Greek word aírō (G142) and particularly how it applies to things that are attached to something.
1) to raise up, elevate, lift up a) to raise from the ground, take up: stones b) to raise upwards, elevate, lift up: the hand c) to draw up: a fish
2) to take upon one's self and carry what has been raised up, to bear
3) to bear away what has been raised, carry off a) to move from its place b) to take off or away what is attached to anything c) to remove d) to carry off, carry away with one e) to appropriate what is taken f) to take away from another what is his or what is committed to him, to take by force g) to take and apply to any use h) to take from among the living, either by a natural death, or by violence i) cause to cease
It's your interpretation of God's word I argue against.Again, you argue against God's Word, not me.
What I say comes from God's word and it refutes your interpretation of God's word.You are arguing against God's Word.
I have plenty of scripture but usually spend it on a worthy cause.Lol, so post no scripture and just say you are right. Yeah that's quite an argument.
Scripture defines the Christ we serve. If we get that wrong, we get him wrong.
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