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Since they are scriptural teachings, your questions make no sense.
Then I guess I wasn't talking about you. But since you mention it, why does He change hearts? What's the difference between an old heart and a new heart?
I've never said man has no free will. So I'm not sure what this rant is about.
The issue was settled when Hammster admitted God hates sin and therefore reproves mankind because He doesn't want them to be sinful. Unless you believe God reproves, rebukes, etc sinners for some other reason?
Two points here:
You would grieve the teachers decision if one or more, but not all of the hung over students were allowed to turn their assignments in late...and you'd win.
He's in the upper room with 11 of the 12. He hand picked the Apostles from all of His disciples. (Lk.6:13)
I didn't say you don't believe what you believe. You've been so indoctrinated by Calvinism you can't see that your usage of the term "unwilling" is different from every dictionary on earth.
Oh by no means are you lying Hammster. You're completely deluded and here's the proof. By all means, please divorce yourself from all emotion. If you like, use a scenario where you're watching another person that you have no emotional attachment to. Just use your sense of what is right and what is wrong. Would you approve of any parent punishing his child because the parent told his child to do something the kid couldn't do?
Maybe you should read Jn 15 and discover that Jesus was instructing His flock about things which, according to Calvinism, they have no need even think about.
Because the old is not capable of being perfect. (Please notice that the old heart is not incapable of doing anything right.)
Lol...to begin with, not much. The new heart is the old heart being renewed. Your heart is your mind, which is being changed over time, of course by yielding to the Spirit.
Wonderful! So Calvinism teaches that man has free will to make any decision he so desires...yes?
The Bishops of this synod made the same mistake the reformers later made. Yes, I know...hold the presses...here on Christian Forums, jdbear is going to tell you what the giants of theology didn't see!!!
Because at some point in our lives, we become aware of good and evil and when evil is recognized in our lives, it kills.
That's fine skala, as long as her decision wasn't arbitrary. God doesn't pick names out of a hat either. (And just between you and me, I don't think you sound a bit like griff.)
Unwilling. Not willing. Not sure what dictionary you use.
Again, you are making an argument that has no bearing on what I believe. That's called a straw man argument.
Or you just misunderstand John 15.
How much more right can the new heart do than the old?
So Paul was wrong when he said we were new creations? The old has gone? Behold the new?
That he desires? Yes.
What good will it do for me to point out the first word of your proof text is conditional?
Unwilling or not willing mean reluctant, yet able. A person who is simply not willing can choose to be willing. A person who is unable has no choice. If I redefined words, Calvinism would make sense.
Your sense of right and wrong (especially as a Christian) with respect to how a parent treats a child isn't a straw man. When a person is brainwashed with false doctrine, they are unwilling to answer a simple question that defeats the heresy.
I know the meaning of the word "if".
That depends on how much the individual wants to listen.
No, he was right when he said we are new creations with old natures to fight with.
How much desire did Paul have for the things of God before he was born again?
I've been calm all along. Maybe you're perception is a little skewed by the questions you've been asked and won't answer.
So you find getting mocked, beaten to within an inch of death and spiked on a cross to finish the job extremely desirable to the masses then? We'll save the part about how believers should expect persecution for later.
Then give me your interpretation of the passage I cited.
The salvation process doesn't begin with the indwelling of the Spirit, but with God reaching out to the sinner.
When Jesus said the flesh profits nothing, He wasn't equating spirit and life with the Holy Spirit. You're misapplying passages of scripture the same way the Bishops did.
I've proposed neither, as recognizing you're a sinner doesn't mean anything more than you see you're a sinner.
Because the knowledge of good and evil is spiritual and although we are spirits, we have bodies of flesh, which are carnal.
Of course. The flaw is our parents acquired a knowledge that God didn't want them to have and passed it onto us.
No. You edited my comment.
No, that's not it. When you use words like "brainwashed", it just shows that you aren't confident in your replies. When I do answer and I get "there's no way you really believe that", it shows that you have no real response, and are just going to keep repeating the same thing.
Except people were unaware that Jesus would suffer and be killed. Put that together with the miracles and teachings they witnessed and there goes your theory.
I answer every question you ask, but you can't answer mine, yet I'm the one who has no response? Ok.
Hahahaha....ok Hammster.
