SaulToPaul 2
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He's wanting you to BEG him for an explanation, STP. He believes he deserves it.
Yes, but I probably still would not understand. Like 99% of the population, I am inferior to him in intelligence.
He's wanting you to BEG him for an explanation, STP. He believes he deserves it.
18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
Okay, glad to clarify.If you were electivly saved before you were born (ie. before you did anything at all), then you were eternally saved before any persevering took place.
Hold on a second.
Are you saying that God elected some to be elect for a time, but then would strip them of their election because they did not persevere?
That kinda goes against the theory that God elected the elect before they were even born or did anything at all.
It also goes against the elect having ETERNAL life, because if you were elected for ETERNAL life, then you can't do anything to make it non-ETERNAL.
It also goes against Calvinism in that it bases keeping salvation (ETERNAL life) on the merits of men (whether they persevere or not).
Well, if you believe God makes some believe only for a while, and then takes their belief away ........ you could be one that will not persevere and get kicked out of the elect crowd.
OSAS just flew out the window for you.
Okay, glad to clarify.
Those who are born-again (regeneration) will continue to trust in Christ forever. One can never become unsaved, and that due to the Sovereignty of God in salvation.
Romans 8:30 (KJV)
Swelling does not mean what you think it means, in the Greek.
Oh, now you are a modern day "god"rulz, aren't you, Mayor, a member of the Scholar's Union of Academic Vanity ? Why don't you have your own "the Greek" course, Professor Demas, on the University of Phoenix "credible" web site, and impress all your cigar smoking, brandy sipping, country club/chat room friends, and use such impressive jazz, such as this lecture:
Ephesians 1:3-6But in reality they were effectively saved (as in safe) from eternity past by virtue of election which cannot be thwarted by man nor demon. Making faith moot, as Tam pointed out.
But in reality they were effectively saved (as in safe) from eternity past by virtue of election which cannot be thwarted by man nor demon. Making faith moot, as Tam pointed out.
You are out of step with orthodoxy, orthopraxy, and orthodontics...MAD wacko.
What is the topic again?
You are out of step with orthodoxy, orthopraxy, and orthodontics...MAD wacko.
What is the topic again?
There they go . . sinking down into Yuck Mode already.
You guys are so predictable.
A refresher course: http://theologyonline.com/showthread.php?89868-Spammers-wasteland&p=3358421&viewfull=1#post3358421You are out of step with orthodoxy, orthopraxy, and orthodontics...MAD wacko.
What is the topic again?
There they go . . sinking down into Yuck Mode already.
You guys are so predictable.
So what you're saying is that God created some people with the explicit intent to condemn them to hell?Ephesians 1:3-6
God has always known who are His own (from the foundation of the world), and in time (temporally) gifts them with faith to believe.
As faith is from the Holy Spirit, it is vital and central to our lives as Christians.
And just what site is this?
I believe we are on DebbieDowner.com
Ephesians 1:3-6
God has always known who are His own (from the foundation of the world)
Specific individuals? I disagree that that's what Paul meant.