The New Testament does not contain incorrect information. However, the New Testament was NEVER intended to be used the way you use it, which is prone to incorrect interpretations. It seems your approach to the Bible is to begin with what you already know to be true and then find verses that seem to say what you want to hear. Instead, we should approach the scriptures as those who want to be taught by them.
I didn't say that. Why are you putting words in my mouth?
God doesn't make us do anything. You clearly didn't understand what I posted to you. Go back and read it again. If not, at least admit your strategy. You are following a script or a playbook. You have preprogrammed responses to statements that sound "Reformed." If he says "this". I say that. You aren't really trying to follow the argument, are you?
No, you posted verses, which associate belief with Salvation. There is a distinction. You hear causation where none was intended.
I addressed them.
I did.
Did he draw each and every man to himself? No. So interpretation isn't true on the face it. And since you quoted out of context, you don't really know what Jesus meant.
The context of John 12 shows that the crowd gathering around Jesus was no longer made up only of local Jews—Greeks were now seeking Him as well. Against that backdrop, Jesus’ statement about drawing “all men” to Himself is best understood as inclusive of all kinds of people, not every individual without exception. His point is that the saving power of the cross will extend beyond Israel and reach the nations, just as John consistently emphasizes throughout his Gospel. In other words, people of every group—Jew and Greek, near and far—will be drawn to Him, not merely the immediate crowd standing before Him.
As I said, I am not a Calvinist.
The Holy Spirit can be grieved, but where does it say it can be resisted?
I don't believe in irresistible grace.
I don't see the problem.
I am not a Calvinist.
Were you speaking to me? I don't think so. I agree that Romans 9, 10, and 11 form a complete unit. In those chapters, Paul is defending his gospel against those who accuse him of false teaching. His gospel seems to suggest that God's promises to Israel have failed and that God is starting again with the Gentiles. Paul denies this and sets out to prove it.
Glorified is in the Aorist tense, grouped with a list of other verbs, each in the aorist tense. This construction alerts the reader that all of the verbs form a complete unit and cannot be separated.
You assume I am a Calvinist and place all that on me. I never said I was a Calvinist. I said I believe another way but you have made it clear that you don't want to know what that is. Sorry, you can't have it both ways.
Paul is explaining that there is a fundamental difference between those who grasp spiritual truths and those who cannot. The distinction is not intelligence or education but the presence and work of the Holy Spirit. The person without the Spirit finds the things of God unintelligible, while the person enlightened by the Spirit is able to perceive and embrace them.
Yes, he did. Of course he did. He was talking about those born of the Spirit. What else do you need to know?
That's what I said. It sounds like you don't know what being born again is?
Right. I never said otherwise.
If the “natural man” is unable to grasp the things of God, then he is also unable to grasp the gospel itself, since the gospel is the central message of God’s revelation. And if he cannot truly understand the gospel, he cannot, on his own, make a meaningful or saving decision to believe it. Paul’s point is that apart from the illuminating work of the Holy Spirit, the message of Christ remains foolishness, not something a person can freely and spiritually embrace.
Do you see what is happening here? Once we focus on the scriptures, you begin to make my points for me.
What do you want to know about it? BTW, I don't agree with the Reformed interpretation of "dead" in Ephesians 2:1. They hold that "dead" here refers to the privation of our will and mind, resulting in our inability to believe in Jesus Christ. I hold that "dead" in this context refers to our status as those worthy of punishment and condemnation at the final judgment.
