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    maximc replied to the thread Calvinism is Gospel !.
    I'm sorry. Rom. 9 is not about salvation. It is about God using his sovereign power to build the nation of Israel without taking...
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    maximc reacted to shyamuraix's post in the thread Calvinism is Gospel ! with Like Like.
    Well a good example I like to compare it is in Revelation : (Revelation 3:5) He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white...
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    maximc replied to the thread Three-fold Salvation.
    Eph. 2:8-9 says, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any...
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    maximc replied to the thread Calvinism is Gospel !.
    If a predestined person can be lost, then everyone is predestined, and that is the Truth. Everyone is predestined to be saved, but...
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    maximc reacted to shyamuraix's post in the thread Calvinism is Gospel ! with Like Like.
    I know, but its The LORD GOD .. His Words, send chills down my spine.. Before I became a believer, one of the ones that really got me...
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    maximc replied to the thread Three-fold Salvation.
    Grace and faith is definitely from God. Exercising the free will to accept that grace is our part.
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    maximc replied to the thread Three-fold Salvation.
    Once a person is born again, the onus definitely is on us because we have a free will. God's grace only assists us as we pursue God.
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    maximc replied to the thread Calvinism is Gospel !.
    The quote you are using from Ezk. 18:4 is about judgment. He very clearly says, "the soul that sinneth shall die". Therefore...
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    maximc replied to the thread Calvinism is Gospel !.
    With all due respect, Dr. Mike Heiser's theology is bad. He says that as long as you know what Jesus did for you on the cross of...
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    maximc replied to the thread Three-fold Salvation.
    The first two happens together as we pray the prayer of repentance and salvation. The third one happens as we take water baptism. I am...
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    maximc replied to the thread Three-fold Salvation.
    No. They were saved by their faith just as Abraham was. So, the for the OT saints, it really does not matter much about knowing the...
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    maximc replied to the thread Three-fold Salvation.
    You are right when you say that the death of the spirit is disconnection from God. So, since their spirit cannot lead them anymore, who...
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    maximc replied to the thread Calvinism is Gospel !.
    That is from 2 Tim. 2:20-21. verse 21 says, "If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified...
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    maximc replied to the thread Saved by faith alone?.
    I wouldn't say that they did not obey Jesus. What I would say is that they had a certain revelation on water baptism which I do not have.
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    maximc replied to the thread Three-fold Salvation.
    If you don't believe in these three avenues of getting saved, then you'll remain confused by the three ways in which we receive...