Reactions received by Rufus
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"Straight Jacket", heh? Sounds like God imposing his will over ours. -
There is no such thing as an "unchecked" will, if by that you mean freedom to do anything we want. Even God Almighty cannot do... -
BillyBob reacted
to Rufus's post in the thread Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR.
Exactly right! Faithfulness is the other side of the Faith coin. Faith is the one time act of believing internally in the heart Gospel... -
selahsays reacted to Rufus's post in the thread Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR.
YUP! And right here we can clearly see what God's intentions were for all mankind when we go back to Gen 3:15! It was never God's... -
selahsays reacted to Rufus's post in the thread Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR.
I totally agree with that. As I said earlier, there are pros and cons to both the Formal and Dynamic Equivalency translations...
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Rosemaryx reacted to Rufus's post in the thread Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR.
No he doesn't. Learn to read. He commands all men to repent. There's a difference between effectual calling and commanding. There's... -
BillyBob reacted to Rufus's post in the thread Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR.
Great question! Of course, he would not have come. I even wrote once on that we all have had our own "On-the-Road-to-Damascus"...
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selahsays reacted to Rufus's post in the thread Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR.
And just remember this about the term "foreknowledge". It is an anthropomorphism used of God to accommodate our finite understanding...
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selahsays reacted to Rufus's post in the thread Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR.
First, Jesus specifically prayed for only the elect. He prayed for his disciples in earshot and he prayed for all those who would...
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FollowerofShiloh reacted to Rufus's post in the thread Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR.
I agree. Adam got the short end of the stick...for all eternity! Eve, though, was reconciled to God...for all eternity. -
FollowerofShiloh reacted to Rufus's post in the thread Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR.
I have a better question: From what did the sinless Jesus need to be saved?
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CS1 reacted to Rufus's post in the thread Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR.
I have a better question: From what did the sinless Jesus need to be saved? -
Magenta reacted to Rufus's post in the thread Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR.
So, then...Judas, the devil, etc. are all saved, happy, blissful campers in heaven since whoever comes to the Son, the Son will never... -
selahsays reacted to Rufus's post in the thread Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR.
And for good reason. The justified are viewed as righteous as Christ is. Yet, this still doesn't change the fact that Christians still...
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Cameron143 reacted to Rufus's post in the thread Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR.
And all the NT was in fact spoken by Jesus if we are to believe John 16:12-15 12 "I still have many things to say to you, but you...
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FollowerofShiloh reacted to Rufus's post in the thread Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR.
From what I've been reading, it appears Israel's defenses performed virtually flawlessly. (Praise God!) Now the ball is in Netanyahu's...
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selahsays reacted to Rufus's post in the thread Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR.
(map cut to save space) Hah...I agree. And that is largely due to Obama's legacy! You remember: The guy who talked about "my Muslim...
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What exactly do you mean by "choice is given...to everyone? But you didn't search the scriptures wherein The Infinite Source of all...
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BillyBob reacted to Rufus's post in the thread Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR.
Hah...an excellent observation! (y) Even though Jesus himself renamed him, when Peter is about to stumble he calls him by the OLD name...
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BillyBob reacted to Rufus's post in the thread Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR.
What I wrote yesterday was to show that we cannot understand how the will of God and the free moral agency of man, when they intersect...