Recent content by Rufus

`I wonder if "every man" in Jer 10:14 should be understood as meaning all men w/o exception?

I'm as certain they cannot as PT was that they were!

If you did, then give the post number. Or if not, since the question in v. 23a is rhetorical, why can't you just tell us what the easy answer is: YES or NO! Is that too hard for you? And then explain how that answer applies to Israel in "b" part of the text. And how can "b" not have...

My analogy is sound. It's only unsound to those who cannot see clearly that David was a type of the Son of David. It seems to me that you to this day suffer from satanic blindness from which you think you healed yourself by the power of your mighty "freewill". And "each of us found our [own]...

Is that what the Good Samaritan did with the half-dead Jew he found on the road: He forced himself upon him because he determined to help a helpless human being? But I digress...point to chapter and verse that teaches that God gifts everyone with "freewill".

Hey, Studier, I'm still waiting for you to address the questions I raised re Jer 13:23! Don't tell me that you still haven't figured out the answer to the prophet's rhetorical question in part "a" of the text? (For a guy who prides himself on his smarts, you're a wee bit slow on the uptake...

God does far more than "advise": HE COMMANDS! And now you want to know "why" he commands? The answer is simple: So that his elect would have the objective presuppositional truth claims of His Word against which to measure their lives. What better way for His elect to become aware that they...

There is no "favoritism avoided" since there isn't any basis for God to play favorites in the first place. That kind of inane excuse is a fiction of your own corrupt imagination And there's no text in scripture that talks about God "gracing all sinners with sufficient 'mfw' to seek salvation...

I am so glad you wrote what I bolded in red because this very clearly demonstrates just how shallow your understanding of spiritual truth is, which I commented on recently! Was not David a king? Was not David a type of Christ? Is not Jesus Christ the Son of David? Isn't Jesus Christ the...

Since you say that favoritism is so obvious, how come you are unable to tell us what the basis of that favoritism would be if God elects many to salvation and not all? Are some unregenerate sinners more righteous than others? More religious than others? More pious than others? Smarter than...

That is correct insofar as it goes, so I FTFY, since you forgot to mention the second part. After all, has any more mortal been come into this world fearing God and loving Him?

These "freewill Christians" (so called) sound more and more like Satan's seed whereby they exalt the power of their "freewill" and greatly diminish God's rescuing work in saving his people. They reduce God to a cosmic, passive spectator who merely provides opportunities for all to be saved as...

In other words, you're without a clue which is why you can't provide a straight, honest answer to my pertinent question re your empty, blasphemous charge of "favoritism" against God if he chooses to save only many instead of all w/o exception. The question again: How could God favor any person...

Why in the world would any FWer need to "buy" salve from Christ to anoint their eyes to see when they clearly saw (understood) the gospel by the almighty power of their own "freewill" apart from that healing salve!?

The FWers refuse to see themselves as God does: Helpless, vile, depraved, wicked, evildoers imprisoned in chains! If only every professing Christian would see themselves as humble Mephibosheth did -- as a DEAD DOG totally unworthy of God's love and grace then such humble confession and...