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Is the Holy Spirit a gracious gift from God?

You're the dishonest one here. You can't answer the tough questions. And this demonstrates just how much you and others here are just like the God-hating, self-righteous Pharisees who despised the grace of the Triune God! In your dark, twisted world if God dare rescue helpless people apart...

Wrong miracle, Bunky. :rolleyes: Nice deflection though. :rolleyes: In other words, you can't give me an honest answer to my question. I will have to take that to mean that you believe Jesus' miracle with Lazarus was NOT an act of Grace. Was Jesus' miracle an evil act, since he didn't...

Given that premise, then you would have to logically deny (to be consistent with yourself) that the Good Samaritan did not love the helpless crime victim he rescued because the victim never gave him his "free" will permission to rescue him. In fact, come to think of it, the ancient Israelites...

So, tell me -- just how does the noun "grace" differ from the adjective "gracious"? Are you going to say that Jesus' miracle with Lazarus was not an act of Grace? If so, why? And if so, how would you characterize Jesus' act?

Only in your pipe dreams. The Pharisees hated the concept the of grace. They were very Arminian or Pelagian in their thinking.

Has it ever occurred to you that perhaps this is why Jesus taught that both he and the truth would set men free? Unregenerate sinners need to be set free from all which enslaves them -- the world, the flesh (sin nature) and the devil. One free FROM all these, then man is free TO make...

If it'll make you feel any better just take a vote to gain the approval of men. You can learn much from the Pharisees in the NT. They were experts in backslapping and coveting the approval of men.

And the reason "they just cannot bring themselves to accept" the plain truth is due to their self-deceived hearts and their pride. Christianity aside, the rest of the religious world has deceived itself into believing they they can merit God's favor in one way or another. It's no wonder that...

Yeah, you did miss the point entirely because the prodigal's "free" will is not the point to the parable. You made a huge deal of all the prodigal's "I wills' when the real point is that God welcomes, receives and delights in humble, repentant sinners -- a truth that the self-righteous...

I have a question for you, Mr. Genez: When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, do you believe that was a gracious act by the Savior? If not, why?

Well then...since you misunderstand the doctrine of election, stick around and pay close attention to those who do understand. Perhaps it would please God to open your mind and heart to the truth.

What is it about God's sovereign will that drives you mad? Also, you're missing the central point to the Prodigal Parable. And the central point is not how people are saved per se, but rather that God welcomes and accepts repentant sinners, a truth which the self-righteous Pharisees and...

You're assuming in the Prodigal Parable that no grace was working in the prodigal's life. You're assuming that the prodigal came to his spiritual senses all under his own power. You're assuming that the prodigal wasn't made willing by God's power. Conversely, Jesus taught that "apart from me...

For starters, get up to speed up on the unilateral, unconditional New Covenant promises in Jer 31, 32 and Ezek 36. For example, when God declares that he will give his covenant people a new heart, whose going to prevent him from performing his will?

Pure conjecture on your part. The Fall of mankind, while impacting the whole man in terms of how the sin nature was passed on by Adam to all his progeny, doesn't change the fact that the great emphasis in scripture is on the immaterial parts of man -- his essence and his heart. There's not one...

Here's a wild and crazy idea: Because all sin proceeds from within us and not from without us (e.g. the skin that hangs off our bones). The focus of scripture is clearly on the inner man (sin nature and the heart), not the outer, visible parts of man. There's nothing sinful about our skin...

You're the one grasping at straws when you say that Calvinism doesn't believe that Jesus is the Way. Do you have something to back up that straw man statement?

I thought God was in the soul saving business? No? The "part" of us responsible for our depravity is our fallen human nature and a totally depraved heart.

For your info, Calvinism also teaches that "Jesus is the Way"? So, was there some point you were trying to make in your above post? However, there are many versions of the gospel and any version that rejects the Five Doctrines of Grace is definitely at minimum a false gospel.