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The only heresy peddlers around here are people like yourself who peddle a man-centered soteriology that exalts and glorifies man at the expense of God's glory, majesty, power and justice.

Yeah...loving your enemies is piece of cake. Just as easy as not repaying evil for evil. Or just as easy as obeying the "golden rule". Just as easy as turning the other cheek, etc.

You see what I mean: You saw "golden calves" in those two crystal clear passages. Not a good sign for you...

All I have been saying for months now on various threads is that just like the physically dead have no power to do anything in temporal reality, likewise the spiritually dead have no power to make choices contrary to their evil nature. The Israelites had no power to escape from their BONDAGE to...

Even a little child would be able to understand the passages I quoted. Perhaps one day when you humble yourself as a child, God will bless you with understanding as well.

Wow! What an awesome and edifying testimony to God's goodness, mercy, compassion, faithfulness and truthfulness. I believe every Christian -- every believer down through the centuries have had their own unique Road-to-Damascus type salvation experience. You certainly did, I know I did, Paul...

What does your question have to do with my question? How would you know what God's will is for your life if it weren't for his commands? And I have nothing against God's thrice holy law; for I use it lawfully (1Tim 1:8). Or as the Psalmist said, "I love your law..." (Ps 119;97, 113, 119, 127...

Thanks for the non-answer. And how else would we know what God's prescriptive will is for man unless he gave us commands?

Whoa...We're talking about the Exodus out of Egypt here. You're switching topics here because you can't answer my questions. The Israelites were powerless to leave Egypt on their own. And spiritually dead people today are powerless to choose to be saved -- to choose to override their sin...

Thank you. You have affirmed my point. They could NOT just choose to get up and walk out of Egypt. They were powerless. They were helpless. Therefore, God needed to RESCUE them! Well...here's a little newsflash for you: Since the Exodus is a type of spiritual redemption, then it stands to...

That's your unsubstantiated pipe dream. That is certainly not the way Joshua characterized the Israelites in Egypt to wit: Josh 24:2, 14 2 Joshua said to all the people, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Long ago your forefathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and...

It's easy to understand. Freedom is a two-way street. True freedom means to be free FROM in order to be free TO. Jesus is the perfect example of what true freedom looks like. Because he was free FROM the power of sin, the power of the devil and from fallen world, he was free TO obey his...

You're intentionally missing the point! Here it is one more time: The Israelites did not want to leave Egypt after Moses arrived on the scene. BUT...in SPITE of their hardened hearts, their stubbornness, their reluctance, their reticence, unbelief, etc. God RESCUED them from Pharaoh. (If he...

Yes, A&E had "free will" precisely because they were FREE FROM the power and bondage of sin. To be truly free one must be free from all evil influences in order to freely practice righteousness. In other words, one must be like God! But none of us are spiritually! God is truly free (as I...

So...any unbeliever reading that passage would do well to ignore it because it doesn't apply to him?

Why thank you. That's very magnanimous of you. :coffee:

Thanks for you non-answer. So, I'll give you the thoroughly biblical answer: All four of man's faculties are seated in man's heart. Therefore, since the heart of man is thoroughly corrupt, vile, deceitful, evil and sinful -- then it logically follows that all the faculties therein are also...

Actually, there aren't that many options. Either Christ atoned for all universally and, therefore, all are saved; or he atoned for the sins of many and they are saved. The third option is the most absurd of all: He universally atoned for all but none of them are actually saved until they...

You just freely contradicted yourself. Since God acted contrary to the Israelites' wicked desires, then how did they have free will? God overrode what they wanted -- which was to remain in Egypt! He truly did rescue them since they were powerless to make the right choices. Why would God need...

Did the ancient Israelites in Egypt have "freewill" to walk away from their bondage to Pharaoh? Yup their "free" will that was just as enslaved to their sin nature, as ours were, always made the bad choices. That's why God delivered the Israelites out Egypt and the clutches of Pharaoh in...