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What do you mean by “we cant maintain our eternal state”? I think you are conflating two ideas. There is a difference between Christ’s victory being imputed to us to save us and our responsibility to believe in him. If you mean that we cannot earn our own salvation and free ourselves from...

I dont recall asking a question. I was trying to respond to one.

I agree that God is faithful even when we are faithless. But I dont think this is teaching that God is responsible for our faith, or lackthereof. We see that Israel was faithless regularly in the OT. However, that did not undermine God’s faithfulness towards Israel and his plan to bring hope...

I do not disagree with any of this. But I don‘t know how this relates to faith being the responsibility of God on behalf of the believer. Faith is our responsibility and God holds us accountable for failure to believe on Jesus Christ. God is not the one at fault for our failure to believe or...

Do you have any verses to support this obligation of the HS or that faith is the responsibility of God to bestow upon us?

Yes and that gift is promised to everyone who is believing on his name. In John 3:16, pistis is a present participle. In other words, it refers to the ongoing act of belief and not a momentary act of faith.

I disagree strongly. The rest spoken of from Joshua was the rest from wandering in the desert and inheriting the promised land. This wandering is compared to the Christian and makes the parallel that we also wander in a desert, feeding on manna from above (the body of Christ) to sustain us...

This is just not true. I encourage you to read again the entire book in its entirety. The book begins with showing how Jesus and the message of the Gospel is greater than the angels and the message of the Law. In fact, the author states in chapter 2, So, obviously, the topic here is...

Thanks for your reply. I would disagree that the verses I cited are referring more towards intentional and willful sin. I think most sin is intentional and willful. I dont see that the cross of Christ has more reach regarding unintentional sin than intentional sin (not saying this is your...

I agree. Jesus will never cast us out. However, the verses I quoted refer to believers walking away from the truth they have received. I think that is a different concept altogether.

All of this is true, for those who are in the faith. But if you walk away from the faith and walk away from the Son, you walk away from His cleansing and grace. There is a reason Paul uses phrases like “fallen from grace.” This clearly means that someone has grace and they fall away from it...

Yes. If not, then much of scripture needs to be explained away, imo Hebrews 6:3–8 (ESV): 3 And this we will do if God permits. 4 For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted...

Well, i appreciate you reading through the thread. I suppose if you see my comments as a “lifeless force” void of “profound spiritual truths” then I dont have much to say. My guide on these matters is the Scriptures, not some self-asserted spiritual profundity. If the basis of your arguments...

First, I never said all who are judged are damned. I simply said that judgment comes after death. Nowhere does Scripture say that after death comes preaching, possible repentance and then judgment. Second, Scripture is very clear that without hearing the Gospel there is no salvation. Why...

He did it on earth so that men might ”repent for the kingdom of heaven is near.” There is no repentance in the grave. That is why he wouldn’t preach in hades.

Rhom, I am having trouble understanding your posts. I will quote them section by section to help you understand my confusion. I want to respond, but I really do not understand what you are confronting that I have said that you disagree with. Your point was that many children…..what? You...

A thesis? About what? Are you suggesting God was unjust in His actions? Also, how do you know anyone was pleading to get into the ark? It seems you are saying that because the kids were unjustly condemned, Jesus was giving them a second chance to be freed from the spiritual prison. First...

Awelight, I appreciate your thoughts and insightful response. I do not disagree that God’s foreknowledge applies to us a people. I would just not limit it to ONLY that. I think it also includes future events and is not limited to his knowledge of us as people. In my post above, there are...

Paul, thanks for your post. I always enjoy reading your thoughts on these matters and agree with much of your writing. I do think it is possible that God limits some of His future knowledge of events, but my gut reading of Scripture is that God‘s foreknowledge does consist of full awareness of...

Yes, the spirits of those who were disobedient in the face of God’s long suffering and waiting are now in prison. The point is that the baptized are saved and are now preaching to those who will also one day find their spirits in prison due to their persecution and mistreatment of the...