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Wait a minute! Why would an all-loving God of all mankind w/o exception ever send a strong delusion to anyone since He wills everyone to be saved? Or at least wants everyone to be so.

Thanks for the compliment. I'll take it since Cam is a more righteous man than I am!

There you go! The difference between the two lumps of clay that God created are the two lumps of clay. OR...maybe the lump God created for noble purposes was infused with the light of life (which would make them smarter), while the other lump created for common/shameful/dishonorable purposes...

All the world's religions (save for biblical Christianity) are satanic at its core. Satan could care less that anyone believe in him or not; but he cares very much that people don't believe in Christ. Satan is very content to offer the whole world a smorgasbord of religions because all their...

And you never will see it since all the Lord's statements are UNQUALIFIED. Therefore, I still by my interpretation. I see no limits or conditions being imposed upon any of the people mentioned in the passage.

Many are called (invited) but few are chosen. So believers, then, are smarter or more pious or more humble because they have figured out what the miseries of life are all about, while their far more numerous counterparts are dumber, without piety or just plain ol' proud. The difference...

BTW, the "first resurrection" is spiritual in nature. If you have not been raised up with Chirst in this age, you will be living in very, very warm and unpleasant climes for all eternity. Below is a good article that discusses the "first resurrection"...

Oh...so God is seeking "freewillers" who have freed themselves from the bondage to death, sin, the world and the devil. God doesn't have to rescue such people, as he did with the ancient Hebrews in the Exodus. Evolution is alive and well, I see. :rolleyes:

None of these passages have anything to do with Ex 31. Your typical m.o. What part of Ex 31 that I quoted can't you understand?

First of all, v.12 doesn't teach what you say. The NIV reads: Ezek 37:12 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O my people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. NIV Or, Ezek 37:12 12...

Ex 31:1-7 31:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 "See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts — 4 to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze...

Is that how you view all of Christ's miracles? When he opened the eyes of the blind, that dastardly, mean-spirited Christ FORCED the blind to see. Did Christ ever open the eyes of anyone blind who wasn't HELPLESSLY blind? Or did Christ open the eyes of those who he knew would "cooperate" with...

Oh...that's what you meant to say, was it? So...how do naturally born God-haters transform their own hearts to love God? And why is the Good Samaritan more righteous and loving than the God he loves?

And, yet, there are plenty here who do put a great deal of confidence in their flesh! For while these naturally born God haters were dead in their sins, they rose from their graves to believe in Christ. So POWERFUL is their flesh...it rivals God's power!

And therein is problem. All the ungodly in the world take after their spiritual father; for all they want to do is their own will, just as the devil did his. Why do you think God must give his elect new hearts?

So now you're saying that the Good Samaritan didn't love God? It seems to me that the Good Samaritan is actually MORE righteous and loving than God since he actually and effectively rescued a helpless human being. The Samaritan just didn't toss the half-dead Jew a lifeline and tell him all he...

And this is because Satan's seed in this world want to be just like their father, who wanted to be like God. Synergists covet God's glory which is why they want to rob Him of his.

Yeah...and with whom precisely was the the "Lord working with"? Are the ungodly of this world working together with God? And who are the "us" in 2Cor 5:21: all men in the world w/o exception? :rolleyes:

Just like the half-dead Jew cooperated with the Good Samaritan's rescue mission?

For WHOSE sins? Did Paul write 1Cor to the world or to believers? Also, since you claim that Christ died "for our sins" = the sins of all men w/o exception, then you must believe in universal salvation. After all, the same apostle wrote elsewhere: Gal 1:3-4 3 Grace and peace to you from God...