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Yes, harmonizing = rightly dividing (including discerning whom God intends to receive the message). Please share how you would do such for my second example in post #380 (which is regarding John :^). Thanks for your input.

I am beginning our study by sharing Scriptures frequently cited by TULIPists against belief in MFW. The next passage I have in mind is the one you referred to earlier in John's gospel: John 10:27-29 – "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life...

Okay, let us return to considering how to harmonize the texts that I shared in the first example: Romans 8:38-39, "For I am convinced that neither death nor life… nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (versus)...

Okay. I replied to Jackson #380, so it is your turn to reply to his #381, please. Then I will continue our original discussion. Thanks.

How so? Because their insistence on the inability of the natural man's volition to have any part in salvation made me specify how that is achieved without it being meritorious, based on GW such as "what do you have that you were not given?" I see you don't like the "qualitative & quantitative...

No, I realized that you are astute enough to recognize the play on words (omni = all or whosoever) based on the 7 pearls, including John 3:16 and 1Tim. 2:3-4.

More exactly, tongues was the outward sign at Pentecost that believers had been filled with the HS's love, which is the normative or typical sign of Spirit baptism and filling per John 13:35 and Gal. 5:6, 14 & 22-23.

Spiritual warfare per Eph. 6:10-17 is TOP #179: Be strong in the Lord by putting on the armor of God in order to defeat the devil’s schemes. [EPH 6:10-17, 2PT 1:5-9] Each piece of armor relates to the word of God as follows: belt of truth by LGW (Matt. 4:4), breastplate of...

Paul answered that question in TOP #54: Spiritual worship consists of offering one’s body to God as a living sacrifice of service. [Rom. 12:1]

I agree and wonder whether you would like to participate in a systematic study of the doctrine of election on the Hermeneutics thread beginning with post #368.

Jackson, I will respond to your post item by item as I did with Studier: 1. "I don't believe in total security.": I was raised to believe in eternal security aka once saved, always saved (OSAS), but then I read the Bible completely through and discovered what I call the sour 16, which are 16...

All truth is God's Word (John 1:14), and God's Spirit is Truth (1John 5:6), but the focus of Scripture is on the Gospel truth or GRFS as in Acts 16:30-31.

I think the following about what you think: 1. "I think you're harmonizing a very contested topic and revealing that proof-texting from one side of the argument doesn't work.": I agree and hope rational folks on both sides of the argument will agree so far, but it remains to be seen if anyone...

Okay, let us consider what the texts say that I shared in the example: Romans 8:38-39, "For I am convinced that neither death nor life… nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” versus Hebrews 10:26-36, “If we...

In this case begin with #368 where I introduce the topic. See you there!

Glad you like it, but I am running low on songs to mine, so I hope others will contribute.

I am starting a systematic discussion of the doctrine of election on the Hermeneutics thread for the purpose of attaining a consensus regarding all relevant Scripture. Please participate if you have a heart for achieving harmony/unity in the faith rather than arguing only one side of the issue.

Consider this song from one of the founders of the Contemporary Christian genre, Larry Norman: Some people say rock 'n roll is of the devil, I don't believe that It came from the church, belongs to the church There's a good world that God has created here, He's given us everything The devil has...

Such a Santa leaves omni kid a present.

Okay, now we need someone rational to represent the TULIP viewpoint for us to harmonize with. Have you encountered anyone like that on the UGE thread we could invite to play the devil's advocate?