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It is rather unique for someone to say that a person is saved before they believe. Even Reformed/Calvinistic people recognize that a person is saved after they believe. They get around this problem by saying that God gifts them "faith" so that He can save them on the basis of their faith. They...

You have the order wrong. They believe first, then God saves them after they believe. There are many verses that confirm this chronological order.

You are correct that nobody can go to Christ for salvation without being drawn by God. But He draws all people to Himself (Jn 12:32) and He wants to save them all (2 Pet 3:9). And He won't save them until/unless they believe (1 Cor 1:21).

From New Life in Christ Jesus - Everything We Need for Life and Godliness: Man’s singular role in salvation has always been to believe in Jesus Christ. This does not detract from God’s sovereignty. He is the one who decided, without any counsel from man, to offer Jesus Christ as the Savior of...

This helps me understand better what you meant when you said, "The word you need to find is mystical or mysterious".

Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. (Ge 1:3) Upon God issuing the command for light to come into existance, light came into existance. God dreamed up the concept of light and spoke it into existance. This is not hard to understand. But I agree with you that treating the...

Words are inanimate and can not be described as being dead or alive. Any allusion to such is metaphorical in one way or anlother. When you say, "Yes, the passage refers to God Himself being alive", it leads me in one direction. But when you say, "I guess you judge it to mean His words themselves...

I didn't say that. I said I was holding off judgement on the issue until I had obtained additional information. Because it is clear that the passage is referring to God Himself being alive and not to the words that proceed out of His mouth. This is most obvious in verse 13 which says, "And...

I took the time to look up and copy/paste all the text for the verses you referenced to see what you might be thinking. Then I started a lengthy post to discuss each verse. But I decided to scrap that idea and replace it with this sentence: "I think, as you have indicated, that you are using...

I think, as you have indicated, that you are using logical inference to equate Jesus and the Holy Spirit with lógos. I do not know if your POV rises to the level of mythological personification. But there are indications in what you say that you believe GW is alive -- not in terms of GW being...

It is not possible to completely divide the trinity into three members, and it is not possible to completely merge them into one. There are three members, and they are one. The fact that Scripture referrs only to Jesus as having the name "the Word of God" strongly suggests it is reserved for...

I have done a bit of research on this subject. I searched the Scriptures and I looked in BDAG, Louw-Nida Greek-English Lexicon, and The Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. I found no instances where "the Word" or "the Word of God" is a reference to the Holy Spirit. Instead, I see...

I believe the Holy Spirit is "the Spirit", "the Spirit of God", and "the Spirit of Christ" mentioned interchangeably in Romans 8:9 as living in the hearts of those who belong to God. His presence in a person's heart is despositive for determining whether a person is alive to God or dead in his...

The Spirit Himself is the one who bears witness/testifies that we are His children (Ro 8:16). If HS=GW, then saying HS communicates via GW is saying HS communicates through HS, which does not make any sense. It would make sense if GW=the words contained in the Bible. Then, HS communicates...

I think the first four words clarify that when you refer to GW you are not referring to the Bible but to the Holy Spirit Himself. The remainder of the post seems to not point to the Holy Spirit, but to His ministries (teaching and revelation) and to something He inspired to be written (the...

I know GW is an acronym for "God's Word". I am confused about what exactly you are referring to by "God's Word". In a previous post you combined GW and Scripture togeter as "God's Word/Scripture", indicating God's Word is synonymous with Scripture. But then you say here that GW is not the...

OK, what does GW stand for?

Certainly God's Spirit uses the Bible as a resource and He teaches us its meaning. But they are not one and the same entity. This is clear from many passages that speak of Him. For instance, Romans 8:26 says, Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should...

I am too literal a person to take this at face value without objection. You must mean something other than "The Bible is God". Maybe you can explain it in another way. We are on the same page here. It technically satisfies my request, but I'm mainly interested in the intimacy of the...

I was responding to the impersonal descriptions of the functions of the Holy Spirit that were common in my upbringing as a new Christian. I was not taught anything about the personal relationship we have with Him. I think this was because Baptists were (/are?) afraid of being associated with...