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You say that as you completely misunderstand it. You are not a good exegete. Please don't muddy this thread anymore. The poster asked calvinist' to answer and you are not one. You're not even a skilled opponent. Please leave this thread to those who can exegete properly and further this...

Also, John 3 does NOT say whosoever in the open ended sense. That is just the spin our use of the English word gives it. It is actually a single Greek word translated into a phrase "whosoever believes". It is better translated " the believing ones". In John 3 Jesus gives us 2 classes of people...

Perhaps I didn't say that so well. Of course God foreknows details. He knows everything. My point was that when the Bible speaks of predestination and foreknowledge the objects are always persons, not events. It isn't the details, or our faith, or our works that God foreknows, it is us. It is a...

It is the righteous judgement of God. Read Romans man, the whole book. Paul tells us often that God hardens people in their sin. He sends them prophets to condemn them. The purpose is so that when they reject the prophet, God will judge them and display His justice. Read isaiah 6-9. God displays...

We are talking about the foreknowledge of God. Best to find a passage pertaining to that subject then to rip this one from it's context and twist it to say something it clearly isnt. Try Romans 8:28-30

Read eph 1,2, and 3. All of the chapters. Next John 3, 6, 8, and 17. Lastly Romans 8 and 9. These are whole chapters in context. They teach God's total sovereignty in salvation. It's clear from these passages that man cannot repent, he is simply too evil. We naturally love our sin and would...

That isn't a biblical view of predestinarian. In the new testament God doesn't foreknow things or details, He foreknows people. It has the same connotation of the Hebrew word yada which means to love. God predestines individual persons, according to His own good pleasure. Eph 2 man. It's right...

John 3 teaches calvinism. If you read it daily and cannot see that, then you don't know the gospel.

This is all conjecture. You just said this isn't the new heavens and new earth, but the verse starts by saying that it is. Did you even read the verse? So you think we are ignorant of what it says??

Isaiah 48

If God does not perfectly know the future then prophecy is no guarantee. He mocks the false gods in Isaiah because they cannot tell the future. That would mean that He fails His own test for godhood. Not sure how you would feel about that either

I am so very sorry budman. You asked for Calvinists to answer and after reading all those answers, not one person is a Calvinist. I will answer for you, and thanks for asking. Yes. God created out of the same mass of humanity one group for honor and one for dishonor. We fell corporately in Adam...

Wrong. All who the Father gives to Jesus come, and all are raised up ate the last day. Read John 6

You are completely misapplying 1 Cor 1:23. It is not wise to rip verses from their contexts. That isn't how we read scripture. Again, you are not answering. Pretending to be noble because you accept something based on your gut is not admirable. It's foolish. Scripture tells us to test all...

This is exactly correct. The gentile converts to Christianity did not keep Sabbath, but met for a meal and worship on Sunday to commemorate the resurrection. Only the Jews continued to keep Sabbath as they always have. The Catholic Church has nothing to do with it, that is a historical fallacy...

The Bible does not give us an age of the earth. Counting back genealogy doesn't give you an accurate number. In Jewish genealogy it is not important to list every person in a lineage, this can easily be shown by read extrabiblical sources and even from the gospel. This however does not mean...

Actually his approach is perfectly sound. You are the one twisting scripture to say what it does not. Jesus said he is the door, does he then have hinges? This method of literalistic interpretation cannot be used to defend sound doctrine. It runs in circles and falls all over itself. You need to...

This is a complete non answer. I and several others have answered you points, provided our own, and waited for a response. Amazingly I predicted that you would avoid the questions and provide no more answers. I am sad to have been right but not at all surprised. You are not a hero by dropping...

Just because people disagree doesn't mean that the source is flawed. Abuse of a sufficient source doesn't invalidate it. Hence my above response.

Does this mean I win?