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I agree, no one chooses God first. I've explained that the blinding was judgement after rejection. 🙏🏻 This is my point. God moved first working within mankind to save as many as those who would believe. To examine this in harmony. If Christ died for all. God wants all to be saved. God...

God commanding unbelievers to believe in Christ is not them saving themselves, it is obedience in surrender to Christ to do what they could never do themselves. Typical strawman arguments.

Very true. Of course the laws will always be holy but the standard to stand in front of God is perfection. As to why the High Priest had to do so many rituals just to be perfectly cleaned (atoned) for a short period. I respect your effort to resist assumptions and understand the other person...

I'm assuming you're referring to these quotes as a contradiction? Maybe you can clarify if I fail to clarify but I see separation as in they could never enter the eternal presence of God unless atoned for. God wants all but the choice is on mankind not on God. As to why only man commits sin...

Not either/or but both/and. Here we see those given but yet in other passages we see that Christ died for everyone. For whoever will believe. God gave His Son for all. That is core Christian doctrine. So how do we harmonize a passage that seems to say only God gives some to Christ but yet the...

Idk I'm not really following that conclusion. Maybe it has been a long day dealing with an eye infection. If God draws all but not all respond then to me the error falls on man. If God wants all to be saved and died for everyone but not everyone is saved, then I naturally see the error fall on...

What tradition? Honestly, I find truth and error in most of them. Which is why I believe the church has such a problem with unity is that we become dogmatic in the doctrines of traditions when even the early church fathers didn't hold the same beliefs on theology. Now I can say I hold to the...

Oh absolutely a total depraved state. But I guess where we may disagree is I simply believe after God moved first to draw all unto Himself, my mind goes to the contradiction. If God draws all but not all are saved then what prevents their salvation? God the all-sovereign one or man who...

I consider free will just as the Trinity to be defined from the evidence within the scriptures while I agree neither word is found in scripture. I'd suppose if we had to define free will it would be we are free in the sense on how we respond to God. How do we respond to the moral law written...

I'm self-taught but feel it to be Holy Spirit-led. So I don't hold to any tradition except those that complement how the Bible reads. I came to the Bible before being heavily exposed to past doctrines. 1. Regardless of what the gift is, the meaning of the word speaks of pistis as something...

It sounds like the confusion is within the context of a believer which makes the quote “whoever chooses to sin” true. Because in Christ we are set free from sin which also means we have a choice to either obey or disobey in the pursuit of sanctification. As for the unbeliever, legalism gets...

Very true as to why we needed God and Jesus. John 6:44 ESV No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. John 12:32 ESV And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” God draws all people as only God could...

God calls us to make a choice to either believe or reject Him. He doesn't force conversion. It would be a lie of Jesus and the Apostles who called for people to believe, if in fact they had no choice.

Oil represents readiness with being intentional of the groom's return. An oil seller could very well be those who help prepare and keep the lanterns full. Those who help edify, encourage, and uplift the body of Christ. To not be ready is to show a disconnection in concern for the groom. The...

Very true. We must guard the heart, mind, and soul from corruption. Especially teaching the youth the dangers of association even if they are not directly involved.

Communist is only to gain votes. His true intention is to spread Islam and bring more Islamist in the country. He just knows what people want to hear in those districts.

I believe everyone should adopt these rules. 1. Know what you want in life. Kids, security, not to be alone, etc. 2. Be open to who God sends your way. As adults (US 18+), age is just a number but of course factors about having kids and social expectations in our culture frown upon an 18...

America grieves again a natural disaster that hits on a whole different level as dozens of children have been killed or are still unaccounted for. The most predominant question is typically why. Why did this occur? Why did God allow it? Jesus was once asked why a tower fell on 18 people...

Well I can't blame the world because we do a very poor job at separating the Old covenant from the new, what laws still apply, and the difference between good works versus works of legalism. One very typical example is tithing. Some take the Old Covenant tithing and bash their congregation...

Lol well, I wish I could say that it gets easier but I guess you just get better at ignoring and only using your time to respond to what truly matters. But you're definitely on to something. It always helps to understand where the other person is coming from. Understanding their point or belief...