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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Got chapter and verse for that, since Cain, like the Christ-hating Pharisees, did not belong to God but belonged to the devil?
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Rom 3:11 11 there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. NIV And for your info, the gospel is spiritual truth....AND the gospel runs throughout all of scripture -- from the Protoevangelium in Gen 3:15 to the gospel invitation in Rev 22:17 and to all scripture in between. No one...
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Hope you like a lot of heat; for the only place you and the mouse in your pocket will see Cain is in the lake of fire (1Jn 3:12; Jude 11).
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    I don't need any excuses. Jesus actually, really and truly saved me. He was never my potential Savior. I'm a son of Abraham by virtue of my Mystical Union with Christ. As Jesus my Federal Head descended from the Patriarchs (Mat 1), so does his entire Body (his Church). Now go and show me in...
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Did God choose to make Israel his covenant people or did Israel choose God? Did the apostles choose Christ or did He choose them?
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    FTFY! Try really hard to be honest when you post. Don't you know that God HATES liars!?
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Deflection! We're talking about how the entire Word of God is inspired by Jesus. Do you know that Jesus is the author of the Book of Revelation (Rev 1:1)? If so, how come you don't believe what he said in Rev 5:9-10!? And don't you know that the entire NT, for that matter, is inspired by the...
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Rom 5:12 is a non sequitur. My interpretation of Jn 12:32 harmonizes with the immediate context of the chapter and the rest of scripture. God gives only the elect to Christ and these are the ones who He will draw to the Son. God's grace is totally efficacious since Jesus said in Jn 17 and...
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    I have never stated that "universal" sounding terms are never used in the quantitative sense. The THREE-FOLD context of God's entire counsel determines when such terms should be understood in the quantitative or qualitative senses.
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    The entire Word of God is inspired by the Living Word, don't you know? When you make such stupid statements, you unwittingly dismiss the all-importance of Biblical Theology. You care not a whit to how your interpretation squares with the entire counsel of God. This is why your false gospel...
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    God draws only those He gave to Christ in eternity. The giving precedes the drawing. The "all men" are those described in Rev 5:9-10, and those described in the Abrahamic Covenant (Gen 22:15-18; 49:10, etc.), and this interpretation fits the context of Jn 12 wherein Jews and Gentiles (Greeks)...
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    My pleasure. I would be doing you a great disservice if I didn't remind you that God saves only his covenant people, of which obviously you are not one by your own admission. See how easy it is to sink a theology that resembles a dilapidated, worn out, old rust bucket with more holes in it...
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Hey...blame your own false gospel to which your subscribe and revel in! You obviously admitted that you are not a son of Abraham, which makes you an infidel, since you cannot possibly be in a personal, covenant relationship with the Lord, since the New Covenant was made only with the sons and...
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    No, I don't recall what you posted way back in August thousands of post ago since this topic was broached again a lot more recently. And in that more recent exchange you clearly said that Jesus prayed only for the 11. Here is how you responded in your 33,298 to a comment I made"...
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Since you didn't answer my question and instead posted a text that is a non sequitar, I take your answer as a resounding "NO" to my question re Abraham. So...I have some really bad news for you: Since you're too good to be a "mere" son of Abraham, who is the spiritual father of all believers...
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Thank God, then, that we can count 101% on Jesus' perfect holiness, righteousness and goodness. God does not trust or rely upon anything that is imperfect. If He did, He wouldn't have to direct the steps of mankind by his perfect and holy will.
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    What's the big deal in wasting ineffectual grace, since it doesn't actually result in faith? FWT theology says God started a good work but doesn't dare interfere with man's sacred "freewill" since man's eternal destiny resides entirely in his own prerogative?
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Oh...you FWers do acknowledge that Jesus gets the salvation ball rolling -- He initiates salvation -- He begins the good work -- but He most definitely does not and logically cannot consummate anyone's salvation with his grace that has zero efficacy to it. Therefore, sinners themselves...
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    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Oh...you got me good. Now go and get drunk and celebrate your "I got Rufus" moment. And by the way, using your logic (If I dare honor your twisted thinking with this term), since you believe Jesus prayed only for the first century believers, then to take that wonky logic to its rightful...