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Very well said! Israel was a type of Christ by contrast! Jesus perfectly fulfilled the covenant mission that the nation of Israel was tasked with. Since the Church is the Body of Christ, she can now be called the Israel of God.

Here's the problem in a nutshell, (which I actually pointed out in my 735): It's the problem of the MANY, which is explicitly stated in several passages, and your presupposition that certain terms or phrases in the bible always mean "ALL" in the quantitative sense and in no other sense. This is...

I have to make this very short. Gotta run soon. UNKNOWN to whom? God? Really? Rom 8:29-30 29 For those whom he FOREKNEW he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestined he also...

Let's see if we can connect a few dots to what Peter said in Act 10:35, which again reads: "but [God] accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right." What we should not overlook in this passage is that Peter is actually making a moral/spiritual commentary about the kind of man...

Saints, I have maintained from the beginning that there is indeed a sense in which Christ died for "the whole world". It's not in the quantitative sense (i.e. without exception), as some here believe, but rather in the qualitative sense, that is to say that Christ died for all men without...

Oh... so you just want to gloss over the parts of chapter 10 that you don't like? Okay... I understand. And, yes, Jesus could have expressed himself differently and made it very clear that the Pharisees were not his sheep because of their unbelief. But he didn't. He did, however, make it...

Do you have a proof text that says God makes people incapable of believing the gospel? Or could it be that dead people just naturally don't have very much ability to do much of anything? Also, according to your line of reasoning, Jesus must have been the biggest village idiot to have ever...

Jn 10:26-27 is not a complicated passage to understand. Jesus is talking about two kinds of people: His sheep and those who are not. The passage reads: John 10:26-27 26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. NIV...

BINGO!!! Well stated! In fact, in John 17 in Jesus' high priestly prayer to this Father, why didn't he pray for ALL those for whom he supposely died!? Very clearly in that passage he prays only for the elect.

Josiah, Jn 10:26 doesn't say anything about "dying" but you ignore Jn 10:11. And a verse that is only 15 verses away is still in the immediate context of the chapter! Jesus limited the extent of his death to the sheep in this passage! We know that on judgment day, all the nations will be...

What's also fascinating about Jn 10:26 is that the Pharisees, in order for them to believe, they first had be Christ's sheep. But how can they be His sheep without faith? Hmm...must have something to do with God's sovereign election? Just a wild and crazy guess.... o_O

Which further implies the Pharisees must have been goats. Jesus did not lay down his life for the goats of the world -- only for the sheep of the world. In fact those Pharisees were also called the children of the devil! Ouch!

I assure you that I could not agree with that very limited definition of the term "world". I certainly think Jn 3:16, as one example, is talking about God loving a lot more than trees, sand, dirt, shrubs, etc. I think it's very safe to say that God loves his image bearers, at the very least...

Well, I will ask you: Where in scripture does it say that the term "world" or even "whole world", for that matter = each and every person without exception? Or are you just reading your presupposition into such passages? Apparently, you are not aware of the numerous passages that qualify...

Did not God decree to Abraham that his descendants would be enslaved and mistreated for 400 years (Gen 15:13)? But also did not God decree the means to accomplish that end, such as bringing a great famine to all the "other lands" in which Abraham and his family dwelt -- a famine that drove the...

Cannot God who sovereignly ordains the end just as well ordain the means to accomplish that end?

It's not at all dishonest. To say so is just to say that Jesus, who actually knew all men's hearts, was dishonest to preach the gospel of the kingdom throughout Palestine, even though he knew only a relatively few would believe. However, the fact that many did believe and were saved testifies...

AND by his Holy Spirit (Jn 11:26). Note that LIFE logically and biblically precedes faith. Therefore, since only the spiritually living can believe, regeneration by the Holy Spirit must precede faith. A person believes the Gospel, responds positively it because of God's sovereign grace in...

I disagree on a few points. First, fallen mankind's will is free to choose within the constraints of our fallen nature. If we say that sinners don't have free will to make choices according to our nature, then we'd have to deny that God doesn't have free will, since Scripture teaches that He...

Under this New Covenant Gospel Age we are not to judge one another regarding food or drink (Col 2:16). This is an area of Christian freedom.