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I have understood the word "imputation" as a declaration of a person's status; whereas the new birth is God's action, not his imputation, in a person's life that brings about his gift of faith and repentance by his grace alone (Ephesians 2:8-10), which enable us to do good works that honor him.

It's not boasting if they say and mean it that God gave them the new birth and faith by his grace. They would be giving God the credit that is due him. The true teaching of biblical election can come later when they are maturing believers instead of even before they become believers, which is...

JusttheFacts, I compare every claim with the Bible's clear teachings; that's how I can tell whether or not it is from God. Do you make sure that every vision that you get conforms to the Bible's teachings before you accept it as coming from God? I had one prophetic vision, and it came true...

No, you wouldn't be a liar when you withhold truths that they wouldn't be ready to learn yet. Do you tell unbelievers about the mysteries of the Trinity, providence, and the divine and human natures of Christ? Don't you wait until they are growing believers? We do the same with children. Our...

I would call it what Jesus did "being born again or from above" (another possible translation--John 3).

And it's the Athanasian Creed that makes the Trinity, including his oneness in three Persons, even clearer.

It's not an action that we can claim any credit for, because God enables us to do it. It is salvation through faith by grace so that we can't brag about it. Neither can we boast about the works we do for God after he rescues us. It's all in Ephesians 2:8-10.

I wouldn't send any of my adult children to hell when they reject me, as one of them has in one of life's mysteries. However, I'm not their judge and jury. God is everyone's just Judge as well as their Creator. So, he has a perfect right to declare any of his human creatures "not guilty" and...

I evaluate your views by the results of your "investigation," and they seem to have veered away from the Bible's truths that I have gleaned from the Bible's own assumptions as a whole. I can say that angels visit us to help us from God but that it's questionable that other events that you have...

My opinion is that if you pick and choose here and there what is authentic and what is not, you are the one being the authority and not the Bible, which is all God's Word, as the Holy Spirit guided the early church to assemble. Your caviat, "only if the real authors are identified" throws your...

Yes, members of my small group from church dropped by unexpectedly with some goodies, and we had a nice chat in my man cave. Otherwise, it was just me and God in my condo, which is always a joyful time. God has given me the gift of singleness at my age of 82. I enjoy getting together with people...

I have "investigated" and studied the interpretation of literature and the Bible for most of my adult life at the age of 82 We need to study both from their own viewpoints, not from analyses, ideas, and methods outside of them. As for your visions, they must be measured against the Word of God...

The Christmas miracle: Jesus was both all-God and all-human!

No, as Paul says in Ephesians 2:8-9, God saves us by grace through faith so that we can't brag about saving ourselves in any way. Receiving it is passive, not active, and thus not a work.

So, you discount all of those beliefs founded on the Bible. I agree with you about number four, but how can you say that about the first three gospels, which are mostly history of Jesus' ministry. Why do you discount their teachings?

All the 10,000 manuscripts, early and late include the Gospel of Matthew and all parts of it. No false teachers included any of it. The only variations are minor ones that do not affect the teachings and history of the Bible. Where is your proof that false teachers included anything in the Bible?

Arguing from silence in any literature is a bogus argument. You speak as if Nicodemus' authorship of Matthew is a fact. No, it's just your unproven theory that will never be proven. The four authors of the gospels included and excluded details and events with the purpose of meeting their...

No, share the good news and let God do the rest!

Many of us Calvinists believe that God is, of course, able to save everyone and that he has a very good reason for not doing it, but he has not revealed that reason to us, as he hasn't with many biblical mysteries.

May all of you have God's blessings today through Jesus, who was all-God and all-human!