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  1. Arsenios

    PERFECT LOVE

    Well that is a start! So to what does the term "ground" refer in the parable... What do the different conditions of "soil" mean? Arsenios
  2. Arsenios

    Disciples and Believers

    You omitted the Parable of the Sower's text which you claim supports your interpretation... Nor did you argue from cited portions of it... Arsenios
  3. Arsenios

    PERFECT LOVE

    We might have to disagree on this one... 11Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience. 12We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to...
  4. Arsenios

    PERFECT LOVE

    Does the Parable of the Sower support this claim? Arsenios
  5. Arsenios

    PERFECT LOVE

    Was Paul Holy? Does he say he is chief of sinners? 1Ti 1:15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am chief. You are right, the Bible does not explicitly teach that the holier one becomes, the more sinful...
  6. Arsenios

    PERFECT LOVE

    As a created human being, Christ grew in stature across His lifetime, that we should follow Him... As God He is pre-eternal without change... Discerning which of these Natures is operating in a particular Biblical account is not always easy... Just because the Person is the same in each does...
  7. Arsenios

    PERFECT LOVE

    Does God ONLY Call His Elect?? Does He Justify ALL those He Calls? Does He Glorify ALL those He Justifies? What you do matters, you see... Arsenios
  8. Arsenios

    PERFECT LOVE

    Dementia of old age and senility??? :):):) Forgive me! I will try to back-track my miscreant dys-slippage... Arsenios
  9. Arsenios

    Disciples and Believers

    Many are Called... Few are Chosen... What you do matters for your Salvation by God... How do you understand the Parable of the Sower? How does it explain God's Choosing? Arsenios
  10. Arsenios

    PERFECT LOVE

    Dementia of old age and senility??? :):):) Forgive me! I will try to back-track my miscreance... Arsenios
  11. Arsenios

    PERFECT LOVE

    Life can be by no other cause... God has given us this fallen life through Adam's disobedience... We no longer have what Adam had before he ate of the forbidden fruit... God gave to Adam what he ate - eg - Knowing both Good AND evil... Why do you insist that God gave Adam only evil? Are we...
  12. Arsenios

    PERFECT LOVE

    So is there a problem with saying: "I am a sinner no longer living in my sins..."? It is the same as saying: "I am a sinner in repentance from my sins..." 1Ti 1:15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am...
  13. Arsenios

    PERFECT LOVE

    Indeed, a Saint is always in repentance from sin, And only sinners need repentance... Hence Paul writes that he regards himself as a chief of sinners... He never forgot his responsibility for the stoning of the Holy Proto-Martyr Stephen... Nor should we forget our former lives while still...
  14. Arsenios

    PERFECT LOVE

    Indeed, a Saint is always in repentance from sin, And only sinners need repentance... Hence Paul writes that he regards himself as a chief of sinners... He never forgot his responsibility for the stoning of the Holy Proto-Martyr Stephen... Nor should we forget our former lives while still...
  15. Arsenios

    PERFECT LOVE

    Warm sunshine is common grace... So too is the gentle rain... Divine intervention into one's sinful life by God's Call to repentance IS Saving Grace... Everything depends on how we respond to it... I have seem people fight it off and return to their ongoing criminal lives... They become...
  16. Arsenios

    PERFECT LOVE

    We think of it as the acquisition of the Holy Spirit... It comes in proportion to our ability to hold it... We are very leaky vessels, you know! Being convicted is a start... Let me know when you get there! I have a long way to go... Arsenios
  17. Arsenios

    PERFECT LOVE

    It is wonderful to see someone getting the tenses right in John... "Unable to sin" translates a non-existent aorist, when the verb is an ongoing present tense: "Unable to keep on sinning", or as you say: "Unable to continue to sin..." Yes, one can get ambushed and commit sin, but one who is...
  18. Arsenios

    Disciples and Believers

    Well, ya gotta admit... Your words are so finger-pointingly predictable that they are snoozy... And you seem to think they are God's Truth!! ;) "Repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand!" Arsenios
  19. Arsenios

    Disciples and Believers

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  20. Arsenios

    PERFECT LOVE

    Did I just hear Menno call this "common grace"??? The Call of God is anything but "common"! Arsenios
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