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Perhaps read the commentary. The killing of sin is "continually and gradually" through "faithful obedience", not automatic and for all time (i.e. "never completed in this life"). And this is coming from a major proponent of Calvinist doctrine. Do some research on John MacArthur to see what I...
Prove it.
Re: Romans 8:13 - "Paul's first instruction regarding what believers must do in the struggle with sin destroys several false views of how believers are made holy: 1) that in a crisis moment we are immediately made perfect; 2) that we must "let God" take over, while we remain idle; and...
I'm not sure this is correct. I've never been told by any Catholic that I am not "saved", nor a Christian. It's relatively clear that I am one of the "separated brethren" in the eyes of the Catholic church, but I've not heard that this somehow "disqualifies" me from the work of Christ in my...
I am enrolled in an online university for my Master's Degree, so I do a lot of academic research online. I use the university's online library quite often. I'll probably join their alumni association just so I can keep access to it. I can find what I'm looking for with ease at this point, and...
This is silly. What else would an observant Jew be doing there during the feast of dedication? Just milling about? Amazing what some don't know about their own Lord...
Sorry for the derail, I just had to vent.
Hammster, the OP is circular - or designed to be that way. It only allows for two answers. Soooo 1) "wow, I guess they were never saved from the beginning, even though it looked like it..." or 2) "wow, I was wrong, they were saved all along, and I guess I'm not God to suggest otherwise"
In your little twist earlier, you would have us believe that everyone he saves (past, present, future), he has "lost none". In the verse, He was speaking of His Disciples. So, no. It's not what he said. Next...
Ummmmm... Not quite what he said - (speaking of the disciples with him in the garden):
"Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none." (Jn. 18: 8-9...