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I called to your attention the Creeds that are not just the statements of belief of certain denominations. Feel free to comment on them, if you wish, and attempt an explanation as to why they do not support your theory.
Those who thought that way were going by the many doctrinal innovations that were made during the Middle Ages by the Roman Church such, for instance, as Transubstantiation, Purgatory, saint worship, claims of Papal Infallibility, and so on.
Thinking that none of these were Scriptural OR in...
Could you possibly be serious when posting to us? And "close enough" for dramatic effect isn't good enough when saying things like you this. Of course, Paul did not describe the Papacy as Antichrist.
But note, that's not the case with the Creeds that define the Christian faith for Catholics, the Reformed churches, the Anglican Churches, and the Orthodox Eastern churches--
the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, or the Athanasian Creed. ;)
Except that in this case, the Son (Jesus) has a 100% complete divine nature AND a complete human nature. He is neither just a special, enlightened human nor a god who appears to our senses to have the look of a human.
Do you remember when I pointed out that whenever your claim has been shown to be in error, you change your claim, sometimes ever so slightly, in order to sidestep the mistake you made but don't want to admit to?
It's what the Bible says, Dave!
You've been shown that innumerable times.
So, if a person believes that the Bible is divine revelation, that is the determining factor. No amount of mental gymnastics can trump the word of God.
You also said, many times, that you believe Faith is nothing more than a trait that characterizes the Elect, just something incidental. Yes, you explained to us that if a person has been guaranteed heaven by a decree of God making him one of the Elect, he will necessarily believe there's a God...
Well, there was a time when we thought you were just inarticulate (that would be odd for a self-proclaimed expert in Bible translations and the original languages, wouldn't it? LOL) but since that time we've learned that while that may be true to some degree, you are also adept at changing what...
I'll stick with the word of God on this one, Dave.
You can work out your definitions of the world and kosmos and how it is that God didn't mean what the Bible teaches, etc.
So much for what God revealed to us in John 3:16, then, huh? ;)
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."