Act 8:35-39 "Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. 36. And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? 37. And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 38. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. 39. And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing."

That is interesting since the Greek word for "sprinkled" in the New Testament is ερραντισεν which is a far cry from baptizw/baptw.

In the case of the Prodigal son, he was already a child of the father and walked away and squandered his inheritance. Would this intimate a backslidden child of God? If this intimates salvation, then it would confirm the doctrine of election as per the Reformers in that God will draw only his elect to Christ and those whom He draws will come to Christ.

I haven't claimed to agree with irresistable grace. I am asking you prove to me how a dead man can, by his own power and own free will get up out of a casket and walk out the room.

If you want to be dogmatic about topics, the topic is "To which confession of faith do you subscribe?"

I hold to the 1689 LBCF

Joh 6:37 "All that the Father GIVETH me SHALL COME to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."

Joh 6:44 "No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day."

When God does the drawing, you WILL COME to Christ. He doesn't ask you if you want to, He just draws you.

I made no mention of resisting the Holy Spirit, only the fact that one must be quickened by the power of God to respond to the call to salvation.

You on the other hand denies John 6:44.

The problem I have with your quick prayerism is that you are duping many into thinking that just because they say a little sinner's prayer to invite Jesus into their hearts that they are saved when they were never convicted of their sin by the Holy Spirir to start with. There was no repentance, no remorse, no confession of sin, just a 1-2-3 repeat after me, 4-5-6 let's hope that it sticks.

Then you must believe that it is possible for a dead man laying in a casket can of his own power and own freewill rise up out of the casket and walk out.

This was what I was trying to post under "Have you had any problems listening to sermons?"

The following sermons by E.D. Manard do are not recognized by Media Player 10 or 11. Both the stream and download versions

The main problems I've encountered among the Arminian types is that they do not see themselves as totally depraved as God sees them. My wife was gloriously converted two weeks ago. She struggled with her salvation all of her life. She based her assurance on a decision she made many years ago not on God's grace. He had to bring her to the end of her rope of religion and self. He had to tear down every strong hold she had to bring her to a place of repentance and surrender. She saw herself hanging from a rope over the pits of hell and the screams she heard were her own. I told her she needed to let go and freefall and trust in God's grace. God gave her the strength to let go and the faith to believe, I have no doubts. She now gives all glory to the Lord for His gift of salvation.

Oftentimes we try to hold on to our goodness and self righteousness, but God will breakdown those strongholds of his elect to bring them to the truth. Not only have we witnessed a spiritual healing but physical as well.

Some here thinks it is silly to use the analogy of spiritual death with that of physical death. The will of a lost man who is dead in tresspasses and sin is indeed under the bondage of the flesh which is carnal. The will is not a self governing faculty but is either controlled by the flesh or the spirit. Until the spirit of man is quickened supernaturally by the Holy Spirit it has no influence on the will whatsoever.

I noticed that you are posting from Moscow, I am assuming that is the same Walt from Mich. If it is hope all is going well my dear brother.

No. The Holy Spirit indwells the believer, He doesnot engraft or infuses himself into the believer or else the believer essentially will become God.

8) The bible says we are destined to be in the image of Christ, will that be a trinity, Glorified body, soul, and the Holy Spirit?

A. The Holy Spirit does not need glorification. We will be given an incorrutpable body at the translation of the church.

9) Why do you think you have a spirit?

A. Heb. 4:12
"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, ..."

1 Thess. 5:23
"And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."

10) Why was it so important to God that men receive his Spirit?

Rom. 8:9
"But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his."

11) Is the Holy Spirit the method for our communion to God and his communion to us.

A. Not sure of the question.

12) Why did Jesus have to come to man in the flesh.

The flesh is already corrupt and is in the process of dying anyhow. That is why you age and encounter sickness and diseases. I agree, it is the soul that is saved. The spirit is that part of man which makes us God consceous.

1) Why do you think God is giving HIS Spirit to man and calling it a new birth?

A. We are born not of corruptable seed, but an incorruptable seed.

2) What are the different abilities of a man with God's Spirit than before?

A. To do that which is pleasing to God.

3) What is different between a justified man of the OT era and a justified man of the NT era?

A. None, they were all justified by faith, not through faith as you imply.

4) Why can a man with the Spirit of God approach God boldly and an OT believer could not?

No OT instances that they didn't.

5) Where are we told that the “spirit” of man is altered, changed, granted life, quickened or any similar thing?

Eph. 2:1, 2:5

6) Where are we told a man has a spirit that is dead?

Is he not dead spiritually.

7. No.

That is too easy JD. Next time you go to the funeral home and see a corpse laying in a casket, poke it in the ribs and see if it moves or responds in any way. If it doesn't then the person is physically dead. If it wakes up and speaks to you, then run. Same thing applies to one who is dead spiritually. You can preach to him all day long, but unless the spirit of man is quickened or given life by the Holy Spirit, it cannot respond to the preaching of the word.

Scripture tells us
1Jo 1:8 "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."

Rom 12:3 "For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith."

It is apparent thay you do not know that God was under no obligation to save you but that He chose to provide a subsitute to pay the sin debt that we all owe. If you think you can save yoursef without the divine intervention of God's grace in the Holy Spirit convicting you and drawing you to Christ, then knock yourself out.