Yamil wrote:
Ask your dispensationalist pastor.

Is it because by admitting that yes he did would mean that since he purchased the church with his own blood, you would have to admit that Israel was indeed the Old Testament church of God.

(John 1:13) "Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, ***nor of the will of man,*** but of God.

For you to claim that God gives spiritual birth on the basis of whether or not man chooses to receive Christ,then you are rewriting John 1:13 to read. "Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, but by the will of man." Salvation is no lnger a gift, but a reward for human effort, thus works salvation.

DJC49 wrote:
JD,
So you think that MAN is sovereign in his decision to bring children into this world, aye? Well, chew on these following verses of Scripture:
Gen 20:18 "for the Lord had closed up every womb in Abimelech's household because of Abraham's wife Sarah."
Gen 29:31 "When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren."
Gen 30:22 "Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and opened her womb."
1Sa 1:5,6 "But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb. And because the Lord had closed her womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her."
Rom 4:19 "Without weakening in his faith, he [Abraham] faced the fact that his body was as good as dead-since he was about a hundred years old-and that Sarah's womb was also dead."
For some strange reason, these few verses do NOT indicate to me the *sovereignty of man* in deciding who gets born into this world.
Of course, you are entitled to your man-centered opinion.

And I keep reiterating to them that the word "believeth" is in the presence tense. It is often used "carte blanche" to tell everybody that if they will believe on Him, they will be saved. The devils believe and tremble. Many will come to the Jesus saying Lord, Lord and will be cast into Hell.

As you state, it is a promise to believers that they will not perish, but have everlasting life.

Weapon of Mass Instruction wrote:
Who cares about easy believism. It's not Calvinism vs Easy Believism. Its Calvinism vs Synergism.
Let us know when you are ready to get back on point.

Monergism is focused on the sovereignty of God.
Synergism is focused on the sovereignty of man.

Monergism focuses on the will of God prevailing.
Synergism focused on the will of man prevailing.

Monergism = God gets all the glory in salvation.
Synergism = Man keeps some glory for himself.

enough already wrote:
,depraved,reprobate mind'-Romans 1:28. The greek meaning for depraved is 'unfit for, unproved, not standing the test-this is a mind tested by God and found to be worthless, useless. These are those who did not like to retain God in their knowledge, thus, God gave them over to this mentality. Not trying to pick any arguments, maybe there just needs to be a better choice of words used. God bless

Merriam Webster

CAN - transitive verb

1. obsolete : know understand
2. archaic : to be able to do, make, or accomplish

Total - 1 : comprising or constituting a whole : entire the total amount
2 : absolute utter a total failure a total stranger
3 : involving a complete and unified effort especially to achieve a desired effect total war total theater
synonyms see whole

(Matt 7:17-18) "Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit."

R. K. Borill wrote:
DB,
I apologize if I seem to be sharp in my response to you here. You did make a good point; I should have begun by sying this. Thanks for pointing out what you did.

Either way, God has to supernaturally work by the Spirit in the heart of unregenerate man to be able to understand the spirtual things of the Lord.

This is what Brother John Greer from Ballymena Free Presbyterian Church has posted on their site.

http://www.ballymenafpc.org/

Scrol down to where it says:

"How Long Have I to Live ?"

It is very direct and to the point. There is no arm twisting, no high pressure sales gimmicks. I wouldn't mind using it in presenting the gospel myself.

Wayne M. wrote:
The women in colder climates like Canada where it is below freezing in the winter will not be found wearing skirts or dresses outside. It is a necessity to wear thermal underwear and slacks when outside in this area, for men or women, young and old.

Jesus then said that this man went home "JUSTIFIED".

Some definitely go so far to the extreme and neglect human responsibility, while others neglect God's complete sovereignty.

Jago is right though, if this was of the Lord who brought her to repentance, then the fruit will produce.

I asked Yamil about some Catholics who were saved recently and he did tell me that they followed the Lord in baptism and are attending his church. All I can say is praise God and rejoice that sinners repented and left the RCC.

Lisa wrote:
Wales-there is almost 100% apostacy in the local church, and no visible evangelism (not even tracts), in Barry the churches are padlocked...The field are so ripe for harvest...Please come and help.