Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

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Ahh, I see, I no speaky Calvinese.

Try reading Rom 9 someday. Maybe by God's grace, you'll get it. Election has NOTHING do do with what man does -- but everything to do what God does for his chosen people, i.e. Abraham's spiritual descendants.
 
He died for all. I won't continue to argue the point. You believe in Limited Atonement, I don't. Death and Hades is emptied because Christ died for the sin of the whole world. The Cross is the legal basis for releasing all men from death for judgement and evaluation.
He exclusively died for his sheep John 10
 
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John 3 verse 27~ “A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.” John 1 3 verses 12-13~ To all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God - children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God. John 6 3 verse 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.” Romans 9 3 verse 16~ So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy. Romans 8 3 verse 16~ The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
 
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I have many times. Grace and peace.

No you haven't. You have a man dead and alive at the same time. How is that possible? If one is not saved at regeneration he is still dead in his sin. Spiritually alive and spiritually dead simultaneously. He may as well be Schrodinger's cat.
 
Try reading Rom 9 someday. Maybe by God's grace, you'll get it. Election has NOTHING do do with what man does -- but everything to do what God does for his chosen people, i.e. Abraham's spiritual descendants.

There it is again, He elects the elect. Double election nonsense. :LOL:
 
Try reading Rom 9 someday. Maybe by God's grace, you'll get it. Election has NOTHING do do with what man does -- but everything to do what God does for his chosen people, i.e. Abraham's spiritual descendants.
Galatians 3 does pretty well explaining what we do in order to be considered as Abraham's descendants.

Sons through Faith in Christ

26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
 
There you go again misrepresenting what we believe. I knew you'd continue to misrepresent. There's no point in continuing any discussion with you if you're just going to lie about what we believe.

Good, go away then. You bring nothing but accusations in your posts anyway. They teach nothing and edify no-one.
 
I realise that Cameron but that doesn't answer the question. You say you are made alive and will never die again but refuse to see that as salvation from death?

I'm sorry but God promised life to those who believe, not those who are regenerated. The Gospel is easy enough for a sinner to understand, it doesn't take being spiritual to comprehend right from wrong and the judgement that follows.
Spiritual life isn't the same as eternal life. Adam was spiritually alive and did not possess eternal life before the fall.
 
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Being made spiritually alive isn't being saved from death? So, what then? Made alive but still dead in your sin?
Made spiritually alive, but not save until the point of belief (choice), yes.
I don't need the correction for I already believe that.
You needed correction to stop misrepresenting what we believe. Clearly you aren't going to take that.
 
No I don't, the Cross isn't about saving men it is about paying the price on their behalf. One must believe to be saved.

For those whom Christ died, they will most certainly come to saving faith! You truly are estranged from the Power of The Cross, aren't you? True born again believers can indeed say unabashedly that Christ actually atoned for their sins, which is the same thing you FWers falsely claim for the entire world. What you FWers should say is that Christ potentially atoned for the sins of all people in the world, making salvation possible for everyone. That would be truthful.
 
So...your point is!? God's election still saves Abraham's spiritual descendants to this day. God was always the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob. Nowhere in the OT or the NT will you ever read that He was the God of Ishmael or Esau. God is only the God of the living -- not the dead!
But we aren't the Elected of the Bible so quit fibbing and claiming we are. We're mere Remnants of Remnants of Remnants of Remnants of Remnants.
 
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Oh Cameron! Saved from the penalty of sin? and pray tell us what is the penalty of sin?

The second death is the penalty of sin:

[Rev 20:6, 14 KJV] 6 Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. ...
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
 
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