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    There is a far easier way to navigate Romans. What is the context, that is, what was Paul explaining to the Roman church? Was the...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Gospel Confusion....
    Because I don't agree that the Bible teaches your opinion on depravity, you judge that I just don't understand depravity. :rolleyes...
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    The spiritual facet is gone. This being the case, every other aspect of man is still operative, but only according to the flesh. You...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Gospel Confusion....
    This does not appear to be a true representation of Paul's message. In every letter he wrote, he followed the theological revelation of...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Gospel Confusion....
    What is you scriptural basis for believing that an unregenerate person is unable to believe - have faith in - anything God reckons to be...
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    I would revise my translation and parphrase a little, reading this again. Isa 48:7 Now ( עַתָּה ) they have been brought into being (...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Gospel Confusion....
    It is quite possible that Cornelius had already heard that Jesus of Nazareth had been crucified and had reportedly risen from the dead...
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    1. I don't think the passage refers directly to either messiahship or salvation. It simply affirms that God chooses for His purposes...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Gospel Confusion....
    Well, scripture says that we are sealed with the Holy Spirit until some event. That indicates that we could possibly become unsealed at...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Gospel Confusion....
    Why are these things not true of the unsaved?
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Gospel Confusion....
    Act 10:6 He [Peter] lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do. What...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Gospel Confusion....
    But Cornelius was not regenerate, and yet God considered that he had been doing commendable righteousness. Acts 10. So, are you...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Gospel Confusion....
    If I seal a bottle of wine until 2050 expecting a high quality matured vintage, does that guarantee that the wine will be good when I...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Gospel Confusion....
    Cornelius was unsaved and unregenerate, but did righteousness in God's estimation. ct 10:35 But in every nation he that feareth him...
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    PaulThomson replied to the thread Gospel Confusion....
    So, are you asserting that the standard of behaviour God requires of those who have Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and a renewed purified...