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    Rufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.
    Since when did you come to believe that spiritual death = spiritual inability?
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    Rufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.
    FWers just grovel before their Piled High 'n' Dry hoidy toidy, elite bible "scholars", who of course are as innocent as the driven snow...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.
    Oh, but it is once you categorically reject the efficacy of grace's power. At that point, then, the only other component that could be...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.
    Good reply! Also, "if" has multiple meanings, such as "allowing that", "in the event that", etc.
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    Rufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.
    But what if the patient doesn't want the antidote for whatever reason; but the doctor knows that the shot would save him from the...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.
    No, you are very mistaken. The concept of kinds with respect to grace is most certainly in scripture. When God sustains this world by...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.
    NOT in the CONTEXT of 1Tim, it doesn't! Paul himself defines to Timothy what he means by "all men" in 1Tim 2:7! What part of this...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.
    Many FWers believe that nonsense. There are FWers on this thread who believe that if God didn't politely and humbly ask Mary if it was...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.
    And when the Son raises the dead from their spiritual tombs to empower them to believe in Him, just remember your "freewill" had nothing...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.
    There's that Big Cosmic Bully doing it again -- FORCING people to return to Him by giving them a new heart. I bet He didn't ask for...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.
    Reformed folks have long said that the Gospel itself is paradoxical: It is both Bad News and Good News. The bad news has to do with Sin...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.
    NOT in the CONTEXT of 1Timothy it isn't. Also, how can the Gentiles = each and every person in the world w/o exception when there are...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.
    You see what you have done? When you say such stupid, blasphemous things, you reveal your very low view of sin's disastrous effects...
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    Rufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.
    All the CO-heirs of Christ were heirs with HIM in eternity. The Body of Christ does not lag behind the Head.
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    Rufus replied to the thread Can We Really Exercise Free Will?.
    Since your answer is a wee bit ambiguous, I'll ask again: I take it that you believe the atonement made in the Garden that involved...