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Yet again. 1 Corinthians 2:2 For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. That is the revelation of Jesus Christ and His unconditional love for us. What more can anyone ask for? What extrapolation from the gospel of Jesus Christ has any real importance...

Not in the theology of Total Depravity. Your trying to propose that someone who is totally depraved. Can by magic perform even one fruit of the Holy Spirit. The only good work is what Christ does through you. You must be joking. I assume that you understand that mankind always follows a path...

I have only one doctrine. Any other understanding of the gospel other than Christ crucified, is the work of the devil himself. 1 Corinthians 1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles foolishness. 1 Corinthians 2:2 For I determined to know nothing among...

I am a simple man with a simple gospel. Romans 10:9 That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. That is the eternal promise fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Is there any other doctrine, or theology, or...

It is hard to repent when that inner conflict is daily, weekly, monthly, yearly. Ooops, I am morphing again.

I believe that the Holy Spirit works constantly throughout human history. On all people and at somewhat different levels of conviction. I have known unbelievers that have compassion, empathy for others. Way more than I have at times. Some of them worry about others, some sacrifice their own...

Yes, they are saved from the foundation of the world because Christ's atonement was an eternal atonement. This cannot be debated or denied. You are incorrect on point three, I have never witnessed anyone that always desires to do God's will. Rather that internal conflict, flesh versus the...

That is the philosophy of determinism. That is also what the interpretation of Calvinism means. Total Depravity is the inability of man to be righteous, to choose God, to love anything but themselves. It's not a comic book by any means. Total Depravity has only one meaning, man is utterly evil.

What don't you understand. Everyone was born wicked, sinful, they cannot ever choose God. Nor can they do anything but what their evil nature dictates. They are born with a fallen nature. They do evil all the time because that is their default state. Surely you understand the sovereign will...

They do profound evil because they are not elect from eternity. Do you understand? They are born evil and from that path they never depart. How could they do something good, they bear no fruit, no agape love? That is God's sovereign will.

Obviously, you are experiencing a disconnection between the sovereign will of God and the will of man. Adam was predestined to eat the fruit, God's perfect will at work. You can concentrate even more on that agape love that God has for the elect, chosen from eternity. Man's choices ultimately...

That's the sovereign will of God at work and it is marvelous in our eyes. I met an orphaned girl seeking her mother, she was about 25 years old. She was dropped off at an orphanage not long after she was born. My mother had no address to give this poor girl and she got up and left. I will...

Why would God be proud of them, the sheep? The sheep were controlled by God from the start to the finish. The sheep were unable to exert their own will. The sheep were saved before they were born.

Why not?

Your quotation is not saying what you think it is saying. The kingdom, the reward, was predestined from the foundation of the world.

Without a shred of doubt. The young girls that the serial killer kidnaps, rapes, tortures and murders. While these young girls suffer that agony, begging for mercy and freedom. The young girls are then, more than likely, sentenced to eternal damnation after they are murdered. It makes you...

So where does man's will fit into this scheme of things? We do make choices every day. Some are good choices and some not so good choices. Life is a long list of decisions that we are all have to make. Does God influence each and every decision or just some decisions but not others?

Nah, it's just what the text states.

Of course, God controls every decision that mankind makes. Do you proclaim the sovereignty of God or not? Or are you a follower of compatibilism?

All the verses from Romans are quoted out of context.