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But if you haven’t made the appropriate sacrifice, you haven’t obeyed the Law and remain a sinner.

Why did Adam eat the forbidden fruit? Why did Cain kill Abel? Why did Abram build an altar? Why did Ruth stay with Naomi? Why did David marry Abigail? These are all expression of human will. Each person chose a course of action, thereby expressing their own will. Your explanation is flawed...

How about this: since you keep rejecting the definitions and uses of "will" that everyone else uses, how about you provide the definition you think is correct.

It sounds like you have grasped the crucial distinction between “fulfill” and “obey” and have chosen correctly which to do.

Or a sufficiently large sphere.

He wasn't dead. It's that simple.

Since he's a new member, I'll give him the opportunity to clarify his position before responding further.

Yes... but what is the end result of sin? Death. Our salvation in Christ is ultimately from the wages of sin. If all that salvation does is keep us from sinning (quite so much) in this life, one would rightly question its value. No. The experience of living in right relationship with God is...

Huh? That sounds like secular philosophy, not biblical truth.

I apologize for my frustrated response to you yesterday. As for today, I see you're on yet another rabbit trail, and I'm not interested in following it with you.

Yes... my utter astonishment shone through there. I was amazed that T-m could cite an assertion from Scripture and, only a couple of posts later, ask me why the opposite is not true. I was a jackdonkey. My bad.

Since you preach that Christians must follow the Law, you must either preach that Gentile Christians must be circumcised, or you are not preaching the Law. You are either a Judaizer or a hypocrite.

If the Law is "not too difficult for us to obey", why did God provide instructions for remedy after failure to obey? According to the Law, every person today, including every Christian, is bound for destruction because we CANNOT follow the Law's instructions for remedy. No amount of moralizing...

I am not "baiting" you or anyone else. I am explaining some points of Scripture (and language) to you. Understanding has been chasing you vigorously, but so far, you have been faster.

I'm not surrendering to the truth? You posted the parable and apparently didn't read it for yourself to see your error. 11 “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from...

Agreed. Notice however the distinction between the gospel as cited in your examples ("The Law says you're a sinner so you need Jesus") and the false gospel that Soyeong preaches ("Now that you've come to Jesus, you need to follow the whole Law").

Oh. My. Goodness. How freaking dense can you be and still breathe? You literally *just* argued that Scripture says the devil comes and takes away the seed. This is why discourse with you is so frustrating: you can’t follow the thread of conversation!

The only “gospel” you’re spreading is false, unfortunately.

That's not God removing it, is it?

Fruit does not have a will because God did not endow fruit with a soul.