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Well, just in case, maybe we ought to speed up our study of Ephesians. (Do you want to introduce 1:15-16 ? :^)

Okay, here is my synopsis of your OP: A study of the HS might well begin with the statements of Jesus in the gospel of John. In JN 14:16-18 Jesus said, “I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever—the Spirit of truth... [who] will be in you. I will not...

Unless I receive a contribution for the website from you, I plan to peruse your posts along with the Scriptures and let you know what I come up with now that I have completed my study of the TOP. TTYL

As Easter approaches, the comparison of the competing roles of angels and the HS with celebrating Easter with the Bunny becomes more current, because the "personality" competes with glorifying the person and work of Jesus. (Eggs are not a problem, because they can symbolize new life in Christ.)...

55? You must have good genes. Mine, if inherited, give me hope of about 15 more years, although each year it gets harder to keep up with the yard work, so I am continually smelling the roses (not literally in my yard, because the only thorny plants I want are my blackberry patch :^)

Re "They [the gifts of the Spirit] are tools given to build up the body in love (1 Cor. 14:12)": Yes, that/love is the key. As long as the fruit of the Spirit rather than a gift of the Spirit is viewed as the sign of having and being filled with the Spirit, there is no problem unless...

So what is your understanding of DT 30:19, MT 23:37, etc. in light of those passages? How do you harmonize them all?

Pre-conceived heck! I have spent 50+ years searching the Scriptures and trying to harmonize them. If I am wrong, then I am mistaken, but NOT due to preconceived notions. I dare say I am the only person on CC who says the following: "Having established three unavoidable or axiomatic beliefs...

DT 30:19 & MT 23:37 require that understanding.

Actually, I have decided to offer to consider your comments for adding to the website at appropriate places, but please try to adhere to the parameters I set for myself, including: 1. Append Scripture references to support logical inferences. 2. Attempt to harmonize opposing viewpoints instead...

Yes, a love that is more logical than emotional, motivated by treating others as one wants to be treated--a decision and commitment.

Re "because of Calvin’s systematic theology, written down in his 'Institutes of the Christian Religion' 82 years before that Synod of Dort, the Synod could summarise its response to The Remonstrance of the followers of Arminius": Calvin's theology was not very systematic if it did not...

Good history lesson. I align with Eastern Orthodox re MFW. Augustine had a theory that preserved the free will of the elect by saying that God foreknew which options they would freely choose and presented those to them. Of course, this did NOT preserve the omnilove of God toward the nonelect...

Saints = believers = Christians in my Bible.

Yes, and because sinful humanity retains the image of God or moral free will, every normal adult soul is able by faith to choose between these two options: seeking salvation or ignoring GW (cf. DT 30:19). T hat is why Paul went “every Sabbath to the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and...

Re "The arguments of atheists are easy to knock down because they are so full of themselves.": Well, in the mid-1970s I was chagrined to have to admit that in a radio debate between the evangelist Bob Harrington and the atheist Madelyn O'Hare, she won, which motivated me to learn better...

Yep, that's the decade I grew up in, but my dad was an engineer and astronomer, who calculated where a satellite would be at some time during its orbit, and so he appreciated the math and design of the universe rather than emotional hysteria. The logical part was passed on, but not the math!

Short answer: Moral. Long answer: A problematic issue is reconciling God’s power and love with the fact of evil and its consequence. A person—even a theist—might think that God would not permit evil, suffering and hell to exist. People who are mystified by evil and repulsed by its...

No, I address the begged questions: On what basis were/are pre-Gospel sinners saved? How did God relate with them? Your constructive answer?

Maybe you would like to join the study of Ephesians on the Systematic Bible Study thread?