Search results

  1. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    And why did God love the fathers?
  2. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    And that "pattern" began long before Israel. It began in the Garden with Eve, although I know you don't believe this.
  3. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Can someone truly be denied anything that wasn't promised to them or that they don't deserve?
  4. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Spoken by the guy who will swear on a stack of bibles that Adam was truly the self-sacrificing superhero of the Fall. :rolleyes: Pray tell...what was God's purpose for choosing Israel? I can barely wait for your answer... :coffee:
  5. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Which speaks pointedly to mankind's helpless condition, doesn't it?
  6. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    How did that "strengthening" workout out for Pharaoh -- as that "strengthening" happened by the "mighty hand" of God which compelled Pharaoh to let God's chosen people go (Ex 3:19-2). Re the sins that God atoned for in the Garden were the sins of his chosen (Eve). There's zero biblical...
  7. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    So, "us" in the passage = Jesus?
  8. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Oh...I agree totally. But that is what FWers believe because in their world God didn't harden Pharaoh's heart until after Pharaoh hardened his own, otherwise God would have "forced" Pharaoh's hand and caused the king to sin. God simply mimicked the king. :rolleyes: However, God's hardening of...
  9. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    And there are also concordances online. ;) And welcome aboard, Tourist -- most especially since you appreciate Magenta's posts, as I do, as well.
  10. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    FWers, gird up the loins of your minds and listen up. You guys (and gals) have a very difficult problem to solve that your Pelagianism, Arminianism or Freewillism presents with scripture. First, I will quote one of your most highly favored, go-to "proof texts" that supposedly proves that God...
  11. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    So in your universe, "destruction" is heaven? Do a word study on the term "destruction" if you can find a concordance.
  12. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    The elect! Who else. See Rom 8:29:30.
  13. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    God might have whacked them hard upside the head. That could have been one way to intimidate them.
  14. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    And your point is??? God clearly determined to save Eve in Gen 3:15, didn't he? And he determined to make Pharaoh a hardened reprobate, didn't He? And He was determined to not only prohibit Balaam from cursing Israel but "forced" him to bless His people, didn't He? Will you ever seek a cure...
  15. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    For your info, it's called Divine Providence that has its source in the Divine Will.
  16. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Question: Just what "waters" would that be?
  17. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Again, read the Parable of the Great Banquet in Lk 14 and learn about the insufficiency of a mere outward call of the gospel. The gospel invitations reveal the disposition of God's heart and the commands in the bible reveal man's moral/spiritual responsibility to his Creator.
  18. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Translate: You don't have the first clue what the Corinthians received or from whom they received it.
  19. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    Only to a twisted, perverse, depraved mind would such a mind even be able to postulate such buffoonery.
  20. R

    Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

    The chain of God's salvation can easily be seen in Rom 8:29-30. Notice that the "call" is the third item in the chain and precedes faith (justification). Also, read the Parable of the Banquet in Lk 14 wherein the Master's servant FORCED people to attend since all those who were outwardly...