Can We Really Exercise Free Will?

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Oxford dictionary freedom of choice

Bible untrusted nature from the flesh

Choice and will different in the bible

Bible the will of man lives in the flesh, doesn't state the choice and will are one in harmony with each other just states the will of man lives in the flesh

Thanks for the reply, but I'm going to wait for Cameron to define it since he made the request
 
But He did come to save Abraham's descendants (Lk 1:54-55). You do realize that Jesus' base of operations for his 3-1/2 year ministry was in Galilee of the Gentiles, thereby fulfilling prophecy (Isa 9:1)?

Jesus appeared to use words to push away the Canaanite woman, referring to Gentile people as dogs.
Jesus told His disciples not to go in the way of the Gentiles.
When Christ was risen, it was only after the Jews rejected their Messiah that Christ's ministry's focus then went out to the Gentiles.
Jesus said salvation was of the Jews.
There was no pre-Christian LXX.
Jesus never quoted from a pre-Christian LXX.
That is simply a myth and a fantasy that does not align with the Scriptures.



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Yep. Totally "Kicked out." I was in the inner circle. It was an "exclusive" Club in our church. If they thought you were all in, they brought you into the real mens Bible study. I ate it up......Sad to think back on it now. I was a fool.

Yet, I don't understand the calvies? The problem is we understand it far too well.
If you are considered “never saved” by Calvinists, then what assurance do they have for themselves?
 
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Does he ever address the grammatical error in Vaticanus' reading of Romans 8:28?

At this point in my life, I am not interested in listening to anti-TR or anti-KJV material unless you simply want to summarize what he states here.

In this PDF, I have catalogued seventeen textual differences that I believe are significant or noteworthy. This is by no means an exhaustive list, as I am confident that additional examples can be found in my 77 Changed Doctrines in Modern Bibles list. In addition to these, my 100 Reasons for the KJV and the Textus Receptus provide further non-doctrinal reasons in support of the same position.

You can view the PDF here:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3m849fzt1coq38etobnd2/KJV-vs-Modern-Bibles-Changed-Doctrines.pdf?rlkey=3fjj7b207c4kclgjdybwmv1sp&st=zxiy0c1z&dl=0

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Oh I do agree that modern Bibles are getting worse not better. And absolutely yes they sneaking in Calvinist doctrine.
 
If you are considered “never saved” by Calvinists, then what assurance do they have for themselves?
There is no assurance beyond your mental capacities. The theory of Calvinism is their assurance.

For believers who advance in the mind of Christ.........The Lord Jesus Christ is Biblical hope/assurance/preservation/eternal life.
 
There is no assurance beyond your mental capacities. The theory of Calvinism is their assurance.

For believers who advance in the mind of Christ.........The Lord Jesus Christ is Biblical hope/assurance/preservation/eternal life.
well I'm not a calvinist and I know enabling grace comes first
 
how does the flesh accept the gospel tho
The flesh is merely the container for that which motivates/animates it.
The love, confession and believing? Of the heart-mind-soul.....

Romans 10:8-9-10
Matthew 22:37

A little friendly advice: Don't get hoaxed by the Calvinists.....
 
this is also his enabling grace

1 John 2:2
and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died. / And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.

Acts 16:31
 
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1 John 2:2
and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died. / And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.

Acts 16:31
Is this his enabling grace ?
 
There is no assurance beyond your mental capacities. The theory of Calvinism is their assurance.

For believers who advance in the mind of Christ.........The Lord Jesus Christ is Biblical hope/assurance/preservation/eternal life.
What kind of crazy person would put their faith and hope in a salvation lottery that they didn't even participate in conducted by a God that they think is evil?
 
The flesh is merely the container for that which motivates/animates it.
The love, confession and believing? Of the heart-mind-soul.....

Romans 10:8-9-10
Matthew 22:37

A little friendly advice: Don't get hoaxed by the Calvinists.....
no such thing as a Calvinist, it's a myth, you know a fairy tale.

His enabling grace comes first