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It is my contention that all, not many, have hardened hearts and this is the Total Depravity. Romans 1:21 21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Romans 8:20-21 20 For...

If we take the "receiving" to be referring to "believing" in this context then what I state makes sense. IOW the "receiving Him" is another way of stating "believing" not that these two are different. By believing we are receiving Him, thus the requirement for salvation is faith alone. There...

John answered, "A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven. - John 3:27 This speaks to the sovereignty of God. His role in salvation is primary. Concerning man he acts as an active recipient. He is passive in that God opens his heart to receive the gospel yet he...

Really, then who is the atonement for sin today? Oh OK. So IOW we are forgiven our sins through belief in the name of Jesus. Lets just zero in on one section of Scripture. I will bold areas of the text that prove your position to be incorrect. 1 Some men came down from Judea and began teaching...

You are incorrect. Phillip and Peter are the first to recognize the ministry to the Gentiles. Peter's gospel mirrors that of Paul's. The Church is not divided. 38 And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins...

Wormwood, I appreciate your dialogue and if we never get to meet face to face this side of glory I pray that God grants that we meet on the other side. I do not believe we disagree on the character of God, rather on the condition of humanity. God does continually reach out to humanity, yet...

Being this is away from the 1 John 3:9 subject I want to comment. The OP concedes that both major streams of the Protestant movement held to the concept. So then it is the culmination of Scriptural evidence, the working of the Holy Spirit in the development of the reformation, along with my...

When I look to the doctrine of total depravity it is not a solitary verse or section of Scripture that directs me to conviction, rather it is the mass of implicit and explicit teachings that direct me. I have already in this thread posted a huge amount of Scriptures that direct to this view...

Wormwood, I appreciate your dialogue. As we are apart on this issue I intend to make this my last response. I think it a bit unfair your harsh position concerning the eschatological focus. You state: "There is nothing here that suggests John is speaking with an eschatological focus." But...

Wormwood, Context is key to understanding all Scripture. Here we agree. We also agree that habitual sin in the life of the believer is an inconsistency. Yet the use of the present tense does not denote habit rather it denotes an incomplete or progressive action or state. To use Oz: The...

Oz, Thank you for your correction as I failed to represent the present tense in my loose translation. I agree with your literal translation although contextually I interpret a nuance differently. This though does not detract from the arguments presented in #47. (Again refer to Wallace to...

The strength of this verse hinges on this phrase καὶ οὐ δύναται (present, middle or passive, indicative) ἁμαρτάνειν Eberhard Nestle et al., The Greek New Testament, 27th ed. (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1993), 1 Jn 3:9. This is stating it is an impossibility to sin or is unable to...

Here is a definition for Logos.... the independent personified expression of God, the Logos. Our lit. shows traces of a way of thinking that was widespread in contemporary syncretism, as well as in Jewish wisdom lit. and Philo, the most prominent feature of which is the concept of the Logos...

The sword of the Spirit is not the same as the Holy Spirit. Then the context is teaching the Scripture is our offense in spiritual warefare. and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, - Ephesians 6:17 Refer back to Jesus' temptation where He used...

Jesus is the Logos. Nowhere are we taught the Holy Spirit is God's Word.

You are confused. God's Spirit is also holy and I am indwelled by Him. I did not reject Him. That makes me holy. I don't kill everyone I touch. Many articles of the tabernacle were holy. Men touched them, even stole them, and did not die. You would know this if you studied the Scriptures...

What about those people in Jamestown, they believed God was speaking to them too. How about the people in Waco, David was Jesus and they believed they were being led by the Spirit. Oh then what about the Shammen in Africa, they believe in being led by spirits and not following any book. If we...

Agreed...

The Nicene Creed: We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, begotten of the Father the only begotten; that is, of the essence of the Father, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not...

Word Study 1 John 3:9 σπέρμα - sperma I. Diachronic Study A. Classical Usage 1. Seed of plants: Homerus, Homeric Hymns, 2.307; Herodotus, The Histories, 3.97; Xenophon, Economics, 17.8, 10 a. Seed of fruit: Antiphanes, Comicus, 58.4, iv B.C. i. Products of earth, of corn stalks: Anthologia...