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That's the thing; there's nothing to defend, because all of your assertions and accusations against Calvinism are so ridiculous. It is. I never argued that it did. God predestines certain individuals, ~ us, as Paul says, meaning each and every one of us Christians ~ those He chose before the...

Total rubbish; just a ridiculous, non-sensical rant. But a break here, because there's a little something here that's worth responding to: Let's restate this question thusly. Yes, if all have sinned, and there is none righteous, no not one, then the question is, how can we possibly be...

That might hold some water, coming from you, if ~ and this is a big if ~ you even understood what Calvinism is. All you've done is twist it into something That I assure you... see what I did there? <smile> ...it's most definitely not. Agreed, but John Calvin ~ not Jacobus Arminius ~ was right...

I agree; I'd stop if I were you. Not at all. I do get, though, that to you, it is... But that's just you. In... your opinion. I get it, but no. Now, "gifting you to choose Christ..."... that's off, but not far off, actually. What the one given saving faith (assurance and conviction...

The second. And that will be when Christ returns. LOL! Yeah, not sure why you're telling me that... Verses 4-6 is spiritual in nature, and the first, and the second, which is the physical, occurs just after the return of Christ in verse 7 and just prior to the opening of the judgment scene...

No, he doesn't; I agree. <chuckles> I don't ~ in the sense of what hyper-Calvinism truly is. But John Calvin was right... in refuting all five of Jacobus Arminius's five "objections." Well, neither Calvinism nor hyper-Calvinism does that. But they both hold that our faith is a gift of God by...

He does. Or purposely ignores it. And Paul sets out what we call the "golden chain" of salvation: We are foreknown, and then predestined... Actually these are so closely associated that they are the same event, really... And then called, and then justified (which are also simultaneous), and...

You weren't, because a true hyper-Calvinist is not really adhering to true Calvinism at all, but a distortion of it. A little education on such things would do wonders... Well... maybe... <smile> That's just idiotic, Behold. He did no such thing. Paul's explanation of God's foreknowing...

No, but you ~ I ~ can certainly proclaim its inherent rightness... <smile> Hmmm... well no one has "issues with God's grace," but some ~ you, in this case ~ certainly have issues understanding what God's grace truly is, and, in a real sense, just how amazing God's grace really is. This is...

Interesting that you don't cite what you copied and pasted from... This much is true... ...but this is not. What God actually does is, He gives them over to themselves and their own selfish desires and passions, which is exactly what they want and have chosen for themselves... even though, by...

And I'll separate this from the rest... You know, that is a problem... that Calvinists can come across as self-righteous. And that is sin rearing its ugly head, and I, as a Calvinist, have to ~ and do, in all humility ~ repent of that... in dust and ashes. But, Behold, you kind of have to...

Continued from above: Absolutely. It was going to happen, and Jesus, being God Himself, knew it full well. Jesus, Behold, was acknowledging that in His humanity, His will was that this cup pass from Him, but knew that the Father's will was for Him to be crucified, and that because it was the...

So, before I address this, I'll just say that hyper-Calvinism is a distortion and a misunderstanding of what historic Calvinism ~ what John Calvin actually believed, preached and wrote about. A few points: Both historic Calvinists and hyper-Calvinists would call themselves "five-point...

Ah, now this is worth speaking to. There is Calvinism and there is something called hyper-Calvinism, which is quite different than true, historical Calvinism ~ what John Calvin actually preached and taught ~ and makes them not really Calvinists but something quite else. To your "point,"...

Oh great... <smile> I quite honestly don't even understand this very discombobulated sentence. So no, I'm obviously not teaching that. I'm not really teaching anything actually, but rather proclaiming it... What I'm saying, Behold, is that in being born again of the Spirit, God gives you...

Nothing, really; all I was saying is that the disagreement goes all the way back. I brought up the issue of God's foreknowledge as spoken of by Paul in Romans 8 some time ago... in post #1337. That post was in response to TLHKAJ, who I think things along the same lines as you on that subject...

Right, and belief is an act of the will which occurs because of the new heart received in the new birth. Grace and peace to you.

Not true at all... Hmmm... <chuckles> Not true at all. But God does allow evil... sin... in this world, for now. Why? Well, God's thoughts are not our thoughts, His ways not ours (Isaiah 55:8-9). It seems that's true of you, Behold. Did God not give Job over to Satan for a time? He...

You say this, Johann, but then you say: So... which is it? <smile> This is a bit incredible... <smile> I mean, Johann, John Calvin said ~ and I say ~ but really because Jesus said, we MUST be born again SO THAT THEN we will believe. Otherwise, we would remain dead in our sins and thus...

Absolutely, unequivocally, indisputably not: "And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience ~ among whom we all once lived in the...