@Canonandcreed All I see in those texts is a healthy apprehension because you're now speaking to thousands of people. That's James 3:1 in action. I really like your videos and how they get to the history and core of the disagreements between Protestantism and Catholicism/Orthodoxy.
@PDavidCMcGuire@stodgman@WesleyLHuff@MikhailaFuller 1 Corinthians 13:8
"Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away with; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away with."
Question for you: Where is the love in your response to Wes? Don't be a noisy gong.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.”
– Matthew 23:23
@FAN77BB@JoshAnimator@MC_Taz_Man Typically, when the mother's life is endangered by the pregnancy, a c section is done to try and save both lives. When an abortion is medically necessary, neither the mother or the child would survive the pregnancy. Every single US state allows for medically necessary abortions.
@Romeo1Oscar@USAIMREF@DrFrankTurek In Romans 8, "predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son." Sanctification happens to all followers of Christ. Who is this predestined for? Those who He foreknew. Who does God foreknow? Those who put faith in Christ. For what are we called? For God's purpose.
@Romeo1Oscar@USAIMREF@DrFrankTurek But why did He need to hide the meaning? If total depravity is true, then it should not matter if He spoke plainly, the unelect would still reject Him. He speaks in parables so that only those who truly desire to follow Him can, leaving the choice in the ears of the hearer.
@Romeo1Oscar@USAIMREF@DrFrankTurek I fully expect nonbelievers to think the ways of God are foolish, but that has no bearing on their ability to accept the gospel. 1 Corinthians is about wisdom, not salvation. John 12:32 says all will be drawn to Christ, yet not all are saved.
@Romeo1Oscar@USAIMREF@DrFrankTurek No dead man saves himself, that is Christ. Faith is a free choice, but Eph. 8 & 9 clearly states faith is not a work. God saved Abraham because of his faith. Where is the evidence that the "dead" have total inability to choose to follow Christ? John 3:16 says whoever believes.
@USAIMREF@Romeo1Oscar@DrFrankTurek You just conceded that God calls everyone, and yet some reject the calling.
As for your question, that's unrelated to the topic. The question is can people freely accept and reject the gospel. Do your own research on the unreached if you need an answer for that.
@USAIMREF@DrFrankTurek@Romeo1Oscar You're taking Romans 3:11 out of context, as Paul supports my point just a few verses later "even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction" Romans 3:22. To believe is an act that one must choose to do.
@USAIMREF@Romeo1Oscar@DrFrankTurek Answer my questions and I'll answer yours.
What specifically does it mean for God to call someone? No Christian rejects God's role in calling. Who is God calling and for what purpose?
@USAIMREF@Romeo1Oscar@DrFrankTurek What specifically does it mean for God to call someone? No Christian rejects God's role in calling. Who is God calling and for what purpose?
"And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to Myself." John 12:32
@USAIMREF@DrFrankTurek@Romeo1Oscar If your definition of free will is that we can't accept Christ because of our sin, then no, you have proven nothing. If your stance is only that we have a sinful nature, then I readily concede that point. You have not shown that that sinful nature results in total inability.
@Romeo1Oscar@USAIMREF@DrFrankTurek Finally, you may have accidentally taken 1 Corinthians 2:14 out of its context. It's about discerning God's wisdom through the Holy Spirit, which the unsaved do not have. It is not about salvation.
@Romeo1Oscar@USAIMREF@DrFrankTurek Ephesians 8 states that the process of salvation is the gift. "saved by grace through faith." Faith is a choice we make, that does not mean work on our part saves us. I agree, it is totally the work of Christ. See Romans 4:3, Abraham believed and was credited as righteous.