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Thank you for responding. Yes, every living creature is created by God, and every creature is animated when it is created. God created the life of living creatures. But I am still wondering what you are saying. Please be specific with nothing more than yes and no answers: 1. God created the...

A life that is created by God in every creature? or The life of God that is of His essence and Person?

I would suggest that America is not MIA in the book of Revelation, but is probably the 7-headed beast - the kingdom from which comes the Antichrist. America in the Revelation: "And I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and...

Thank you for sharing that story. I hope that the LORD leads you to a fellowship where you and they can minister to each other.

I am not sure what you mean by 'every facet of salvation' because salvation is one thing; it is of God and accomplished by him. A man does not accomplish anything regarding his eternal life in Christ; neither by his own power, work, or merit. If a man can accomplish even one 'facet' of his...

And so the LORD saves us past [when we were born from above], present, and future. "by grace you have been saved [perfect <past action w/ continuing results> passive participle, ]" (Eph 2:5, 8 ESV). "but to us being saved [present passive participle], it is the power of God" (1Cor 1:18 LITV)...

So let's scrap Webster and address the Greek NT, and look at words like: choose, wish, will, must need, obey, imperatives, subjunctives, etc. God and the Scriptures will define the human will and the context that we should use to discuss it. As far as 'the will' relates to our being born from...

Faith is conceived when someone hears the Gospel in his heart [as opposed to head knowledge]. Hearing and believing are perhaps not simultaneous, but over time - at least enough time to contemplate and choose and act. When he acts upon that faith by turning towards God for salvation and eternal...

I would like to see on your part a Scriptural understanding of will/freewill, as opposed to what Webster might say about it. How do the Scriptures address our will as it relates to the process of God saving us, in our approaching and receiving birth from above? No, definitely not. When a man...

Addressing will and/or free will is fine; I am wanting to see how you think they relate to the conception and birth of believers. Your next post, #47, is heading in that direction. Thank you.

Malachi made this statement on another thread [http://christianforums.net/Fellowship/index.php?threads/the-five-points-of-calvinism.57833/] to which I disagree with: Preaching the Gospel does not generate faith. Hearing the Gospel must accompany the preaching of it. My point is that the LORD...

So how does this conversation tie into the conception and birth of believers?

I appreciate your thoughts and Scripture references. I agree with what you have said here, and in particular - 'We have touched on this briefly before, but I believe this GIFT of God in Eph 2:8 is the whole realm of salvation....the grace,the faith and salvation is the gift.'

You are directing the conversation way off topic. Can you relate your line of reasoning back to the topic of this thread, how it relates to the conception and birth of believers?

Again, I disagree. To say no to God could be, and most often is, to say "Yes" to self; that is to exercise one's own will in the stead of acting upon God's will. Neighbor, the devil is not responsible for your sin. The sinner is responsible for his own sin (Rom 14:12). The evil spoken of in Mat...

I understand what you are calling attention to. Regarding the portion that I underlined above, and specifically that faith: I am referencing a faith [pre-salvation, before being saved] that acknowledges God is who He says He is, but before acting upon it by believing into Christ. Many people...

We are in agreement on these matters. To answer your question, yes, the object of our faith is Christ crucified and resurrected. Regarding the action required on our part to be saved: that action is to place our faith [noun (Rom 3:22,25,4:5)] in God, that is to believe [verb (Rom 10:9)] in Him...

Regarding your post #17, our will is not controlled by God but influenced by God. Regarding your post #18 above, we are save by grace through faith (Eph 2:8). Interesting that you quote Jn 1:12-13 as it begins by stating "as many as received Him . . .", a conscious decision to believe in the...

I disagree. "So then each one of us will give account concerning himself to God" (Rom 14:12 LITV). I agree. "If I had not come and had not spoken to them, they had no sin. But now they do not have excuse as to their sin" (John 15:22 LITV).

I want to reiterate that I acknowledge man's free will. 'Conceive/conception' is a word of my choosing to describe God's work in our hearts, His preparation of our heart that we may believe in Him. Our believing into Christ is an exercise of our free will, but the faith required to believe...