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These Greek were "seekers", as their pantheon suggests. Paul's rhetoric to them seemed to give them more light it would lead them to a proper focus of their misguided faith.

Interview with Doug Wilson about Christian Nationalism

You seem to be flailing and beating the air with your posts. Nobody here is arguing that we have any form of righteousness that somehow issues from our own will or actions. The idea being discussed is if a person can be assured that they are one of the elect if they show zero progress in the...

The logical implication of "If haply" (after the command that they should seek the Lord) seems to suggest that it was possible to find God.

So, faith in what Christ has done, as you put it, as a basis for assurance, is, or could be, completely devoid of any relationship to obedience unto Christ?

Interacted with him where, on the FFF?

Yes, of course God is the first mover, and in that sense I agree with your usage of "instigator". His first movement doesn't necessitate irresistibility though. The use of helkuo in Jn 6:44, and it's equivalent usage in Jn 12:32 where "all people" are drawn allow for a universal call. That...

Like the conversation we had regarding KJVo not long ago, I am not as quick to immediately dismiss such folk. I've known many in such congregations that didn't hold obnoxious attitudes just because of KJVo.

I read it back in the day and found it unconvincing. Of course I was a little more biased towards Hyles back then. I'd like to read it again to see if my perception has changed.

Calvin's "evanescent grace" demonstrates the inherent flaw with the notion of God's granting of false assurance.

Welcome Nobody. What topics interest you? And what's your particular flavor of Christian belief/denomination?

Assurance of salvation in the Calvinist scheme is indeed a tad problematic in the existential sense, because though the Calvinist proclaims that God will ensure the perseverance of of the Saint (a sound theological proposition), he cannot be sure that he is one of the elect (being potentially...

The word "instigator" is a bit misleading in your question, for we know salvation is of the Lord, by His initiating grace. Having said that, Paul seems to be appealing to natural revelation as an agent for men to approach knowledge of God in Acts 17:27. Acts 17:27 that they should seek the...

Or, that such imputation is contingent upon a faith that is able to be abandoned.