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Ask a question back. "Do you know for sure that God loves you and has forgiven all your sins?" The gospel comprises historical facts about Jesus that assure us that God truly loves us and our sins are truly forgiven. You can't get that assurance any other way.

5. This readiness to reconcile with others within the church and to experience unity Paul bases on a list of common graces we all have received in Christ, and which Paul has already mentioned in the preceding portion of his letter. By recognising that we have these in common, we are able to...

4. "walk worthily of the calling to which you were called, reconciling with one another in love, with all humble-mindedness and judiciously exercised power and persevering passion, stepping in quickly to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace God gives us.-" - We are called...

There's a verse in the Bible about a LifelongLearner. 2 Tim 3:7. Grace and peace.

Can I force a prisoner who wants/wills to be freed to stop wanting/willing to be freed? Can I force a person against their will to want/will to drive no faster than 80 km per hour, if they want/will to drive at 150 km/hr on the highway.?

Eph 4:1 I am calling alongside ( Παρακαλῶ , present active indicative) therefore ( οὖν ) you ( ὑμᾶς ), I ( ἐγὼ ) the prisoner ( ὁ δέσμιος ) in what characterises the lord ( ἐν κυρίῳ , anarthrous κυρίῳ ), worthily ( ἀξίως ) to walk ( περιπατῆσαι, aorist active infinitive ) of the calling ( τῆς...

Eph 3:20 Now/So, to the one being able ( Τῷ δὲ δυναμένῳ, present deponent participle ) above all things ( ὑπὲρ πάντα , neuter plural) to do ( ποιῆσαι, aorist active infinitive ) above abundantly ( ὑπὲρ ἐκπερισσοῦ ) of which ( ὧν ) we are asking ( αἰτούμεθα , present middle indicative ) or...

Which number post does s/e first occur? I don't think it's reasonable to expect a person visiting this thread to read all 32 pages of 632 posts to learn your abbreviation system before they comment on a recent post. If your aim is to have new visitors to the thread engage with your posts, I...

You seem to be confusing free will with omnipotence. I can freely desire whatever I want to desire, and no one can stop me wanting what I want. Whether I can achieve what I want, has no bearing whatever on whether my wanting itself is free.

s/e ? Maybe you could drop the abbreviations for the sake of clear communication.

We certainly don't have free will as you define it. But your definition isn't in line with how the Bible uses the words for will: thelO (to will) and thelEma (a will).

Luk 3:38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. Jhn 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Jhn 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God. Jhn 1:3 All things were made by him; and...

Biblically, "to will" is "to want or desire something". No one can stop me "wanting/willing" what "I want/will".

My wife and I have been busy lately relocating from India back to NZ, with no real time to contribute to discussions on CC. We moved into our new home on our new orchard a couple of days ago..

As Jesus said, "According to your faith be it done unto you." If you believe you have no free will, you get what you believe. Others who believe they have free will get what they believe." What would you prefer to have, @LifelongLearner ?