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True. But the refrain says it all: PRAISE THE LORD, PRAISE THE LORD, PRAISE THE LORD, PRAAAAAAAISE THE LORD.

God's in control, not DJT or EM. Thank God it's not four more years of leftist atheist lunacy.

A. Messiah means anointed one. B. Messiah was always God's plan, the promised seed of Genesis 3:15, sent to the Jews through a Jewish woman, to be the True Light that Israel failed to be, to be a lamp unto the feet and a light unto the path of the Gentile nations (goyim). C. Church is the translation used for the Greek word ekklesia, which refers to all those called out and assembled in Christ. The ekklesia is the church, and the church are all Jews and Gentiles in Christ. D. The ekklesia (the church) is a word and an "entity" every Jew was familiar with because ekklesia was used many times in the LXX, the septuigent, the Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures, to describe the gathering or assembly of Jews. The word synagogue was also used in the LXX to refer to the gathering or assembly.

Are you saying we are not created in the image of God?

To the resurrection of life. Amen.

Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission (atonement/covering) of sin. (Leviticus 17:11; Hebrews 9:22). The blood sacrifices under the law of Levitical priesthood atoned for sins for a period, a year at most. But the law never justified anyone in God's eyes (Romans 3:20). Jesus came to perfectly fulfill the law and the prophets (Matthew 5:17), to put an end to the sacrificial system, not merely to cover sins for a year, but, as the perfectly unblemished lamb of God, to permanently take away our sins and the sins of the world. (John 1:29). Jesus came as the promised seed of the woman to crush the head of the devil (Genesis 3:15), to destroy sin and death, the works of the devil (1 John 3:8), to fulfill the law and the prophets (Deuteronomy 18:15; Isaiah 53:3, 10), to do the will of God (Isaiah 53:10), to be a ransom for many. (Matthew 20:28) Jesus prophesied His death throughout scripture: Matthew 9:15, 12:39-40, 16:21-28, 17:9, 22-23, 20:17-19, 28, 26:1-2; Mark 2:20, 8:31-33, 9:9,12, 30-32, 10:32-34, 12:1-10, 13:8; Luke 9:21-22, 43-45, 18:31-34; John 3:14, 16, 12:23-24. Among other reasons, Jesus came to die: To redeem all who believe. (Galatians 3:13). To taste death for everyone. (Hebrews 2:9). To bring many sons to glory. (Hebrews 2:10). To destroy the devil. (Hebrews 2:14). To take upon Himself the wrath of God we deserve for our sins. (Romans 3:25; Galatians 3:13; 1 John 4:10). To show us the steadfast love God has for His image bearers, though all of us be sinful, and forgive us our sins. (Matthew 26:28; John 3:16; Romans 5:7-8; Ephesians 1:7; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 5:2, 25). To perfect us and sanctify us, (Hebrews 10:14), to reconcile us in Him, (Colossians 1:22), to cleanse us of our sins and deliver us from this present evil age (1 Corinthians 5:7; Galatians 1:4), to free us in Christ so we may live not as we please, but to live as we ought for Him who died for us and was resurrected for us (2 Corinthians 5:15; Philippians 2:5-8; Hebrews 12:3-4; 1 Peter 2:19-21), to rescue us from the wrath of God that is to come (Hebrews 9:28), and to grant unto us eternal life in glory with Him (John 3:16). All blessings, honor glory and power to the Father Son and Holy Spirit. Forever and ever. Amen. Amen.

Replacement means that the New Covenant replaced the Old Covenant, and the New Covenant fulfilled the law and the prophets of the Old. So, it's actually fulfillment theology. Israel was chosen by God to be a priestly and a holy nation set apart from the other nations. Israel was to be a light to those nations (goyim) in order to draw the nations to God. For its part, Israel was loved by God, but Israel was disobedient. Israel became like a despicable whore to God because it worshipped idols, sacrificed their children to be burned, and failed in the mission God had chosen it to accomplish, which was to draw the nations to God. In God's magnificent plan of redemption, He sent Messiah to be the True Light, to put an end to the sacrificial system, fulfill the law and the prophets, and destroy Satan and power of sin and death. Now there is one body of faithful believers consisting of Jews and Gentiles from every nation, called the body of Christ, called the temple of God, called Israel of God.

Fixed it for ya.

Yes, and saving faith is ipso facto salvation which is ipso facto by God's grace. You don't have saving faith unless you're already saved, which means you didn't have saving faith until you were born again. SAVING FAITH IS A GIFT OF GOD'S GRACE.

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Whoa! From you who says you don't need God to come to saving faith? That's blasphemy.

Except you are denying the truth that FAITH IS A GIFT.

You fail to support your talking point with Scripture that SAYS what you SAY. You're dull of hearing (reading), because I've proven to you that faith is a gift, and the early church fathers and many Greek scholars agree that in Eph. 2, faith is a gift.

Regarding the gospel, the 2 results are either regeneration or stay dead in trespasses and sins. The gospel message of God's grace is efficacious to some, called the elect. Those who don't receive saving faith refuse to believe because they have not been born again.

You seem to know about Calvin, but Pelagian? Incredulous. 😄