Unprofitable Servant wrote:
How about these verses. Exodus 15:1, Numbers 21:17; Judges 5:3; I Chronicles 16:23,33 Job 35:10 and Revelation 15:3.

God's purpose in providentially and gracefully providing His followers with the Bible including the Psalms was to bring them into likemindedness with Christ Jesus. To teach sound doctrine. To help us reach into the divine mind.

Ups wrote:
that God only accepts psalms as acceptable songs in worship

You have absolutely zero authority to authorise human uninspired compositions to replace the Word of God.

It is very revealing that the RCC's the Anglicans, the Liberals and the JW's worship in the same way as you hymn singers do.

By your premise of replacing the Book which God wrote by a human composition how many other books of the Bible do you replace?

Michael Hranek wrote:
Tell Him all about how you don't believe in His Sovereign Promises, the Sovereign Convicting work of the Holy Spirit

Michael wrote.
"Calvinists that they teach against and malign the thought of the world in John 3:16 meaning anything other than their definition the "elect""

Translation::- Michael does not believe in "election."

Michael wrote.
"They way some Calvinist/Reformed tell it if God regenerates you then you will do this or that"

Translation::- Michael believes regeneration doesn't make any difference in the sinner.

In other words Michael what you preach is that being born again changes nothing in the sinner, what you want is the sinner-action self-help salvation Roman Catholic (arminian) style.

Michael goes on to say below quote; "if you trust His word to be the Truth and because of it call upon His name to be saved that He will honor His Promise" - This in opposition to regeneration.

Michael Hranek wrote:
1. AND now today I see something different but so similar with certain Calvinists that they teach against and malign the thought of the world in John 3:16 meaning anything other than their definition the "elect", and neither group seems to proclaim this verse to be what it is THE PROMISE of the Sovereign God, that men ought so to believe BECAUSE IT IS TRUE and BECAUSE OF IT to in faith call upon the name of the Lord to be saved from their sins.

2. They way some Calvinist/Reformed tell it if God regenerates you then you will do this or that NOT if you trust His word to be the Truth and because of it call upon His name to be saved that He will honor His Promise (in line with His desire and the work of Christ on Calvary) and save you

2. You are putting the cart before the horse. Or to put it another way you are putting the sinner in charge and insulting God and Christ crucified.

John for Jesus wrote:
(A) Eph 1:4-5 doesn't mention the word elect or faith.

(B) God predestined us (in Christ) to adoption as sons through Jesus

God is not choosing the divine soccer team here in Eph 1:4,5. He is describing the beginning of election before the foundation of the world.

The word "Faith" is not the point I was making. IE Election - "PRE-DATES" - faith. The teaching of these verses is when election began in divine hands.

"Predestination" - The elect are predestinated the rest are reprobated.
Who do you think HE predestinates - The divine soccer team again???

John for Jesus wrote:
Nonbelievers are definitely not in Christ.

John for Jesus wrote:
I see you made it back. There is a good reason why nobody came back with scripture showing there are nonbelievers who are elect, because there are none. As far as these verses about the Spirit teaching things, the problem is how you apply that to Calvinism which is a teaching of men.

Also
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.