[Petrosius]

Perhaps you missed the part that said "too literally." You cannot take one passage from the Bible and ignore the rest. The passages that I quoted show quite clearly that the Bible teaches our ability to choose and to resist the will of God. John must be understood in light of this truth. It seems that it is you who are afraid of us who actually believe what the Bible teaches.

[Dutchboy88]

"You cannot take one passage from the Bible and ignore the rest."

. Actually, you cannot take one phrase from the Bible while ignoring the argument being posited. Rome suffers badly from this error. Re: Matt 16...please, where is Rome in this?