My dear Calvinist friends, the argument that you are not prideful is OVER! Carry on with your other discussions, this one is settled.
Not Pride.
Confidence.
There is a difference.
RnMomof7 opposed me for months. And I will defer to her impression of me, good or bad, for judgment. For though I am prideful in many things (this I freely admit), I expect that she will tell you honestly: In this I am not prideful. I am confident.
I know whereof I speak.
The Bible is on my side, because I am on the Bible's side.
Believe you me, Ward -- six months ago, RN would've agreed with you that I am "prideful" in such a statement.
She will no longer agree with you.
Because she knows that I know what I am talking about.
It is not "prideful" to speak as One who Speaks with Authority.
It is an Imitation of Christ.
And I am an Imitator of Christ.
NO SALE! The argument is over. No further explanation is needed.
Everybody here, right or wrong, thinks they are on the side of the Bible. It's been that way for 2000 years.
Sorry, you said it. You proved it.
Pride, arrogance.
Pride, arrogance.
Pride, arrogance.
Move on to your next point.