Moral outrage is absurd if you reject objective truth."
John Hendryx

Jim; If truth & morality are only relative, & subjected to subjective meanings only.

Then in your fallen worldview, you can’t live consistently in that foolish way; Pro 14:12!;

As you force, your intolerant ways on here, & promote the murder of a Small Baby in the Womb, through the god of Humanism, self, is King!

Truth, morality, Sin, ones Worldview, reasoning, etc, all are Objective! Defined by Christ & His Word, n’t many other ways to God, as Jesus isn’t just a good moral teacher.

So your point you made clearly reflects, how desperately & sadly lost you are!

Jim; Rome take on excommunication & salvation only being through Her & Her Sacraments, clearly goes against Jesus, Jhn 14:6!

As even those who have done acts of murder, can be forgiven IF, They have truly have tasted & reflect, the saving Gift of Godly brokenness in & through Christ Alone; 2 Cor 7:8-9, 1 Jhn 1:9, Acts 26:10, 7:28!

So you might want to stop being so close minded & up the Bible & read it for own self, who knows, God might bring You to Your knees & allow you to see & taste Your dier need of Him & n’t the other way around amen!

The times look awfully dark indeed; & as the clouds grow thicker — the stupidity of the nation seems proportionally to increase. If the Lord hadn’t a remnant here, I would have very formidable apprehensions. But He loves His redeemed children; some are sighing & mourning before Him, & I am sure He hears their sighs, & sees their tears. I trust there is mercy in store for us at the bottom; but I expect a shaking time before things get into a right channel — before we are humbled, & are taught to give Him the glory.

The state of the nation, the state of the churches — both are deplorable! Those who should be praying — are disputing & fighting among themselves! Alas! how many professors are more concerned for the mistakes of government — than for their own sins!"

Jim; How many times have you been married? How are you prepared for eternity? As I agree Paula White, needs the Jesus of the Bible & n’t the Jesus of Prosperity Gospel!!

PS 34:8 O taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man that trusteth in Him!

Pro 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom & instruction.

O’ I guess that isn’t very important, as if you get that wrong, you are squarely looking down the barrel of Gals 1:6-9!!!

Anonymous Baptist; It’s okay to read commentaries or listen to sermons, in how God used His people, durning the time of the Reformation, through the Reformers. To proclaim His glory word & to declare, too one, that they aren’t prepared to die outside of Christ Alone, being their only mediator alone amen!

The Gospel & the Sovereignty of God is affected when we go in directions that scriptures isn’t leading us. So JFJ, going in the direction of Rome, isn’t good, important aspect of why the Reformers, willing to die for their God Given faith in knowing that truth was being twisted into filling the Mold of what Rome, says & interprets, how one is reconciled to God, through Mary!

The next V-36 says the Son sets one Free & indeed. Just like I shared & others too; Jhn 1:12-13. As the glorious beauty of the Sovereignty of God, didn’t make Salvation just a potential act for one. But as Jesus teaches through out the Book of Jhn in several chapters, He actually accomplished in saving one, His people, His Sheep. As Christ didn’t die to be a Potential Savior for one!

As the only reason why one is a new creature in Christ, isn’t because of ones Free Will-AKA- Fallen Will! One who has tasted the sweet saving nectar from Christ bringing the saving Gift of Reconciliation too them & n’t the other way around!

V12, who gives the power to one become a child of Child. As the Bible teaches we are children of wrath, apart from Christ Alone! Can’t please God in the flesh of the 1 ST Adam, one is in Hostility against Christ; Rom 8:5-9! Repeating picture how Doctrines affect other Doctrines!

V-13; It’s clear who is seeking who, Jesus isn’t knocking on my spiritual heart door to let Him. Dead men don’t seek, & I don’t need to ask Jesus into my heart, when that is a huge problem I face specifically; Jer 17:9. I need a new spiritual heart of Flesh; Ezk 36:24-26

I amn’t Brainwashed Just highly grateful that the Bible clearly tells me, & reassures me, that Christ isn’t just merely a potential Savior for one, that Christ first loved me first, that He didn’t see me through the Corredor of time, in seeing me, choosing Him.

You have issues with the Sovereignty of God, Eph 1:4-13.

Spurgeon; It always seems inexplicable to me that those who claim free will so very boldly for man should n’t also allow some free will to God. Why shouldn’t Jesus Christ have the right to choose his own bride?

Would God be unfair if He didn’t save anyone?

Spurgeon; Free will carried many a soul to hell, but never a soul to heaven!

Acts 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, heard us; & the Lord opened her heart to give heed unto the things which were spoken by Paul.

Those who say that the fallen deadness of the fallen spiritual condition we have apart from Christ, doesn't play into affect with Lazarus, are either, embracing Pelagianism or Sem- Pelagianism.

As the only reason why Lazarus came forth; Jhn 11:44, wasn't his free will!

Jhn 5:28 Don’t marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice

As their is clearly taught from scriptures; There are two types of "calls" from God. There's the outward call of God & the inward call of God. & the Fall of mankind has a great affect on these, two separate callings, in how they affect one. At the end of the day from from your, Semi & Pelagianism embracing, it leaves one, with Christ just being a potential savior for one, contray to many scriptures, saying He saves His, elect, His Sheep, His people, in whomever that is. As the E don’t have a Big E on their heads for the Elect!