Mizmorim: psalms, Tehillim: hymns, Shirim: spiritual songs.

"Teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord." Some have supposed, but without any proof or authority, that by the terms hymns and spiritual songs, in the above passages, we are to understand hymns of human composition. But it has been satisfactorily proved by eminent Hebrew scholars, and the most learned expositors of scripture, both ancient and modern, that the names psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, answer to the three Hebrew terms, viz: MIZMORIM, TEHILLIM, and SHIRIM. And be it observed, that these are the Hebrew names by which the Scripture Psalms are entitled and distinguished. The name of the book of psalms in the Hebrew is, SEPHER TEHILLIM, that is, the Book of hymns or Praises…”

In the spirit of a brother I would disagree with your comments and do find contradictions in them and not coherent to the Scriptures.

You said,

"Not being a 5 Point Calvinist I do not define "Total Depravity" as total inability to respond to God, total inability to respond to the conviction of the Holy Spirit but rather in terms of being totally wretched, a sinner, and TOTALLY UNABLE TO SAVE ONESELF, OR CHANGE TO BE HOLY, OR KEEP ONESELF SAVED."

I would like to graciously point out that "total inability" and "totally unable to save oneself" as you have termed are one and the same thing.

Epeshians 2:5

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, by (grace ye are saved)

Romans 3:10-11

It is amazing that you accuse us of the reformed faith that we are illiterate yet you are so blind yourself and lack understanding of the Holy Scriptures.

Your errors begin from the first point for all have sinned including yourself. Therefore it is you that transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ. You deny Christ's doctrine of total depravity and call it heresy.

1John 1:8 states,

"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."

Read in the Bible how Christ dealt with the self-righteous Pharisees.

Matthew 9:11-13

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, ***Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?**** But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.***But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: FOR I AM NOT COME TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS, BUT SINNERS TO REPENTANCE.***

I suppose you think the Pharisees went to heaven because externally they were so good and righteous and obeyed the law of God.

Christ also said,

Sanctification can apply two ways in the Scriptures:

1.In a Christian's life producing the fruits of the Spirit and being more conformed into the image of Christ,

and

2. An external influence. Read the Scripture below.

1 Corithians 7:14

You said,

"I'm really lost here. What exactly are you talking about?? Sanctified EXTERNALLY?????? Isn't this just pagan or popish gibberish to avoid admitting that Hebrews 10 explicitly warns that the 'saved' can in fact, at any moment lose their salvation."

You also quoted Peter in 2Peter 2:19-22

"While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire."

Peter is speaking to false prophets like yourself.
2 Peter 2:1

Hebrews 10:26-31

"For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."

These verses truly expose the hypocrites, the wheat from the tares and the sheep from the goats. As the Scriptures say.

Matthew 7:15-17

You said,

"If every action of man, whether it be good or evil is "predetermined" by God, then who made Adam sin?"

Then no one is saved including yourself and God is not gracious and pleased to save some according to your beliefs.

The Scriptures declare all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. You are a sinner Freewiller born and shapen in iniquity and totally depraved and corrupt as every single human being is.

Any righteousness you may have are filthly rags and not accepted by God. Your righteousness, good works and self induced overcoming will send you to hell.

You said,

"I'm tired of arguing just to argue and Bible says after second admonition to quit. Believe whatever you want. I've already stated my position. Go ahead and sin your way to Heaven, keep on castigating those say we must be overcomers."