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Hi Peter, I will answer back point by point so we can continue working for understanding. Under my point #1 about John the Baptist and his salvation you wrote: Correct. But I don’t think it is relevant either way. I see where you are going with your premise but your point is made whether he was saved or not. However, this blog was written to refute Calvinism, not to refute you. It makes a huge difference whether John the Baptist was outside the kingdom. I picked one of the people who Calvinists say was definitely one of the elect and who was chosen to be saved unconditionally from long before he was born. So if Calvinism teaches that God picks certain people to be saved and some to be lost, and if John the Baptist is universally admitted to be one of the elect, then would it not make a strong point that Jesus said John the Baptist was outside the kingdom while others were entering the kingdom? If John the Baptist is not in the kingdom does that not put a serious dent into Calvinism’s unconditional election to salvation? If you were a Calvinist and believed as Calvinist’s believe, might Jesus’ words cause you some problems when there was never a reversal of Jesus’ assessment of John’s spiritual condition? I appreciate any attempt you make to think outside of the box and into the mind of a typical Calvinist.