Chosen by God - A study in Election
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Eph 2........
It is God Himself was doing all of the work here.
The spiritual rebirth and resurrection from the dead to eternal life is far beyond the power and inclination of falling men.
But God,
{who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us}, [[[even when we were dead in trespasses]]],
made us alive
together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and [God] raised us up together, and [God] made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
It is God Himself was doing all of the work here.
The spiritual rebirth and resurrection from the dead to eternal life is far beyond the power and inclination of falling men.
But God,
{who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us}, [[[even when we were dead in trespasses]]],
made us alive
together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and [God] raised us up together, and [God] made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
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The narrative is to demonstrate that Jesus is the power of the resurrection.
Verse 25 makes it clear... once again you are adding meaning to the text beyond the clear analogy that Jesus makes.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;
That is the point .... a physical resurrection of life ... it is a demonstration of that... not about conversion.
Verse 25 makes it clear... once again you are adding meaning to the text beyond the clear analogy that Jesus makes.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;
That is the point .... a physical resurrection of life ... it is a demonstration of that... not about conversion.
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Non-Calvinists have never claimed that the New Birth or the Resurrection are NOT supernatural. So that is another straw man.
But unless YOU believe and obey the Gospel, God the Holy Spirit cannot regenerate you, and Christ cannot give you the resurrection of life. No one is born again before they are actually born again. But that is the absurdity of Calvinism.
But unless YOU believe and obey the Gospel, God the Holy Spirit cannot regenerate you, and Christ cannot give you the resurrection of life. No one is born again before they are actually born again. But that is the absurdity of Calvinism.
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For once we agree. We are not choosing ourselves, we are not electing ourselves, we are not foreordaining ourselves, we are not predestining ourselves, we are not resurrecting ourselves, and we have absolutely no power nor authority whatsoever in our spiritual rebirth.
To say that we, in and of ourselves, have chosen Christ without any influence from above, due to our own will, judgment, discernment and power alone is absurd.
Dead men stay dead until such time as Christ quickens them. This by God's own good pleasure and express Will.
To say that we, in and of ourselves, have chosen Christ without any influence from above, due to our own will, judgment, discernment and power alone is absurd.
Dead men stay dead until such time as Christ quickens them. This by God's own good pleasure and express Will.
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