Elect according to the foreknowledge of God. 1 Peter 1:2

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EleventhHour said:
Anyone who states God chooses a select group over another group is espousing hyper-Calvinism.
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It's not "A" select group it's "HIS" select group.
Makes all the difference in the world.
 
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John146 said:
Predestination has to do with the foreknowledge of God. Before God predestines anyone, He must first know them as a son. Now that God has foreknowledge of one as a son, God predestines them for the future adoption of sons. That's the destination of the believer, the redemption of the body.

29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
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Are you specifying that God is looking forward into the future to see who would heed the call (and thereby believe) and upon confirmation of same (by an act of observation) God retroactively tiks off the "foreknown" and "predestined" boxes, securing this person's salvation for eternity?
 
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cv5 said:
It's not "A" select group it's "HIS" select group.
Makes all the difference in the world.
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If He selects Group A then by default He has not selected Group B
 
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EleventhHour said:
This is "irresistible grace" only worded differently.
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Actually, it’s not.

In Romans 8:30, is everyone there justified and glorified who are called?

How about Romans 8:28

Effectual means it accomplishes what it is intended to accomplish. Does God’s call ever accomplish what it is intended to accomplish?
 
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cv5 said:
Are you specifying that God is looking forward into the future to see who would heed the call (and thereby believe) and upon confirmation of same (by an act of observation) God retroactively tiks off the "foreknown" and "predestined" boxes, securing this person's salvation for eternity?
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Nope. God doesn't know one as His son until they believe upon Jesus. Once one believes, God predestines them to the future adoption, which is the redemption of the body. It's when the believer will be conformed to the image of Christ.
 
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Do you hold to previenient grace ? if not irresistible. I call this Soft calvinisms answer to irresistible grace .
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how do we expect
To have any kind of meaningful discussion if everything is looked at with a Calvinist it Anti Calvinist view. How can you hear what the other is saying and properly understand what he truly believes
 
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Yes, God can show mercy when He wills and judicially harden whom He will and none of us can say “what are you doing”?

But in anticipation to protests, He does nothing arbitrarily. What He chooses is both infinitely righteous and wise.
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Let’s remember. Harden actually means to strengthen ones own will.
 
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eternally-gratefull said:
how do we expect
To have any kind of meaningful discussion if everything is looked at with a Calvinist it Anti Calvinist view. How can you hear what the other is saying and properly understand what he truly believes
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True. Well said. Let’s exclude Calvin terms and stick to Biblical terms.
 
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eternally-gratefull said:
Let’s remember. Harden actually means to strengthen ones own will.
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But God gives people over to that at times, right? He judicially removes HIS Hand of restraint?

Do you believe God restrains evil in some cases, and removes restraint in others?

For example, it is said He sends strong delusion. Is that sending accomplished by removing that which restrains?
 
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EleventhHour said:
If He selects Group A then by default He has not selected Group B
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The point I am making is that if God Himself is in fact doing the choosing, then we can be assured that it is a righteous and just choice, furthermore, being a choice originating from Himself, He has the inherent right to do it.
 
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OIC1965 said:
Paul is referring toro Gospel calling in Romans 8:29-30.

This is not intended to be a thread in defense of Calvinism nor is it intended to be a polemic against it. I intended to try to stick to biblical terms.
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Lol I warned ya!

However there has been some good stuff
 
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EleventhHour said:
Anyone who states God chooses a select group over another group is espousing hyper-Calvinism.
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Hyper Calvinism is Calvinism taken to the extreme to where evangelism and soul winning is rejected.

God only elects believers. He does not elect those who persist in unbelief. So He does “choose” one over another, right?
 
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EleventhHour said:
This is "irresistible grace" only worded differently.
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I think the point we can find in Romans 8 is that the "call" to the "predestined" is infallibly effective.
 
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OIC1965 said:
Hyper Calvinism is Calvinism taken to the extreme to where evangelism and soul winning is rejected.

God only elects believers. He does not elect those who persist in unbelief. So He does “choose” one over another, right?
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I’m trying to get people to think outside of boxes. Might fail, but doesn’t hurt to try.
 
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cv5 said:
Well, actually there is component here in the term foreknowledge, and that component is the human relational element.
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Divine foreknowledge means ABSOLUTE foreknowledge -- the person, his thoughts, words, motives and actions.

God knew from the very beginning all those who would believe on His Son and receive Him as Lord and Savior. But His plan of salvation did not stop at simply delivering them from Hell, and from their sins and guilt. God went well beyond that and planned for each of His children to be transformed into exact replicas of His perfect Son. Thus those whom He justified, He also glorified.
 
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eternally-gratefull said:
how do we expect
To have any kind of meaningful discussion if everything is looked at with a Calvinist it Anti Calvinist view. How can you hear what the other is saying and properly understand what he truly believes
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I think you can see I'm predominantly using scriptures . But it is crucial to see the calvinistic worldview at influence here .
 
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