Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR

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Cameron143 said:
I understand what you are saying. I'm asking for the particular phrase or sentence that carries the meaning of a "pricked heart".
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It comes from my perception of a broken heart and acts 2:37 renders it "cut to the heart" and "pierced to the heart," and Pharoah was not so "inhuman" to be unaffected by such an event. In the acts case, this compelled the people to ask, "what shall we do?" and in Pharoah's case, he already knew what had been asked and released the Israelites.

I get that you are reluctant to accept anything but the exact words, but thanks for the opportunity to share this perspective with other interested readers that have not already pledged their allegiance to any particular messenger and all that he (or she) proposed scripture to say.
 
Cameron143 said:
In that case, Jesus doesn't need to die for those who never believe. There is no need because they will never be given eternal life.

Not that I agree with what you said. Matthew 1:21 tells us that He came to save His people from their sins.
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God is not as parsimonious as you are imagining Him to be, as you make Him in your own image. He is prodigal in His generosity towards sinners.

According to John 13:3, the Father has given all things into Jesus' hands. That includes all people. So, coming to save His people from their sins is to save all people from their sins. He atoned for/propitiated all people's sins. 1 John 2:2
 
PaulThomson said:
God is not as parsimonious as you are imagining Him to be, as you make Him in your own image. He is prodigal in His generosity towards sinners.

According to John 13:3, the Father has given all things into Jesus' hands. That includes all people. So, coming to save His people from their sins is to save all people from their sins. He atoned for/propitiated all people's sins. 1 John 2:2
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That's not correct. His people limits people to His, not all.
 
Cameron143 said:
I understand what you are saying. I'm asking for the particular phrase or sentence that carries the meaning of a "pricked heart".
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Exodus 10:16 'Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, "I have sinned against the LORD God and against you. Now therefore, forgive, I pray you, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that He may take away from me this death only." '

And God showed Pharaoh mercy and took away the locust swarms. He has mercy on whom He is willing, and He has compassion on whom He is willing.
 
studier said:
Why do you disagree that hina + subjunctive is substantival? It's a common use and it looks clear that John is simply explaining what God's will is. I have 14 English translations open and all of them interpret it this way.
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What language are you guys talking?
 
PaulThomson said:
Exodus 10:16 'Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, "I have sinned against the LORD God and against you. Now therefore, forgive, I pray you, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that He may take away from me this death only." '

And God showed Pharaoh mercy and took away the locust swarms. He has mercy on whom He is willing, and He has compassion on whom He is willing.
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God exercises mercy all the time, just as He is continually exercising grace. But the passage you shared doesn't say Pharaoh's heart was pricked. A man's conscience can lead him to understand he has sinned. I was wondering if there was a passage that specifically said that Pharaoh's heart was pricked.
 
Cameron143 said:
That's not correct. His people limits people to His, not all.
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Why? Because you need that to be so to keep your leaking system afloat? All people are His people. John 13:3 Jesus, knowing that His Father has given all things into His hands.... "

Ps. 82:8 Arise , O God, judge the earth: for you shall inherit all nations.
 
Cameron143 said:
God exercises mercy all the time, just as He is continually exercising grace. But the passage you shared doesn't say Pharaoh's heart was pricked. A man's conscience can lead him to understand he has sinned. I was wondering if there was a passage that specifically said that Pharaoh's heart was pricked.
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Why are you looking for the words "heart was pricked"? What do you believe happens when a man's heart is pricked?
 
PaulThomson said:
Why? Because you need that to be so to keep your leaking system afloat? All people are His people. John 13:3 Jesus, knowing that His Father has given all things into His hands.... "

Ps. 82:8 Arise , O God, judge the earth: for you shall inherit all nations.
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There's a difference between having all authority and having a peculiar people to yourself. All people are subject to Him. All people are not His people.
 
PaulThomson said:
Why are you looking for the words "heart was pricked"? What do you believe happens when a man's heart is pricked?
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@Mem said Pharaoh's heart was pricked. I was trying to find out what words in the passage suggested this.
Pricking the heart is the circumcision of the heart that is symbolic of a veil that was concealing truth has been rent.
 
Cameron143 said:
@Mem said Pharaoh's heart was pricked. I was trying to find out what words in the passage suggested this.
Pricking the heart is the circumcision of the heart that is symbolic of a veil that was concealing truth has been rent.
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Why are you equating pricking of the heart with circumcision of the heart?
 
Cameron143 said:
There's a difference between having all authority and having a peculiar people to yourself. All people are subject to Him. All people are not His people.
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Ps. 50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine and the fulness thereof.

Does the world and the fulness thereof not include all the people of all the nations?
 
PaulThomson said:
Ps. 50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine and the fulness thereof.

Is His world also all the world, or just parts that are His ?
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God, by virtue of creation, owns all things. Thus, God has authority over all things. Jesus in Matthew 28:19 relays that God has transferred that authority to Him. So in creation, all things belong to God. But only those who are apart of the new creation are His people that He came to save.
Surely you see the difference.
 
Cameron143 said:
God, by virtue of creation, owns all things. Thus, God has authority over all things. Jesus in Matthew 28:19 relays that God has transferred that authority to Him. So in creation, all things belong to God. But only those who are apart of the new creation are His people that He came to save.
Surely you see the difference.
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No. I don't see the difference. You just said that "all things belong to God," which means all things are His. But then you immediately contradict that statement, by saying that only new creation people are His, i.e. only new creation people belong to God: excluding all other people from the "all things" you had just said are "His".
 
PaulThomson said:
No. I don't see the difference. You just said that "all things belong to God," which means all things are His. But then you immediately contradict that statement, by saying that only new creation people are His, i.e. only new creation people belong to God: excluding all other people from the "all things" you had just said are "His".
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Let's say the neighborhood kids come over to my house. Everyone there I have authority over because I own the property. But only my kids are my people because we have an intimate relationship.
In creation all people belong to God. Not everyone are in an intimate relationship with Him.
The Jewish nation is a good example. While all people in all nations belonged to God by virtue of creation, not all nations were in an intimate relationship with God. Israel was particularly called the people of God. They were His chosen people. Likewise, in 1 Peter 2:9, saved people are called a peculiar and chosen people.
 
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