Did Those Who Were Never of The Elect Ever Have Free-Will?
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From Romans 6:16-18 ~ Do you not know that you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness? But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
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This is how I see it..the warnings are part of the training for His children, so they will know what the Father dislike and the things He likes. (Revealed God "Likeness").
If you own a business and you have an heir. Then part of the training is to warn the heir of things that might destroy their business or their relationship...
If you own a business and you have an heir. Then part of the training is to warn the heir of things that might destroy their business or their relationship...
Adam was FREE he was not in bondage to sin, he was not a slave.
We are not free, we are in bondage, slaves to sin and death. Why won't you learn this?
Jesus our Lord has set us FREE once more all praise and glory to Him. But you pipe up "oh no my Lord, we were already free, there was never any need for You to go to the cross and take away our sin and our death. We could have stopped sinning of our own freewill. Just teach us and we will obey You [like the Jews did] we have the freewill to choose and decide ...
... surely You shoulda have stayed in heaven"
We are not free, we are in bondage, slaves to sin and death. Why won't you learn this?
Jesus our Lord has set us FREE once more all praise and glory to Him. But you pipe up "oh no my Lord, we were already free, there was never any need for You to go to the cross and take away our sin and our death. We could have stopped sinning of our own freewill. Just teach us and we will obey You [like the Jews did] we have the freewill to choose and decide ...
... surely You shoulda have stayed in heaven"
My freind
he was asked about why he did not go to church. He gave me a sarcastic answer then you jumped in with you face and a mocking response
I meet in peoples homes also it’s called my church. It is part of a larger city church we do meet on Sundays. It is non denominational
if he was in between or if he was in home church he would have said so. Instead of the answer he gave
So back off and stop trying to excuse what you did there is no excuse for that behavior
he was asked about why he did not go to church. He gave me a sarcastic answer then you jumped in with you face and a mocking response
I meet in peoples homes also it’s called my church. It is part of a larger city church we do meet on Sundays. It is non denominational
if he was in between or if he was in home church he would have said so. Instead of the answer he gave
So back off and stop trying to excuse what you did there is no excuse for that behavior
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“Adam was FREE he was not in bondage to sin, he was not a slave.
We are not free, we are in bondage, slaves to sin and death. Why won't you learn this?”
because I believe the gospel
“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. ….If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”
John 8:31-32, 36 KJV
I don’t want to go back to satans lies and trap telling me I don’t have choice to do good I have to follow his ways instead . It’s a lie freedom comes when we acknolwedge the truth
“in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.”
2 Timothy 2:25-26 KJV
christians used to be in that group but they heard and believed the gospel and began to follow the truth
“For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey;
whether of sin unto death,
or of obedience unto righteousness?
But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin,
but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin,
ye became the servants of righteousness.”
Romans 6:14-18
servants of God aren’t enslaved by him they are made free like Jesus was on earth free to be tempted by the devil but choose Gods Will instead. Just like Adam was made free to choose , that’s what the gospel , dying with Jesus and being born again of his spirit , ect us all about setting us free from the dominion of Satan who makes all mankind a slave to his Will
brother if you don’t have a choice when temptation comes to choose the good something isn’t right . We can’t follow Adam who was free made a choice to disobey God when tempted. We have to be like Jesus and resist the devil when he tenors us offering evil ideas and thoughts this is a choice we make . The power to be set free and begin standing firm against the devil is here it’s always been here and will be here
“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
John 8:31-32 KJV
We can’t keep saying we’re just slaves to the devil we have to begin hearing the truth and being set free and empowered to follow Gods ways rather than the devils which is always the other option on this world
don’t eat the fruit you’ll die for certain v go ahead it will make you as gods you won’t die
God doesn’t change he changes us
“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:”
Deuteronomy 30:19 KJV
“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. ( I have set before you )
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; ( life )
but he that believeth not shall be damned.” ( and death )
Mark 16:15-16
choose life that Gods word offers us all is the message of the gospel
“Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins,
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.”
Acts 2:37-39 KJV
now they know what they did wrong in rejecting and crucifying Christ ( read peters whole sermon) and they know what to do to receive the promise of God to all people of all nations. They now because they heard Gods word have a choice to choose life or they also like Adam are free to eat from any tree of knowledge in the world
could eat from Islam or Buddhism eat from atheism science and logic humanism ect or I can eat from the tree of life the gospel of the lord he isn’t forcing us he’s offering us a choice to be saved rather than perish
to insist you we don’t have a choice nullifies the redemptive work of the gospel and power it holds to change corrupt minds and wills to those of Gods children . If we aren’t free there’s a problem or it hasn’t been enough time to hear it
We are not free, we are in bondage, slaves to sin and death. Why won't you learn this?”
because I believe the gospel
“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. ….If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”
John 8:31-32, 36 KJV
I don’t want to go back to satans lies and trap telling me I don’t have choice to do good I have to follow his ways instead . It’s a lie freedom comes when we acknolwedge the truth
“in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.”
2 Timothy 2:25-26 KJV
christians used to be in that group but they heard and believed the gospel and began to follow the truth
“For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey;
whether of sin unto death,
or of obedience unto righteousness?
But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin,
but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin,
ye became the servants of righteousness.”
Romans 6:14-18
servants of God aren’t enslaved by him they are made free like Jesus was on earth free to be tempted by the devil but choose Gods Will instead. Just like Adam was made free to choose , that’s what the gospel , dying with Jesus and being born again of his spirit , ect us all about setting us free from the dominion of Satan who makes all mankind a slave to his Will
brother if you don’t have a choice when temptation comes to choose the good something isn’t right . We can’t follow Adam who was free made a choice to disobey God when tempted. We have to be like Jesus and resist the devil when he tenors us offering evil ideas and thoughts this is a choice we make . The power to be set free and begin standing firm against the devil is here it’s always been here and will be here
“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
John 8:31-32 KJV
We can’t keep saying we’re just slaves to the devil we have to begin hearing the truth and being set free and empowered to follow Gods ways rather than the devils which is always the other option on this world
don’t eat the fruit you’ll die for certain v go ahead it will make you as gods you won’t die
God doesn’t change he changes us
“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:”
Deuteronomy 30:19 KJV
“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. ( I have set before you )
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; ( life )
but he that believeth not shall be damned.” ( and death )
Mark 16:15-16
choose life that Gods word offers us all is the message of the gospel
“Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins,
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.”
Acts 2:37-39 KJV
now they know what they did wrong in rejecting and crucifying Christ ( read peters whole sermon) and they know what to do to receive the promise of God to all people of all nations. They now because they heard Gods word have a choice to choose life or they also like Adam are free to eat from any tree of knowledge in the world
could eat from Islam or Buddhism eat from atheism science and logic humanism ect or I can eat from the tree of life the gospel of the lord he isn’t forcing us he’s offering us a choice to be saved rather than perish
to insist you we don’t have a choice nullifies the redemptive work of the gospel and power it holds to change corrupt minds and wills to those of Gods children . If we aren’t free there’s a problem or it hasn’t been enough time to hear it
I believe those warnings and encouragements are how we will feel when the Spirit is guiding us, they are for those who are false converts to keep pointing them the right way. While we can sit here and discuss these things like we grasp them, we really don't. How does our choice work within a sovereign God's will to bring about His perfect plan? We can't grasp that. not really. Same with eternity, God's power, His mercy, His love, and that doesn't even touch His justice. We can sit here and debate these things our whole lives, but we'll never really grasp any of it. I think that His word to us does everything that can be done to point us the right way. If we aren't doing these things we should be, and when we are in Him in truth, this is the direction of truth. Not one scripture tells us strait forward that we can be saved and then lose it. Not 1, not even the Heb. "tasted" verse, yet there are MANY that tell me that it can't be taken. If they walk away from Him, they were never truly of Him. Just how He's lead me to see it.
Its not as mysterious at all if you take off the calvinist lenses on sovereignity.
Why would the verses be there to guide false converts? God doesn't want to save the false converts in the calvinist system, He only saves the elect, who cannot be false converts.
We can sit here and debate all day, which I plan on doing, hahaha. And I believe we can understand it, its very simple in fact. God is sovereign and has created all this, gave His son to the world, not to condemn the world but to save the world, and whosoever wills can come take the water of life freely. God has mercy on whom He has mercy and hardens whom He hardens? Yes:
Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Its no mystery, this has been revealed to us!
Why would the verses be there to guide false converts? God doesn't want to save the false converts in the calvinist system, He only saves the elect, who cannot be false converts.
We can sit here and debate all day, which I plan on doing, hahaha. And I believe we can understand it, its very simple in fact. God is sovereign and has created all this, gave His son to the world, not to condemn the world but to save the world, and whosoever wills can come take the water of life freely. God has mercy on whom He has mercy and hardens whom He hardens? Yes:
Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Its no mystery, this has been revealed to us!
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