Can We Really Exercise Free Will?
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Obviously, you are TOTALLY oblivious to the meaning of TOTALLY.
You TOTALLY miss it.
..... should I tell him?Obviously, you are TOTALLY oblivious to the meaning of TOTALLY.
You TOTALLY miss it.
Please do
Sad. You shouldn't bear false witness against your neighbors. The reformed are and have been some of the most prolific missionaries. Why? Because "faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God."
While I appreciate the humor, it doesn't change the tenor or substance of the post. And you are another who deliberately mischaracterizes what you know doesn't reflect what others have said.
Hmmm. Chief Rogerg. Has a nice ring to it, no? Maybe you should tell my wife. I keep telling her something similar, but
just rolls her eyes (and not in a good way).
Then he brought them outside and said, ‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’
They answered, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and
your household.’ Acts 16:30-31
I assume you must tell them to simply believe, and they will be saved?
But how can a spiritually dead person believe?
Will you admit?
You sense that God is doing something to enable them to make a choice that is their own choice?
If it's irresistible, they can not be making their own choice.
grace and peace....
That's because ONLY God has ALL of the information. Therefore He definitely knows what is right.
Satan and the fallen Angels? Not so much.
See Kurt Godel's incompleteness theorems.
"Cooling off the marks" are we?
Or is this more bold talk from a one eyed fat man (wearing a mask)?
I think your brain is too small.
It is God who has decided to make man's will an issue. How can God be at the mercy of man when it is the Lord God who has made the decision? When one believes in the truth of God, they are doing exactly what the Lord ordained and He, in His grace and mercy, saves.
Indeed faith comes from hearing the word, we should also know that faith is not something freely earned, as faith is a gift freely given by God.
We must understand all tho it's freely given, faith still has to be given in first place
There's a lot to appreciate on this matter
Peace.
We must understand all tho it's freely given, faith still has to be given in first place
There's a lot to appreciate on this matter
Peace.
With my cooking? No. The eye rolling will definitely continue. She doesn't care for microwave dinners
The Question is what are we saved from? We are going to be saved from entering hell, from eternal damnation. This salvation is a process. it is not a one time stop thing.
So when we accept Christ we are JUSTIFIED (Romans 8:1). We are called children of the Most High. (John 12:1). Because we are justified and the death penalty is lifted, we are called to live SANCTIFIED lives (Roman 12 :1-2). Our salvation is completed when we are GLORIFIED. When our Lord comes and takes us Home.
Yes they that believe shall be saved
I know people who follow a process tend to feel this way, comes with the territory.