Oh....so that's why God destroyed the first generation of Exodus Jews (with very few exceptions) and would not allow that generation into the Land -- because their mighty "freewills" chose God within the Israel camp"?
Can We Really Exercise Free Will?
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Oh....so that's why God destroyed the first generation of Exodus Jews (with very few exceptions) and would not allow that generation into the Land -- because their mighty "freewills" chose God within the Israel camp"?
more than likely the grace get more irresistible the more that grace is accepted
True enough that people simply cannot obey the law to his standards yes but the reason for the law is why I say what I say because the law was always going to be impossible for us but that wasn't the purpose of him giving it
So in a sense yes he does command things we cannot do but he never does so without reason and without intent behind it
Did you have a point to make? Have I ever said that God made A&E sin?
Furthermore, God's foreknowledge is not grounded in prescience. It's rooted in Divine Prerogative, which I have proved with several scriptures in the past.
When we find ourselves doing things that we know were impossible for us to be doing?
That becomes God's way of showing that His Grace is working in us.
grace and peace .............
You are pussy footing. GOD GIVES COMMANDS PEOPLE CANNOT KEEP. You denied this.
The reason why He does so is completely immaterial to the discussion.
If a baseline for discussion cannot be established no true discussion can be had. No, yeah but, yeah but, allowed.
more than likely the grace get more irresistible the more that grace is accepted
The TULIP concept states that since man is totally depraved, that Grace must force us to believe.
Hence, "irresistible."
He destroyed them because they refused to do as He commanded them to do like go in and possess the Promised Land.Oh....so that's why God destroyed the first generation of Exodus Jews (with very few exceptions) and would not allow that generation into the Land -- because their mighty "freewills" chose God within the Israel camp"?
Could that reason be to show man just how weak, feeble, impotent, helpless and powerless he really is?
The super-determinists ADMIT that they are incapable of following these instructions. They also ADMIT that it is impossible for them to hear and believe the gospel. They also ADMIT that the power of the gospel to save is ineffective upon them.
I, on the other hand, profess no such crippling limitations.
Crazy huh?
[Pro 8:32-35 NKJV]
32 "Now therefore, listen to me, [my] children, For blessed [are those who] keep my ways.
33 Hear instruction and be wise, And do not disdain [it].
34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 For whoever finds me finds life, And obtains favor from the LORD;
[Pro 8:36 NKJV] 36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; All those who hate me love death."
All the saints in the eternal New Order will be rejoicing in and singing the praises of God for all eternity for "forcing" them into his holy, righteous and good Presence. I doubt any of them will want to trade down to the lake of fire.
Wow! Really? You're such a paragon of info. But what about those who you say chose God in the camp of Israel?
Eh? how am I pussy footing? I agreed that God does give us commands we cannot fully do my reason for him doing so however is why I say what I do. the reason he gave it is even clearly spoken of in scripture.
So yes I was wrong in saying he enevr commands us to do something we cannot do, but my reason for his giving the law however still stands and it does matter because without understanding the reason for the law we cannot understand the law itself
not "acting as though [you] did" anything ... just clarifying that God gets the glory in either case ...
only that Gideon at some point no longer faltered when God told him to go ... Gideon's trust in God grew ... each time God brought him and his men through the fire Gideon's faith was strengthened ... same fact holds true in our day and time.Cameron143 said:
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Yes precisely and so when we talk about the law and God commanding something that is not possible for us we have to take into consideration the reason he gave it to begin with or else we will not understand the law
They inherited the Promised LandWow! Really? You're such a paragon of info. But what about those who you say chose God in the camp of Israel?
