Once Christ died on the cross and we entered the church age. "All people" which you claim are the Gentiles, are the whole world or all people.
Can We Really Exercise Free Will?
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Once Christ died on the cross and we entered the church age. "All people" which you claim are the Gentiles, are the whole world or all people.
2 Corinthians 4 verses 5-7 ~ We do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
the full reason why God has set his glory above is here, the question tho are you here
O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your qname in all the earth!
You have set your rglory above the heavens.
2 sOut of the mouth of babies and infants,
you have established tstrength because of your foes,
to still uthe enemy and the avenger.
3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
4 what is man that you are mindful of him,
and the son of man that you care for him?
Point blank here say God stills everyone with his glory, which is done internally to a person whether there haters or not.
The NT teaches that sinners are saved because of something that they have believed, and then done (Eph. 2:8-10, Gal. 5:6)--horse>cart.
Not accepting/opening God's gift is the height of irresponsibility (cf. Christmas morning).
All are sinners, but the reason God pours His love into their hearts is because they repent/seek/want/allow Him to do so (Rev. 3:20).
Those who never repent may be deemed totally depraved or hard-hearted (Matt. 13:14-15).
Satan's lie is that God will accept you based on your actions rather than what Christ has done. But, scripture tells a different story:
1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Our salvation comes only because God has chosen us to be His, not because we loved Him but because He loved us.
1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Our salvation comes only because God has chosen us to be His, not because we loved Him but because He loved us.
My Bible does say that man is without excuse. What Bible are you reading that you have such scorn for God's truth?
John 3 verses 19-20 and from Psalm 10 verse 4 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of Light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. The wicked reviles the Lord
I suggest you read the first few chapters of Genesis. They may help dispel your myopia.
James 1 verses 14-15; 1 John 2 verse 16 Each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. For all that is in the world- the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life- is not from the Father but from the world. .
Since your answer is a wee bit ambiguous, I'll ask again: I take it that you believe the atonement made in the Garden that involved slain animals whose skins were used for sin coverings for A&E was efficacious? If so, did God make that atonement before or after A or E expressed any faith or repentance?
Conversely, the atonement on the Cross by Christ is considered by most Christians to have efficacy for only those who demonstrate faith and repentance after the fact.
By your reply you seem to hold to two different views on the efficacious nature of the atonement. In the Garden, the atonement was 100% efficacious BEFORE any expression of faith or repentance were made and, therefore, not dependent upon A&E's response. But at the Cross, you seem to be saying that the "efficacy" of the Cross atonement totally depends on man's response to Christ's work. Therefore, given these facts, FWers hold to two different, opposing views of Atonement; for there is no biblical evidence that A&E repented and trusted God for his provision in the Garden PRIOR to his gracious provision.