Can We Really Exercise Free Will?
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You're deaf and blind and understand nothing. Besides, that second lump that God made in eternity for common purposes freely choose to have nothing to do with God. They are responsible for the choices they make. And God is under no obligation to give His saving, rescuing grace to any sinner.
But not to the worldly wise. Only God-fearing believers are capable of understanding spiritual truth.
John 3 verse 27~ “A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.” John 1 3 verses 12-13~ To all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God - children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God. John 6 3 verse 44~ “No man can come to me except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.” Romans 9 3 verse 16~ So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy. Romans 8 3 verse 16~ The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
A closet FWiller or a carefully crafted response so as to preach determinism in the next breath. One eye and 2 mouths....that is the beast of Reformed/calvie/tulip theory.
I know this is a scary proposition for the calvies.......Yes, He is OBLIGATED to save all who believe in Him. He does what He says.
@Kroogz buddy, we both know the following to be true:
-you must be obedient to the command, and by an act of YOUR OWN FREE WILL put the Blood on YOUR doorpost and lintel.
-you must be obedient to the command, and by an act of YOUR OWN FREE WILL eat the Passover YOURSELF.
-you must by an act of YOUR OWN FREE WILL proclaim "I DO" to the New Covenant marriage proposal and drink the cup.
And thus we can conclude:
If you DO NOT or DID NOT do all three of these things, you cannot be saved, are not saved.
Claiming a pre-birth lottery ticket is NOT in any way effective as a means for salvation.
And as we all know, God never compelled Israel to agree to the Sinai covenant, or forced them to believe him by partaking of the Passover. In fact Israel failed to keep the Passover for years if not decades on various occasions.
Furthermore, all NT doctrine must be validated by its OT counterpart in type.
Calvinism FAILS THIS TEST on all counts, and must be rejected as false man-made dogma.
God CANNOT eat the Passover for you, nor can He say "I DO" for you to the marriage proposal.
This Calvinist nonsense about "God must do everything for you" or "God must force you" is garbage fit for the dumpster.
There is nothing scary about God keeping His word to save unto eternity those
who by grace through faith believe in the shed righteous blood of Jesus Christ.
Though fear of God is the beginning of wisdom... it is not the end.
1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.
who by grace through faith believe in the shed righteous blood of Jesus Christ.
Though fear of God is the beginning of wisdom... it is not the end.
1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.
Psalm 36 verses 1-4 ~ An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes. For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin. The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing. Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
So you now you assert that everyone obeys God's commands?
Preposterous and unbiblical.
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So if we have a love for the lost?
We are now an enemy of God???
Did I lose you on that one?
So if we have a love for the lost?
We are now an enemy of God???
Did I lose you on that one?
John 7:37
Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
Equal privilege, equal opportunity is truth that is UNDENIABLE throughout scripture......For those who are advancing in His plan.
You know as well as I do....They simply cannot understand the difference from the cosmos/world and mankind/world.
Or they WILL not, because it extinguishes their dumpster fire.
Lots of folks who are not born again believe God created the heavens and the earth (Gen 1:1) ... that is spiritual truth ...
edited to add ... hope/pray you have a blessed Christmas with family and friends ...
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And the only ones who do follow are the WILLING and OBEDIENT.
Only those willing to do His will.
What is scary is the false salvation dogma proclaimed by the Calvinists known as the pre-birth sovereign lottery hoax.There is nothing scary about God keeping His word to save unto eternity those
who by grace through faith believe in the shed righteous blood of Jesus Christ.
Though fear of God is the beginning of wisdom... it is not the end.
1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.
None of it is validated by the OT and is therefore false.
What motivated Jesus to say that?
What was taking place?
Jews at that time (having been trained by the Pharisees) were seeking to be told what works they must do to be saved.
And? Jesus was a rabbi with his disciples.
The large crowd was looking to find out what works this Jesus would prescribe for them so they could do them to gain eternal life.
And, Jesus gave them a work to do.
A very big one!
That they should eat his flesh and drink his blood.
Having taken Jesus literally, in disgust, they all got themselves up and left following him.
That is when Jesus turned to his disciples and told them what was needed to be known. That the Father must do a preparatory work in each person before he can come to him to be saved. That preparatory work is the drawing of God in that person's life.
Now that makes sense.
The following does not...
God is not like some cowboy in a rodeo that throws a lasso around people like cattle to drag them over to God's branding station
Did you have a point to make?When the soul separates from the body, what ability does the body have to restore itself?
Bad analogy.
You would think the way they describe a dead man means he can't think, can't feel, can't reason, can't discern right or wrong just some form of zombie.
