Doctrine of Unconditional Election

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eternally-gratefull

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Not man justifying himself but God justifying.

You say God is holy and I agree, He cannot overlook sin ... but you say He will overlook good deeds?
for salvation.

Yes. Because no amount of good deeds will cause God to forgive 1 sin, let alone all the sins we are in debt to God for
 

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Election is of grace, not of works, thats unconditional !
it is of grace but it Election is not Grace. Grace is a gift that one can't earn nor deserve.
 
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yes they will if they are done because of Christ.
How can any work save us?

Paul made it clear in Titus 3 it is not because of our good deeds. But By Gods mercy.

Many will declair good works done in christ on the last day. And christ will say depart.. Just because someone thinks they are in christ does not mean it
 

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Judas like all men had to decide in fact Choose whether or not to turn to God, but Judas liked His sin more.

Do you not think Judas was already in God's redemptive plan? If you say no then you have a God who is no in control but has to wait and see what sovereign man does.

Ahh, Peter never was lost but he actually exclaimed.. Truly you are the son of God. Judas on the other hand as Jesus said was a devil.

I will remind you of what Jesus says:

All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. -John 6:37

And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day. - John 6:39

Of course, Judas was in the plan of God, did God's plan fail because satan entered him? Or was it just the redemptive part?

Or did Judas chosen to do it?
 

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True

But God judges all have sinned and fall short

Yet he placed all of us under Adam, hence when Adam dies we all died. So that we all may me made alive by being placed under christ.

If God placed people in adam who had not sinned in the likeness of adam. to condemn us all.

Its only faith that God offers everyone the ABILITY to be placed under Christ. to be free of condemnation.

Remember, Christ paid the sin debt. No one will suffer for sin. It was paid.

People will be condemned for unbelief (in adam)


We are all like Adam post-fall, only Christ was like Adam pre-Fall. ie, sinless.

We are all dead in our sins and in bondage to sin since the fall. Adam and eve pre-fall were not enslaved by sin nor in Bondage to it. I think that is a huge distinction that often gets forgotten.

Is unbelief a sin? That is denying God, hating his commands, his kindness, forbearance, love, and rejecting Christs work?

I would say that unbelief is sin. And yet you say that no one will suffer for sin, as the (debt) was paid. This is a contradicting statement.

all People that is the posterity descending from Adam by ordinary generation and from the time of fall - inherited our first parents fallen nature, will be condemned for their own sin. Unless saved by grace alone, through faith alone in Christ alone.

It always comes back to how can the Spiritual dead man understand spiritual things.. this is a statement from Jesus himself says. Basically he can't he needs the outward call of the gospel and the inward working of the Spirit before he can open his eyes to grace. The dead heart is dead to God, the Holy Spirit renews it. then we 'will' come to faith.
 
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I don't think you understand what scripture says, you seem to have a kind of spiritual dyslexia
No, that would be yourself. You INSERTED "elected" into Romans 8 regarding predestination, even though the words DOES NOT OCCUR there.

You are the one having reading challenges.
 
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I'm not disagreeing that Judas was chosen, I am asking what was Judas chosen for? Are you saying Judas was chosen to be a traitor... as scripture tells us he wasn't a believer as Jesus referred to him as a devil.

So you could say in your language I am asking what was Judas' chosen service?
It is obvious that Judas was chosen to betray Jesus. How isn't John 6:70,71 not clear about that?
 

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Of course, Judas was in the plan of God, did God's plan fail because satan entered him? Or was it just the redemptive part?

Or did Judas chosen to do it?

No God's plans never fail.. That's why we can be thankful that salvation is not dependent on fallen mans choices.




did God's plan fail because satan entered him? No


Or was it just the redemptive part? Not sure what you mean here

Or did Judas chosen to do it? Choose to do what?
 

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It is obvious that Judas was chosen to betray Jesus. How isn't John 6:70,71 not clear about that?
No it's not. Election is always about service. Jesus Christ is The Chosen One in Isa 42:1. Angels are described as "elect" in 1 Tim 5:21. Even the unbeleiver Judas was chosen in John 6:70.

Election transforms no one.
John 6:70,71

That's good so we are agree that we can differentiate between God's choosing? Some unto evil - some unto good. You use the word service.. but whether good or evil you can only agree that God has decreed it since he chose it. and that it is all to His Glory.
 
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The rationale of debate here is more human need then scripture. scripture makes clear that god chooses both elected and
Receivers of kingship,grace,prophetic gifts, apostleship…etc..etc
based on his own devine & sovereign rationale.

We (humans) *think* we deem right and wrong…rightly. We also deem that God “would be wrong” for choosing some and not “others” without good works a-porting to election process especially on the basis of personal & sovereign choice and that doesn’t sound right…. Based on morality it really doesn’t — but the principle nature of morality is a concept al-together put forth by god, and it is thanks to him awarding this concept to us that we even have a debate here in the form of thought process… using such gift in judgement of the most high is flirting with questioning his Deity rationalization.

But truth be told… our idea is coupled with an extreme level of earthly ignorance and deeming god right or wrong based on our gifted & inferior thought process is not correct.

Onto to the next part of the answer.

Is this life all there will be? Is the average 60-80 years on earth all there is? And our gifted positions here.. graced or not all there will be? Do we not believe in the promise of christ and resurrection or heavenly residence?

If we argue election on sovereign rule whether harsh or not then we might as well dispute why not I was chosen to be the character of David, or paul, or given the authority of an angel..

Who gave god the right when he was in his thought process of creation to assign some to more lucrative positions and others to more accursed ones.
 

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No God's plans never fail.. That's why we can be thankful that salvation is not dependent on fallen mans choices.




did God's plan fail because satan entered him? No


Or was it just the redemptive part? Not sure what you mean here

Or did Judas chosen to do it? Choose to do what?
so Judas was saved after satan entered him? Light does have fellowship with darkness?
 
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We are all like Adam post-fall, only Christ was like Adam pre-Fall. ie, sinless.

We are all dead in our sins and in bondage to sin since the fall. Adam and eve pre-fall were not enslaved by sin nor in Bondage to it. I think that is a huge distinction that often gets forgotten.

Is unbelief a sin? That is denying God, hating his commands, his kindness, forbearance, love, and rejecting Christs work?

I would say that unbelief is sin. And yet you say that no one will suffer for sin, as the (debt) was paid. This is a contradicting statement.

all People that is the posterity descending from Adam by ordinary generation and from the time of fall - inherited our first parents fallen nature, will be condemned for their own sin. Unless saved by grace alone, through faith alone in Christ alone.

It always comes back to how can the Spiritual dead man understand spiritual things.. this is a statement from Jesus himself says. Basically he can't he needs the outward call of the gospel and the inward working of the Spirit before he can open his eyes to grace. The dead heart is dead to God, the Holy Spirit renews it. then we 'will' come to faith.
If unbelief is the reason people go to hell. Then unbelief is the unpardonable sin.

As for them understanding spiritual things. That's what the HS does when he convicts. I was unregenerate when the HS convicted me. He worked on me for awhile before I finally admitted what I knew. From the time I acknowledged the gospel until the time I took the stand and called out to Jesus was not instantaneous, in fact, it was a few days.

The reason Unbelieve is unpardonable. is because you in effect call the HS a liar. Your rejecting his word. which is blasphemy
 

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If unbelief is the reason people go to hell. Then unbelief is the unpardonable sin.
Unbelief isnt unpardonable, God has Mercy on the sin of unbelief if we are of the elect Rom 11:32

For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

1 Tim 1:13


Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
 

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I have to say you have lost me on this one.
If unbelief is the reason people go to hell. Then unbelief is the unpardonable sin.


The reason Unbelieve is unpardonable. is because you in effect call the HS a liar. Your rejecting his word. which is blasphemy
If unbelief is the unpardonable sin then no man, that is no man can be saved. This is a contradiction in terms. Men who are in unbelief actually do get saved! So it is not unpardonable!

Yes the Holy Spirit convicts, and renews the heart that is the reason why any of us will come to to faith. And the only reason. No one says coming to saving faith is instantaneous.
 

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so Judas was saved after satan entered him? Light does have fellowship with darkness?

I agree with your second question, I haven't a clue what you are referencing in your first question :unsure:.
 
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I have to say you have lost me on this one.


If unbelief is the unpardonable sin then no man, that is no man can be saved. This is a contradiction in terms. Men who are in unbelief actually do get saved! So it is not unpardonable!

Yes the Holy Spirit convicts, and renews the heart that is the reason why any of us will come to to faith. And the only reason. No one says coming to saving faith is instantaneous.
Look at Jesus words. The people in effect commuted blasphemy by reeking the HS. And Jesus said they were in danger

They have until they die to repent. We all do. Whoever dies in a state of unbelief dies in a state of unforgiven

That’s why God tells us to repent. To believe

Not to earn salvation. But to receive it

It’s already paid for