Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR

We see many hear Stephen preach the Gospel and harden their hearts to kill him.
We see many Peter preaches the Gospel and they accept God.
So we know you can hear the Gospel and Believe or Reject it.

But the real question is...
Wasn't it God who made sure ALL of those people Heard the Gospel to give them a chance to Believe?

YES, It WAS!

So the Chosen and Elect only means those who CHOOSE to Believe because MANY will HEAR the Gospel!

It also means All of those people were PREDESTINED to Hear the Gospel.

Sounds to me like you have a big issue with the Big Guy you always believe. Better take it up with him.

Matt 7:21-23
21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' 23 Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you . Away from me, you evildoers!'
NIV

I mean what part of "never" don't you get? Or maybe we have another huge theological problem -- this one with the divinity of Christ. Can the Son of God be fully God if he isn't omniscient -- even in his preincarnate state and post-resurrection, glorified state? Or how 'bout this "novel" idea: You don't have the first clue of what scripture means when it says that God [fore]knew people?

Yeah sure. In other words, you lied to bait me. In fact, you lied twice: once in your 5265 and then again when you denied you said what you did in that post. Very "Christian" of you.

You don't need to be an intellectual giant to understand simple things. You have to be willing to come to God as a child to be taught.

Only the elect can hear for they have been called of God for that purpose. The no-elect will never hear, for it has not been given them to do so.

And yet you still cannot define fore-knowledge but rather attack me revealing your level of comprehension.

Everyone can HEAR because those who killed Stephen purposefully STOPPED their ears. That means they were hearing until they no longer wanted to. You obviously are void about Biblical Truth.

54 Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him

57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together at him


They could HEAR and also could STOP their ears.

EVERYONE can HEAR the GOSPEL!

I'm not one contradicting scripture. I know what foreknowledge is. What's the matter: Can't YOU reconcile Mat 7:23 with your statement that essentially said that God always foreknew everyone who has ever existed, exists now and will come to exist?

Yes, they heard with their ears but it never resonated with their corrupt, sinful, vile, dark minds and hearts. Anyone can hear the outward call of the Gospel, but no one can ever be saved unless that outward call is accompanied by the inner, effectual call.

Everyone can HEAR because those who killed Stephen purposefully STOPPED their ears. That means they were hearing until they no longer wanted to. You obviously are void about Biblical Truth.

54 Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him

57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together at him


They could HEAR and also could STOP their ears.

EVERYONE can HEAR the GOSPEL!

It resonated because they did more than Reject it they acted upon it and killed Stephen to shut him up.

If you could define it then you would not be able to say I am incorrect in how I have used the term fore0knowledge.

You don't read too swell, do you? I agree that everyone can hear the OUTWARD call of the Gospel; but only those who have also received the INNER, EFFECTUAL call will believe in their heart. Picture Jesus CALLING Lazarus from his tomb, and Lazarus responding in the only way he could. Did Lazarus stop up his ears and refuse to come out of the tomb? Likewise, the elect have been saved by the very same resurrection power that raised Lazarus from his tomb (Eph 1:19-20).

Why wouldn't they kill Stephen? Didn't the Jews murder their Messiah? I guess Jesus' gospel message really resonated with the Jews, right?

Hey, you're the one who can't reconcile the two contradictions. YOUR Messiah clearly said that on judgment day very many people are going to be told by Jesus that he NEVER knew them. Yet, you say that God foreknew every person in the universe. This is problem number 1. And it's huge also because of its theological implications. How can Jesus be the very God of God if he isn't omniscient?

Problem number 2 is that if you're right and God foreknew each and every person in the universe, then according to Rom 8:28-30, everyone in the universe will be saved since everyone God foreknew will wind up being justified and ultimately glorified by Him.

And now because you have become ensnared and entangled in the web of deceitfulness YOU have spun by your fanciful interpretations, you're waiting for me to bail you out? You have so mangled and tortured scripture beyond recognition, yet you want me to straighten out your mess? You're another "learned" one on this thread, aren't you? You have been immersed in the scriptures since the tender age of 6 years old, haven't you? Yet, you can't extricate yourself from these contradictions your interpretations present? And if you can't, then I can only infer that YOUR god CAN lie! He can contradict himself, after all! Your ongoing voluminous silence tells me, thus far, that you're willing to live with this inescapable conclusion.

Since you're such a big believer in the mighty power of man's free will and, therefore, of man's self-sufficiency you need to get busy with a SELF-rescue operation. Don't look to me to pull YOUR bacon out of the fire!

You don't read too swell, do you? I agree that everyone can hear the OUTWARD call of the Gospel; but only those who have also received the INNER, EFFECTUAL call will believe in their heart. Picture Jesus CALLING Lazarus from his tomb, and Lazarus responding in the only way he could. Did Lazarus stop up his ears and refuse to come out of the tomb? Likewise, the elect have been saved by the very same resurrection power that raised Lazarus from his tomb (Eph 1:19-20).

The Bible says they "stopped their ears." Had they just listened they would have believed. So they made a choice like we ALL do when hearing the Gospel preached.

Where are the terms "God's outward call" and "God's inward effectual call" in the Bible? The Bible only mentions being called by God.

He makes up titles just like him using 5 doctrines of Grace.
Grace is Grace like Mercy is Mercy, Love is Love, Hate is Hate, etc...
But his doctrine has man made everything into a logistics which we see NOWHERE done in the Bible.