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Predestination is not to know God ahead of time, but God to know all whom He has chosen ahead of time. For the scripture states the following: "In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will, in...

That adoption was decided before the world began, as Rev.13:8 & 17:8 make clear. The names of those who were predestined were written in the book of life before the world began. Those whom God did not choose, their names were not written in book of life and therefore they will not be drawn to...

That wouldn't make any sense. Predestining is to know before hand. Our names were written in the book of life before the world began. Christ died for us while we were yet sinners, not after we were converted. Our being foreknown and predestined refers to foreordained, predetermine, marked out...

Those are never referred to as sacraments in scripture and performing them certainly can't save anyone. Those are Roman Catholic teachings, not the word of God. In addition, the breaking of bread has two elements to it, the bread and the wine, which symbolically represents the body and blood of...

There is nothing distorted about what I have posted, for they are the exact scriptures. I have only opened them up to you. As I said, anyone who is following the practices and beliefs of Roman Catholicism, are following after pagan beliefs stemming from Babylon and is believing in another...

That is another example of what I am talking about my friend. The performing of sacraments is nowhere mentioned in scripture, at all, much less as a way of forgiveness for sin. In fact, I did a search on the word 'sacraments' and I got no hits on it. According to the word of God, a believer is...

"But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white. Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father...

That's an assumption on your part. I have been sitting at my desk in one place or another, with God's word in front of me, studying the word of God for the last 45 years. No man is my teacher. I wasn't taught anything on them. It is by my own studies that I came to this conclusion. I live in...

It has been imminent ever since it was written. Paul even included himself in that group that would be living, changed and caught up. But you are correct! It is imminent, on the horizon, looming, in the workings, about to take place, etc.

"Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism, but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right. " "There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; but glory, honor...

Yeah, that may very well be. However, these are the teachings of Roman Catholicism which you are claiming. His mercy extends to those who fear Him from generation to generation. You have to believe in the true Christ, not the counterfeit one's. Mormon's and JW's say the same thing, yet they...

God's will is that none that he predestined and called before the world began would not perish. He is not calling everyone. Not everyone's name was written in the book of life, which was the purpose of posting Rev.13:8 and 17:8. Only those whom God chose had their names written in His book...

If you are called to salvation, why would you choose to be separated from God in the lake of fire for all eternity, opposed to the joy of the Lord and all that He has promised us. Regarding suffering, remember, Jesus himself suffered and that on every believers behalf. As believers we should...

Hello! What do you mean that there is no escape? Have you turned away from faith? And if you are still having faith in Christ, you are still saved. Annihilation, i.e. ceasing to exist is no blessing. As the scripture says: "And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs...

Yes, scripture states that God foreknew us and predestined us. However, our being chosen by God is not based on our own efforts or works. God did not look into the future and chose us because of those things. Scripture states that it is by God's Sovereign will that are names are written in the...

NO! Salvation is not based on God looking into the future to see who would believe and do good works. For God is the One who did the choosing based on His own will and that before the world began. "And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from...

Well, God is in control of when believers die and how they die. It's not as though we had a choice to cut our lives short so as to escape the testing of our faith through different situations that God allows to take place in our lives. Those people who die soon after receiving Christ are...

I don't worry about my fruitfulness. It is something that takes place as I continue in faith, just as it is with every believer. Also, regarding fruitfulness, we are not saved by meeting a quota of fruitfulness or quota of works. Bearing fruit (growing in the characteristics of God) is done...

Neither! I simply preach Christ. Salvation is neither chance nor opportunity, for the scriptures make clear that the names of those whom God foreknew and predestined, their names were written in the book of life from the foundation of the world. However, those who are called must continue in...

If a person dies the next day after receiving Christ they are saved just like the thief on the cross.