Romans 10:13
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Yes the Word of God should always be read in context... too many false doctrines have been manufactured out of one isolating 1 verse here or 1 verse there..
I know what regeneration means, and one has to be alive to hear and believe, duh. You got it backwards, one believes after being made alive, dead folks cant and dont believe.
It is truth that regeneration occurs when a person believes the gospel. Nobody is regenerated before they believe (Eph 1:13).
Yes it does. There is no spiritual life , believing is the fruit of having life, the ability to hear.
I didn't give an order. You said a person is saved in order to believe. A person must believe in order to be saved.
How do you you reconcile that with Philippians 1:6...He who has begun a good work in you? How is Jesus then the author of your faith?
The good work in us began when we believed.
It is through faith in Christ and what he accomplished that we will be saved.
God is drawing everyone. He wants everyone to be saved, He is not willing that any should perish, He commands all men everywhere to repent (1 Tim 2:4; 2 Pet 3:9; Acts 17:30).
No. God began the good work of providing salvation when He sent His Son.
God is drawing everyone. He wants everyone to be saved, He is not willing that any should perish, He commands all men everywhere to repent (1 Tim 2:4; 2 Pet 3:9; Acts 17:30).
Specifically? I cannot say. God works differently in different people.
For me, I had questions. Where did we come from? Why are we here? Is this short life all there is? I wanted to know the truth.
How did God draw you?
Much like you. I had no interest in God. But God used and perhaps orchestrated the circumstances in my life and awakened me to Himself.
I do believe as Romans 3 says none seek after God and thus God must be the one to initiate relationship. But I don't believe He believes for us. What happens between God's initiation and our believing I suspect is much more God than us.
I believe God tries to initiate relationship with everyone. He wants everyone to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth.
That's a subject that tends to run into great controversy, but Romans 1 does show that God has related to everyone at the level of creation and conscience.
And clearly God has done good for all...Matt 5.