Calvinists: The Just Shall Live BEFORE Having Faith
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One thing I have been taught is to see these things: No one in the flesh can please God, Romans 8:8. We have people in the OT who were pleasing to God, they had fellowship with God, a relationship with God, hatred for sin, love for God, no longer at enmity with God, they had love for the saints, sought after God, loved his Word, spoke of being saved in many situations as we do (Psalms) &c. All these point to regeneration, no man does these things, no man loves God &c until regenerate. The truth none in the flesh (lost) can be pleasing to God shines a light on OT saints who were. God saved them, they were born from above and are written examples for us to see, and to take comfort in these Scriptures.
This is also why I see Cornelius, Acts 10, as regenerate and then later coming to full conversion once he heard the Gospel from Peter.
This is also why I see Cornelius, Acts 10, as regenerate and then later coming to full conversion once he heard the Gospel from Peter.
One thing I have been taught is to see these things: No one in the flesh can please God, Romans 8:8. We have people in the OT who were pleasing to God, they had fellowship with God, a relationship with God, hatred for sin, love for God, no longer at enmity with God, they had love for the saints, sought after God, loved his Word, spoke of being saved in many situations as we do (Psalms) &c. All these point to regeneration, no man does these things, no man loves God &c until regenerate. The truth none in the flesh (lost) can be pleasing to God shines a light on OT saints who were. God saved them, they were born from above and are written examples for us to see, and to take comfort in these Scriptures.
This is also why I see Cornelius, Acts 10, as regenerate and then later coming to full conversion once he heard the Gospel from Peter.
This is also why I see Cornelius, Acts 10, as regenerate and then later coming to full conversion once he heard the Gospel from Peter.
He seeks to rip God’s word to doll rags.
Notice, Jesus didn't say to Nicodemus that he didn't understand the OT:
Jesus replied, “You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things? I assure you, we tell you what we know and have seen, and yet you won’t believe our testimony. But if you don’t believe me when I tell you about earthly things, how can you possibly believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
John 3:10*-12 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/jhn.3.10-12.NLT
Jesus replied, “You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things? I assure you, we tell you what we know and have seen, and yet you won’t believe our testimony. But if you don’t believe me when I tell you about earthly things, how can you possibly believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
John 3:10*-12 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/jhn.3.10-12.NLT
Dead means separation. When the Spirit leaves the body, the body is dead, devoid of life, devoid of raising itself from its dead state.
Spiritual death is separation from God. God is the only life source for the spirit of man. Man being spiritually dead, his spirit can doing nothing until quickened, made alive, born again, regenerated.
Spiritual death is separation from God. God is the only life source for the spirit of man. Man being spiritually dead, his spirit can doing nothing until quickened, made alive, born again, regenerated.
Hes he’s taken the Bible and broken it into two books instead of having one harmonious book. He says the OT saints were saved, but unregenerate. Sad. So, so sad.
Talk about missing the forest for the trees. What was the Pharisee Nicodemus teaching? OT. What was he supposed to see, knowing the OT? That people are born from above, and were so in the OT. He was rebuked for not knowing these things, being ignorant of truth.
You are either on milk, and cannot handle solid food, and are incapable of deducing truth from Scripture or something else. Of course I'm assuming it is the former, yet will be frank here; we always have 1 Corinthians 2:14 to consider as well since you are counting these things as foolishness. That said, you really need to back up a lot, and actually think, because the things you are repudiating are things of God.
You are either on milk, and cannot handle solid food, and are incapable of deducing truth from Scripture or something else. Of course I'm assuming it is the former, yet will be frank here; we always have 1 Corinthians 2:14 to consider as well since you are counting these things as foolishness. That said, you really need to back up a lot, and actually think, because the things you are repudiating are things of God.
