Predestination is misunderstood...

Huh? The Gospel is Christ died for our sin and rose again. The good news is Christ did what we can't do, ie. be sinless (wholly righteous) and satisfy God's justice. He is the way to salvation. If you believe the Gospel you are saved. Regeneration (new birth) is your first step in that salvation. (Although, personally I believe regeneration and faith occur simultaneously)

You keep wanting people to be spiritually alive (saved from death) before giving them the Gospel which is the power of God to salvation. It's what we call "preaching to the choir". Once you are made spiritually alive, you are saved, you don't need to be saved again. You don't get born spiritually twice.

You are functioning just like a Catholic who will not budge when it comes to praying to Mary and the saints.
Its the same stubborn energy of the flesh getting its way as opposed to the Word of God.

You simply want what you want. And, believe God agrees with you.......

Because? Your god is your emotions....
Paul was brought to tears over your way of thinking.

"Whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly [emotions] , and whose glory
is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things." Philippians 3:19

Your kind of stubbornness is nothing new....
Tongues people are the same way, just a different vice.

God sovereignly made me say that......


grace and peace ...............

I've already said God foreknew those He predestined. God saw himself in relationship with believers long before any of us were born and He determined to save believers and give them a destiny.

You're the one off tangent. You are confusing the journey with the destination. You quoted Acts 2:23 where Peter is telling people it was God's purpose for Christ to die based on His foreknowledge. First off, the Cross is not Christ's destiny is was a part of His journey toward His destiny and it was a part of His journey on our behalf. If in God's foreknowledge, He saw no believers, there would be no need for the Cross.

God decided on the destiny of those whom He foreknew. He didn't decide on a destiny and then "look around" to see who He could fit into it.

You scoffing the Truth

The Good News of Ones Salvation is the good news they are saved by what Christ has done. Duh

I dont know what you talking about

God forknows because He predetermined it, from the beginning to the end.

I've already said God foreknew those He predestined. God saw himself in relationship with believers long before any of us were born and He determined to save believers and give them a destiny.

You're the one off tangent. You are confusing the journey with the destination. You quoted Acts 2:23 where Peter is telling people it was God's purpose for Christ to die based on His foreknowledge. First off, the Cross is not Christ's destiny is was a part of His journey toward His destiny and it was a part of His journey on our behalf. If in God's foreknowledge, He saw no believers, there would be no need for the Cross.

God decided on the destiny of those whom He foreknew. He didn't decide on a destiny and then "look around" to see who He could fit into it.

"He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours
but also for the sins of the whole world." 1 John 2:2



Jesus died for all sins...

Because God agreed to allow to let all mankind fall.
Not just believers.

By dying for all mankind? -
Believer and unbeliever ?
It brought it all back and under His jurisdiction for judgement.

Everyone is now responsible to Him alone!

grace and peace .................

Total Depravity, a Gospel Truth

From a Standard within the Reformed Doctrine:

1. The people are in a state of grace, but they are not sure that they are saved. The confession, as we will see, says that assurance of salvation is possible and indeed should be sought. Nevertheless, not everyone who is in the state of grace has yet arrived at the conclusion that he is in that state. Such people may think or hope they are saved but may not have full assurance that they are.

It says you cannot know that you are saved, you just "hope" that you are saved.

This is the kind of tripe that YOU follow!

The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation, it is what saves you. That power is not in our "yay we are saved!", it is in the Cross.

Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

1 Corinthians 15:2
By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

From a Standard within the Reformed Doctrine:

1. The people are in a state of grace, but they are not sure that they are saved. The confession, as we will see, says that assurance of salvation is possible and indeed should be sought. Nevertheless, not everyone who is in the state of grace has yet arrived at the conclusion that he is in that state. Such people may think or hope they are saved but may not have full assurance that they are.

It says you cannot know that you are saved, you just "hope" that you are saved.

This is the kind of tripe that YOU follow!

What sort of God do you think He is? Who would make a whole host of decisions and then look at their knowledge bank.

Common sense ought to tell you decisions are made on the basis of knowledge, not the other way round.

God foreknows because He is omniscient.

In Some places I agree but not all places for the unsaved, in many places it suggests.all mankind have something That God still cares for in there fallen state.

Whilst In other places we see Gods stern warnings for people in there fallen state.

Total depravity would be not caring what so ever for mankind in there fallen state.

Total depravity only exists towards evil.

Children are not born evil there born into sin, there's a difference

I don't know if you've realised but this is what the main problem is with the tulip doctrine.

Still dont know what you talking about

Man by nature is spiritually dead, depraved.

Christ is the Saviour, He does the Saving, The Gospel is Good News to whom Christ has saved.

Denial seems to be your friend. Too bad you will still be held accountable.

Man by nature is spiritually dead, depraved.