Call on the Name of the Lord be Saved?

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svedbygrace

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cfultz3 said:
If one is saved (delivered from death) before they believe the Gospel concerning the Son, then there is no need to believe that Gospel for salvation, seeing that they are already saved apart from accepting that Gospel.

However, if one chooses to believe, then the Gospel is not hidden from them. By coming to the realization of the Gospel being true and desiring Jesus to be their Lord, one then repents and THEN are saved from condemnation.

It is basic human nature for a repenting person to first realize the error of their ways before they believe what was once an opposing view to them.
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No lost person dead in sin can believe on Christ. The Gospel is hid to those who are lost and they believe not 2 Cor 4:3-4

3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

So one must be saved in order to believe the Gospel !
 
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svedbygrace said:
No lost person dead in sin can believe on Christ. The Gospel is hid to those who are lost and they believe not 2 Cor 4:3-4

3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

So one must be saved in order to believe the Gospel !
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*sigh* John 1 speaks of Christ as the Light that lighteth all men. All men have some glimmer of light given to them. John 3 speaks of those who turn back from the light.

In the fall all men received the knowledge of good and evil. All men must choose which they will follow.

Calvinism has over cooked on the total depravity issue. It is taken far beyond what is actually taught in the scriptures. God is a God of mercy. God has concluded all in unbelief that He might have mercy upon all.

For the cause of Christ
Roger
 
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