Contradiction of WORDS

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SeaBass

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Elin said:
And now we're down to the real issue--unbelief.

You simply do not believe Jn 6:37, 61-65:

Jn 6:61-65: "On hearing it many of his disciples said, 'This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?'

(Sound familiar?)

. . .Jesus said to them, 'Does this offend you. . .that is why I told you that no one can come
to me unless the Father has enabled him.' "

Jn 6:37: "All that the Father gives me will come to me."

Your problem of unbelief is with God, not with me.
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Jn 6:37 "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."

The one's that the Father gives refer to the saved, but they must conditionally come to Christ.

The issue is does the Father UNCONDITIONALLY give men to Christ? NO!!!

Verse 37 does not specifically mention "belief" as verses 35 and 36 but "belief" not being specifically mentioned in v37 does not mean belief is not required.

So the ones of their own freewill that CONDITIONALLY believe Christ, v35 are the saved ones who God gives to Christ. There is no Calvinistic random, unconditional selection of certain men in this text at all.


Now we will find out who really believes in this passage and who does not.



 
SeaBass

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Elin said:
Non-responsive.
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I did respond and one can read Ephesians. In Eph 1:1 Paul is referring to the group Christian calling them "saints" and "faithful in Christ Jesus" And in Eph 1:4,5 shows that God foreknew certain traits, characteristics of this groups, those foreknown traits being "in Him(Christ)" - "holy and without blame" - called "sons". The text here says nothing about God foreknowing certain individuals unconditionally but traits. Therefore it is the group that is sealed and not the individual sealed unconditionally.

The non-response was to my question: Where does the bible say one outside the group, that is, one NOT a Christian can be sealed?
 
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SeaBass said:
Jn 6:37 "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."

The one's that the Father gives refer to the saved, but
they must conditionally come to Christ.
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The condition for salvation--faith--is a work of God (Php 1:29; 2Pe 1:1; Ac 18:27; Ro 12:3), not man.

God provides to us what he requires of us.

To God be the glory!

The gospel is a closed book to you.
 
SeaBass

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Elin said:
According to your perverse hermeneutic, the bible has to explicitly state,
"I cannot put conditions on a free gift," in order to mean the gift is truly free.

In your perverse hermeneutic, "free" is not sufficient to mean truly free.

In your perverse hermeneutic, the self-evident has to be established,
the self-evident does not establish itself.
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In other words, if I give you a free car I am not allowed to put the condition of you coming to me to get the car?????

So me the gift giver is to bow to you, the undeserving receiver of my gift, and go along with your demands??
 
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elf3 said:
It's amazing how you fail to comprehend the meaning of the word free. I even posted the Websters Dictionary meaning for you somewhere
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I do not see where Websters said a free gifts must always be unconditional.



Again, in Jn 6:27, one on hand Jesus said to LABOUR for the meat that endures unto everlasting life. On the other hand Jesus says He GIVES everlasting life, it's free. Why would He say to labour for something He freely gives?
 
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Elin said:
Great example of your perverse hermeneutic. . .omitting all the gifts of God in salvation and making them a work of man.
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So God was wrong in attaching the work of dipping to Naaman's free gift of healing?
 
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SeaBass said:
Jn 6:37 "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."

The one's that the Father gives refer to the saved, but they must conditionally come to Christ.

The issue is does the Father UNCONDITIONALLY give men to Christ? NO!!!

Verse 37 does not specifically mention "belief" as verses 35 and 36 but "belief" not being specifically mentioned in v37 does not mean belief is not required.

So the ones of their own freewill that CONDITIONALLY believe Christ, v35 are the saved ones who God gives to Christ. There is no Calvinistic random, unconditional selection of certain men in this text at all.


Now we will find out who really believes in this passage and who does not.
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In your John 6:37 example here it is God who does the action of giving and man recieving. Where in this verse is the condition?
 
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SeaBass said:
I did respond and one can read Ephesians. In Eph 1:1
Paul is referring to the group Christian calling them "saints" and "faithful in Christ Jesus"
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Paul is addressing individuals in Ephesus.

According to your own perverse hermeneutic, the text must state
the word "group" if Paul is addressing a group rather than individuals.

The gospel is a closed book to you.
 
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SeaBass said:
In other words, if I give you a free car I am not allowed to put the condition of you coming to me to get the car?????

So me the gift giver is to bow to you, the undeserving receiver of my gift, and go along with your demands??
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Previously addressed.
 
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Elin said:
Not all grace is salvation.

The condition for salvation--faith--is a work of God (Php 1:29; 2Pe 1:1; Ac 18:27; Ro 12:3), not man.

God provides to us what he requires of us.

To God be the glory!
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Sigh.......................

In Rom 6:16 Paul said "obedience unto salvation" So you tried to REDEFINE the word "righteousness" to get around the force of Paul's words.

In Tts 2:11 it says "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,"

Now are you trying to redefine "grace" in Tts 2:11 that the grace that BRINGS SALVATION is not really about salvation?????
 
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SeaBass said:
Elin said:
john832 said:
Grace without conditions is universal salvation.
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Not all grace is salvation.

The condition for salvation--faith--is a work of God(Php 1:29; 2Pe 1:1; Ac 18:27; Ro 12:3), not man.

God provides to us what he requires of us.

To God be the glory!
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Sigh.......................

In Rom 6:16 Paul said "obedience unto salvation" So you tried to REDEFINE the word "righteousness" to get around the force of Paul's words.

In Tts 2:11 it says "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,"

Now are you trying to redefine "grace" in Tts 2:11 that the grace that BRINGS SALVATION is not really about salvation?????
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Non-responsive.
 
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elf3 said:
Wait what? when did I ever say Jesus doesn't give everlasting life? Man you twist things up so much I am surprised you aren't dizzy.
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Jn 6:27;
What I asked it a contradiction for Christ to say on one hand to "LABOUR" for the meat that endures unto everlasting life but then says He "GIVES" it for free?
 
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Elin said:
Non-responsive.
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SeaBass said:
Sigh.......................

In Rom 6:16 Paul said "obedience unto salvation" So you tried to REDEFINE the word "righteousness" to get around the force of Paul's words.

In Tts 2:11 it says "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,"

Now are you trying to redefine "grace" in Tts 2:11 that the grace that BRINGS SALVATION is not really about salvation?????
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You are a slow learner, SeaBass.
 
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I gave the example of the thief on the Cross to seabass yesterday. he blew it off. so yea, slow to learn.
 
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gb9 said:
I gave the example of the thief on the Cross to seabass yesterday. he blew it off. so yea, slow to learn.
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Thief on the cross is dead and awaiting a resurrection. Comma was inserted by translators in the wrong place.
 
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