I'm not suggesting that man isn't alive naturally and doesn't have use of his faculties. Neither am I suggesting that the Christian life is not an interactive relationship between Christ and the believer. But fallen man is at enmity with God, walks contrary to His ways, and finds the gospel to be foolishness. In addition, Jesus says of the Christian that apart from Him they can do nothing. So I find it a fair question to ask how does one go from their fallen estate to a saved estate apart from Christ. What happens in and to an individual that the gospel that was once anathema is now good news? Did they just wake up one day and change all that was formerly true of them? Is that possible?
“But
fallen man is at enmity with God, walks contrary to His ways”
“fallen man “
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The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were
any that did understand, And seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: There is none that doeth good, no, not one.”
Psalm 14:2-3 KJV
“Wherefore, as
by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so
death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”
Romans 5:12 KJV
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Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine:
the soul that sinneth, it shall die.”
Ezekiel 18:4 KJV
“for
all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 3:23KJV
…..the soul that sinneth, it shall die.”
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and
shall not come into condemnation; but is
passed from death unto life.”
John 5:24 KJV
“Then
drew near unto him all the publicans and
sinners for to hear him.”
Luke 15:1
“And
as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, (Numbers 21:8-9 ) even so must
the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
For God so loved the
world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.
For God sent not his Son into
the world to condemn the world; but that the
world through him
might be saved.”
John 3:14-17 KJV
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To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name
whosoever believeth in him …….shall receive remission of sins.”
Acts 10:43 KJV
“For this is good and acceptable in the sight of
God our Saviour; who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.”
1 Timothy 2:3-4 KJV
We’re all lost until we’re found we weren’t in a different boat before we believed. The “ unsaved “ can be saved
If we tell the truth
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Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause
came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.”
John 18:37 KJV
“…if God peradventure will
give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; and that
they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.”
2 Timothy 2:25-26 KJV
We weren’t any different before we began to hear the truth if we weren’t lost and condemned like all man was bu sin brother we never would have needed to be saved
“Then said Jesus to those Jews which
believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”
John 8:31-32, 34, 36 KJV
We used to be servants of sin loke everyone else is bro and some still are
“But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.”
Romans 6:17-18 KJV
the pre deternined thing is misunderstood and applied it’s about everyone bieng lost without herring the gospel and believing in the lord Jesus.
“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and
preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.”
Mark 16:15-16 KJV
“For I am not ashamed of
the gospel of Christ: for
it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the
Jew first, and also to the
Greek.”
Romans 1:16 KJV
“For
whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.( from what’s coming on all ) How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and
how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? ( mark 16:15-16)And how shall they preach, except they be sent?
as
it is written, How beautiful are the feet of
them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord,
who hath believed our report? ( thier report the chosen witnesses of the gospel who wrote the nt scripture )
So then
faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
the word of God.”
Romans 10:13-17 KJV
Everyone is the same brother no one is special or pre chosen that’s why we need to believe the gospel because Jesus is the pre determined one everything said of pre determination is being said of those who are in
Christ they have taken on his inheritance and blessing it’s not because they were chosen and special and pre destined , it’s because he was and he Carrie’s us with him if we believe