Who Justifieth the Ungodly

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Yes, I do "get it". You are again redirecting the discussion back to your talking points because you have been shown that God never hid the gospel and the gospel is not the same as the mystery and the gospel is not the riches of the glory of the mystery ... but you can't just believe what is written.

You have to conflate the gospel and the mystery and the riches of the glory of the mystery in order to support your erroneous dogma.

Again, had satan known the mystery, he would not have crucified the Lord Jesus Christ because now satan has to contend with Lord Jesus Christ as Head of His body, the church. And it is the church which makes known unto principalities and powers in heavenly places the manifold wisdom of God:

Ephesians 3:

8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God


Quit spouting your nonsense and start preaching the truth of Scrpture.
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No you dont get it.
 

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there is only one faith (Eph 4:5) and all mankind has faith.

The issue is not do you have faith.

The issue is in WHOM do you have faith.

When a person believes (has faith) in the lie of the adversary that the gospel is hid ... or that since he/she is "elect" he/she does not need to believe and can live an ungodly life (wink, wink) ... that person will find him/herself cast into the lake of fire.

However, when a person believes (has faith in) the gospel ... that the Lord Jesus Christ died for the sins of all descendants of Adam (not just the "elect") and that God raised Christ from the dead ... that person will absolutely be saved:

Romans 10:

9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Once again, all the elect vessels of mercy were given Faith, by the Spirit, going back to even abel Heb 11:4

4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

Abel was righteous on the same basis as any saint is righteous, by the doing of Jesus Christ Rom 5:19

19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

Abel had Christ revealed to him and looked forward to His coming into the world and be the sacrifice lamb of God.

Everyone Christ died for is made righteous, from the OT times unto the present, and in the future.
 

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Since it appears you believe "Job , Abel, Noal, Enoch and so forth" knew the gospel then it is clear that the gospel cannot be the mystery which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men.

Ephesians 3:

2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,

4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit


It was revealed to them because they were elect, just like today, the mystery of the Gospel is only revealed to the Faith of Gods Elect Titus 1:1-2

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

The Gospel Mysteries shall always be revealed to Gods saints, holy ones Col 1:26

Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

Gods saints existed in the OT Deut 33:3



Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.

Ps 16:3

But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

All the saints had Christ revealed to them personally, by the Spirit.


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No you dont believe God in regard to 1 Jn 2:2, you deny it. How can Justified people go to hell for their sins ?
Rev 20:15 explains why. They never received the gift of eternal life. They have no other place to go.

You dont even understand 1 Jn 2:2, and would be wise for you to let it alone friend.
What a laugh. Calvinists don't understand it. John was clear: Christ atoned for the sins of not only the believer's sins, but for the sins of the whole world.

Those who try to force "whole world" to mean only "the whole world of the elect" only show their total ignorance of comprehension.
 
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Thats exactly what the whole world means in 1 Jn 2:2
Such a rendering would require clear context to come to that conclusion. But the context contains NO such wording.

You are simply in denial. The truth is right before your eyes, and you simply reject it.

The Elect World whose sins have been put away by the sacrifice of Christ, and they are Justified !
There are no verses that speak of "the elect world". That is a calvinist construct. iow, it's a made up word. Foreign to the Bible.

John used the term "whole world" and you claim it means "whole world of the elect". Yeah, sure.

John also use the word "whole world" in 1 John 5:19 - We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

So, will you agree that John meant "the whole world of the elect"? Remember, same author, same epistle, same term.

Your logic concludes that NONE of the non-elects are under the control of the evil one.
 
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You saying Christs death was worthless.
Quite the opposite, actually. By dying for the sins of everyone, Jesus removed ANY excuse for not receiving the free gift of eternal life. All they had to do was trust what Jesus said about Himself and why he went to the cross.

As it is, it is Calvinism that provides the EXCUSE for those who end up in the LOF. Since everyone is a sinner and DESERVE the LOF, those "not chosen", as calvinism puts it, have that excuse: they weren't chosen.

They will be able to rightly claim that God only chose SOME SINNERS to go to heaven, but passed over them. So they have that excuse, and ending up in hell isn't their fault. God simply didn't choose them.

By dying for everyone, NO ONE has any excuse. So His death was anything but worthless.
 

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I never said there "is more than one Gospel !". Your statement is just more of you projecting onto me your erroneous dogma because of your error in conflating the gospel with the mystery.
Its only One Gospel and its hid to the Lost, the spiritually dead. 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.

No matter what dispensation, OT or NT times, the Gospel is hid to the Lost and must be revealed. Isaiah understood this back under the OT writing about the Gospel of Christ Isa 53:1-6

Who hath believed our report/Gospel? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

The Gospel of Christ, the Arm of the Lord must be revealed to be believed.
 

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Not an answer, brightfame52.

So, again, if the gospel is the mystery which in other ages was not made known (Eph 3:5), then what "gospel" did the Lord Jesus Christ preach when He walked on the earth?
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Sure its an answer, the Gospel is a Mystery to the lost and spiritually dead. Christ preached the Only Gospel there is. It was still hid to the Lost when He preached it.
 

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You keep saying "the Gospel is still a Mystery" and I am talking about the mystery which was kept secret since the world began.
Its a mystery and hid to them that are Lost 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.
 

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Paul does not say "the Gospel is the Mystery". That is just you realigning the words of Scripture in order to prop up your erroneous dogma.
He said the Mystery of the Gospel, its all the same. and its all about Christ ! Christ must be revealed to believed. No man naturally knows Christ, He must be revealed Matt 11:27

All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

Peter didn't naturally know who Jesus was Matt 16:13-17

13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
 

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That's because you don't preach 1 Cor 15:1-4 ... you preach another Jesus ... you preach another gospel.

You even stated "you and I dont even believe in the same Jesus Christ".

I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God.
Unfortunately, I would conclude you are of those who dont understand 1 Cor 15:1-4 which proves my point. One can read the scripture and yet remain unlearned and unenlightened.
 

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I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God.

John 3:16-17 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.

I am a whosoever.

You are not a whosoever ... according to you, you're "elect".
I would have to disagree with you, i cant see you believing in the Jesus of scripture. Also the world in Jn 3:16-17 is the Elect/Sheep, and by you not seeing that, it lets me know again you dont understand scripture.
 

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The writing of Scripture reveals the truth which mankind is to believe.
The scriptures arent written to mankind in general, but to the saints of God, those set apart unto faith.
 

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Your error is your insistence that no one can believe what is plainly written in Scripture by God.
Correct, not with spiritual understanding. Only the regenerate have the ability given to them by God to read and understand the scriptures.
 

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Again,

you do understand that "regenerated" and "converted" are the same thing?

If they are "regenerated", they already are "converted".

Under your erroneous dogma, how many times must a person be "converted" before they are "regenerated"???
People have abused Rom 10:9-10 to their destruction, yet Rom 10:9-10 is describing the actions of a regenerated heart, resting in Christ , who was raised for/because of their Justification Rom 4:25. Its those who have been by the power of the Holy spirit call upon the name of the Lord with a new circumcised heart of flesh. Ezk 36:26

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
 

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hmmmm ... sounds like works to me and Scripture is clear we are justified by faith (Rom 5:1). Scripture is also clear that faith is not works (Rom 4:5).
Again the unregenerate do not and cannot obey the Gospel. So its impossible for Rom 10:9-10 is referring to an unregenerate dead sinner.
 

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If they are "regenerated", they already are "converted".
Not quite, one can be regenerated, spiritually alive, prior to hearing the Gospel. Its the regenerated, spiritually alive person, that the Gospel converts. Paul wrote it like this 2 Tim 1:10

10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

The Gospel brings spiritual and immortal life to light !
 
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Also the world in Jn 3:16-17 is the Elect/Sheep, and by you not seeing that, it lets me know again you dont understand scripture.
Since is NO MENTION of "the elect" in John 3, there is no excuse for twisting John 3:16 to be referring to Jesus dying for ONLY the elect

You don't even understand what election is about anyway, so don't claim that you understand the Bible.
 

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Under your erroneous dogma, how many times must a person be "converted" before they are "regenerated"???
You as usual sound confused. I dont have the slightest idea of what you talking about But a regenerated person is the only person that can be converted to the Gospel and by the Gospel. All others the Gospel is hid from them, and foolishness to them
 

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The Lord Jesus Christ came to redeem all mankind (all descendants of Adam) which is why He did not take on Him the nature of angels.
False, Christ redeemed only His Church, the Sheep, seed of Abraham, not all mankind

Titus 2:14

14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

The us is the Elect, or the Church, not all mankind. You going to be sorry for preaching these false doctrines friend.