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Your country has not been having (wow, is this the right English tense? lol) J 3:16 for quite a long time, so how were billions invited before they got the gospel from European missionaries?
If they were not, your argument that God invites all is quite wrong. And it should be corrected to "God invites many, but few of them are chosen".
If they were not, your argument that God invites all is quite wrong. And it should be corrected to "God invites many, but few of them are chosen".
you never know, I am never know either how God work. He love all that is for sure, that He love is all over in the Bible, how He invite my country people before missionary come, I do not know, my neighbors husband was big Muslim imam, if he preach in my town, ten of thousand come, After pondering about quran He doubt if it God doctrine, full of violence, than he remember his dream when he was in junior high. He was meet with Jesus in that dream, no body have courage evangelized to the big Imam, but finally he take a risk, left his religion and come to the Lord, he bring 89 imam to the Lord, and I read in Muslim web, one of the imam warn they fellow Muslim not to read his book, according to this imam, he estimate his book convert at least 3000 Muslim.
God love all and He know how to invite them, but not all accept His invitation, I hear a lot of testimonies from ex muslim, if they ask the real Lord to show himself, He will come either through dream or vision or what ever. My Muslim neighbors has 11 brother and sister, 3 of them accept the Lord, one of them tell me they know that one of the sister and one of the brother accept the Lord after it happen for few years, they keep it secret because Muslim do not like they family left Muslim.
i hear vision and dream is among the way God invite human to be save
God love all and He know how to invite them, but not all accept His invitation, I hear a lot of testimonies from ex muslim, if they ask the real Lord to show himself, He will come either through dream or vision or what ever. My Muslim neighbors has 11 brother and sister, 3 of them accept the Lord, one of them tell me they know that one of the sister and one of the brother accept the Lord after it happen for few years, they keep it secret because Muslim do not like they family left Muslim.
i hear vision and dream is among the way God invite human to be save
Well, you do not know, its all just your theory.
So you cannot use this "God invites all" as an argument. It has not been proven. It would either had to be in the Bible or you would have to have proof from anybody who ever lived hat he was also invited.
History says that the Gospel spread in the time and so God invited various nations in various points in time. Not everybody everywhere everytime, which is your theory.
So you cannot use this "God invites all" as an argument. It has not been proven. It would either had to be in the Bible or you would have to have proof from anybody who ever lived hat he was also invited.
History says that the Gospel spread in the time and so God invited various nations in various points in time. Not everybody everywhere everytime, which is your theory.
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Romans 16
25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
Colossians 1
5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
Colossians 1
5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
Everytime you read the Bible, you also interpret it.
Because your brain tries to understand what is being read and gives you some images and comprehension of the grammar, syntax and vocabulary.
Its obvious that Paul has not brought the gospel to all nations in the meaning "in whole the planet". He just meant that he brings the gospel to all nations (he has around him) without any distinction like "to you yes, to you no".
Because your brain tries to understand what is being read and gives you some images and comprehension of the grammar, syntax and vocabulary.
Its obvious that Paul has not brought the gospel to all nations in the meaning "in whole the planet". He just meant that he brings the gospel to all nations (he has around him) without any distinction like "to you yes, to you no".
I don't believe so. There are unreached people now who have never heard the gospel. Even so, God can appear to someone in a vision. Cornelius is a classic example of this. Does God appear to everyone this way who have not been reached. I don't think so. It seems to me that more often, God would appear to those of that people who have not hardened their hearts to God and therefore whose hearts are likely more open to the gospel. Paul is a classic example of God getting through to a person who by all outward appearances was hardened to the gospel. I wonder what was happening to him after the stoning of Stephen, yet Paul outwardly was intent still intent on persecuting Christians.
It is apparent from Scripture that a person can harden their heart. But who softens their heart? Who opens their eyes?
This depends on the context, every time. Sometimes their "all" means our "all" and sometimes not.
Sometimes their "world" means our "world" (like regarding sin or enmity to God) and sometimes not (like the Roman Empire vs todays globalized planetary world)
Jesus Christ is the living Word of God. Not book. But we would get into KJV only controversy again with this.
Sometimes their "world" means our "world" (like regarding sin or enmity to God) and sometimes not (like the Roman Empire vs todays globalized planetary world)
Jesus Christ is the living Word of God. Not book. But we would get into KJV only controversy again with this.
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