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ForestGreenCook

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Matthew 11:29

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Jesus said

29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

The rest, as referenced in this scripture, is tot referring to eternal rest, but a rest here on earth for those who believe. This also is referenced in Matt 7:14.
 

brightfame52

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Dude.

Stop thinki9ng you are so special

And stop trying to make a doctrine out of one small verses in bible with millions of verses.

God is not a respecter of persons./ he offers all salvation, And he demands we make a choice..
Has nothing to do with me, cant you read ?

They dont believe because Christ didnt die for them as He did His Sheep Jn 10:26

26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

Believing in Christ comes with the fact He died for you. So if one never believes, its because He never died for them taking away their sins. See His Death takes away sin and its awful consequences 1 Jn 3:5

And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Unbelief is the consequences of sin
 
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The text says that Eve was tempted and ate before Adam and that she went to him after,
what does this say

This says Adam and eve where both tempted together and Adam was there the whole time


Genesis 2
She also gave some to her husband, who was with her,

BEing made to stumble

the lord God turned to the serpent and said because you have done this
 
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The rest, as referenced in this scripture, is tot referring to eternal rest, but a rest here on earth for those who believe. This also is referenced in Matt 7:14.
its refering to all who read it.

Do you believe God predestines all people and not just a few people to be saved first
 
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Has nothing to do with me, cant you read ?

They dont believe because Christ didnt die for them as He did His Sheep Jn 10:26

26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

Believing in Christ comes with the fact He died for you. So if one never believes, its because He never died for them taking away their sins. See His Death takes away sin and its awful consequences 1 Jn 3:5

And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Unbelief is the consequences of sin
do you believe God predestined Adam and eve to hell first
 
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Has nothing to do with me, cant you read ?

They dont believe because Christ didnt die for them as He did His Sheep Jn 10:26

26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

Believing in Christ comes with the fact He died for you. So if one never believes, its because He never died for them taking away their sins. See His Death takes away sin and its awful consequences 1 Jn 3:5

And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Unbelief is the consequences of sin
predestination

The lords knows what you need before you ask him
 
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Sorry, I cannot follow your line of thinking without some scripture references.
plenty of scripture was provided for you, in the response you replied to here.

Are you unwilling to acknowledge What I wrote about Jesus.

Go back and have another look.

Bare in mind Jesus says those who don't acknowledge me before people I will not acknowledge Before the father
 

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Has nothing to do with me, cant you read ?

They dont believe because Christ didnt die for them as He did His Sheep Jn 10:26

26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

Believing in Christ comes with the fact He died for you. So if one never believes, its because He never died for them taking away their sins. See His Death takes away sin and its awful consequences 1 Jn 3:5

And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Unbelief is the consequences of sin
Yes I can read

He was talking to a group of people. Not the whole world.

You claim God chose you so you believe
You claim if God did not chose the person next to you, He will never believe

In essence. You say God respects you and not the other person.

You also claim your special. while they are not.

If anyone is having a problem seeing here, it is you my friend.
 

ForestGreenCook

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its refering to all who read it.

Do you believe God predestines all people and not just a few people to be saved first

Jesus did not die to redeem all mankind from their sins. He only died for those that his Father gave him and he said that he would not lose any of them, but would raise them up at the last day (John 6: 37-39)

Jesus's sacrifice was to God, for God's acceptance, and not to mankind for their acceptance.
 

ForestGreenCook

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Yes I can read

He was talking to a group of people. Not the whole world.

You claim God chose you so you believe
You claim if God did not chose the person next to you, He will never believe

In essence. You say God respects you and not the other person.

You also claim your special. while they are not.

If anyone is having a problem seeing here, it is you my friend.[/QUOTE

The difference in Brighrfame's remarks and yours is that he gives scripture proof of his remarks and you, most of them, do not.
 

PaulThomson

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Paul would disagree with you, (romans 4) he not only said abraham was saved, he said we today are saved by that same faith

Rom 4: 16 Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be [d]sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all 17 (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; 18 who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be.” 19 And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. 22 And therefore “it was accounted to him for righteousness.”


23 Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, 24 but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25 who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.



That is not wise to claim this.

I am saved because I am justified. if I am not justifed. I have not been rescued (saved) I am still lost.
Youare ignoring the context. "Therefore" refers back to what is said before the therefore. What is the "it" that "is of faith, that it might be according to grace"?
Look at the previous few verses to find out.
"For the promise that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect. Because the law worketh wrath: for where there is no law, there is no transgression. Therefore IT is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be [d]sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all 17 (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”)

IT is the thing promised to Abraham, that he would be the father of many nations and heir of the world. It is neither atonement, nor Justification, nor salvation, in this context. The text you are citing here has nothing to do with the topic R C Sproul was discoursing on.

Being redeeemeed, being justrified and being saved are three different things. They are spelt different. They look different. The mean different things.
 
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Jesus did not die to redeem all mankind from their sins. He only died for those that his Father gave him and he said that he would not lose any of them, but would raise them up at the last day (John 6: 37-39)

Jesus's sacrifice was to God, for God's acceptance, and not to mankind for their acceptance.
do you believe the father hands people over to son.

And does the father refer to the wicked people who turn from there ways.
 
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Jesus did not die to redeem all mankind from their sins. He only died for those that his Father gave him and he said that he would not lose any of them, but would raise them up at the last day (John 6: 37-39)

Jesus's sacrifice was to God, for God's acceptance, and not to mankind for their acceptance.
again you haven't acknowledged what was said and asked of you.
 

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The difference in Brighrfame's remarks and yours is that he gives scripture proof of his remarks and you, most of them, do not.
Actually you take ONE verse out of context.

And ignore the rest.

Don;t come to boast to me how special you are.. I am not buying it.
 
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That scripture I believe as truth, but the natural man, before he has been born again spiritually, will not ask a spiritual God anything (1 Cor 2:14)
New life still has a spiritual body.

The scripture declares where there is a natural body there is a spiritual body
 

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But you fail to see the point

They are condemned ALREADY

You can keep trying to put that present tense in there all you want. A person who truly trusts God does not change their mind and repent back to a state of unbelief again.

No matter how powerful you think you are.. You have no power to save you or keep yourself saved.

And God does nto make mistakes
The Bible speaks about believing and falling away under persecution (the seed in the stony soil) and elsewhere. Just because that idea conflicts with your man-made theories on how things work, does not entitle you to deny what the falling away texts say.
The tense of the verbs in the Greek text are very specific and have a pivotal bearing on the meaning of a sentence. You should not brush aside the verb tenses cavalierly, if you want to know what a NT text actually says.

The present tense refers to things that are happening in the present. You cannot apply the past tense meanings to present tense verbs. Present tense participles describe states and actions occurring contemporaneously with their governing verbs, whether past, present or future governing verbs. If one wants to know the timing of actions in a sentence relative to one another and relative to the main action of the sentence, one has to carefully recognise the tenses of all the verbs and participles in the sentence.

Sloppy parsing will produce sloppy interpretation.
 

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Youare ignoring the context. "Therefore" refers back to what is said before the therefore. What is the "it" that "is of faith, that it might be according to grace"?
Look at the previous few verses to find out.
"For the promise that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect. Because the law worketh wrath: for where there is no law, there is no transgression. Therefore IT is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be [d]sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all 17 (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”)

IT is the thing promised to Abraham, that he would be the father of many nations and heir of the world. It is neither atonement, nor Justification, nor salvation, in this context. The text you are citing here has nothing to do with the topic R C Sproul was discoursing on.

Being redeeemeed, being justrified and being saved are three different things. They are spelt different. They look different. The mean different things.
Your in error

We are justified BECAUSE we are redeemed, And we are saved BECAUSE we are justified.

Why do you think you can save yourself? Why do you reject the cross?
 
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That scripture I believe as truth, but the natural man, before he has been born again spiritually, will not ask a spiritual God anything (1 Cor 2:14)
1 cor 2:14

The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.

According to this it doesn't say anything about not being able to ask

In fact it declares the spiritual body that is not saved can still hear God as it quotes he can still consider
 

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The Bible speaks about believing and falling away under persecution (the seed in the stony soil) and elsewhere. Just because that idea conflicts with your man-made theories on how things work, does not entitle you to deny what the falling away texts say.
Man made? Here we go.

My friend, your the one that says God saves a person KNOWING that person will fall away back to unbelief not me

The person on stony soil was never saved.. They never had true saving faith, hence why they never produced fruit.


The tense of the verbs in the Greek text are very specific and have a pivotal bearing on the meaning of a sentence. You should not brush aside the verb tenses cavalierly, if you want to know what a NT text actually says.
They still do nt support you

Anyone reading that passage who is believing has been saved

It says they HAVE eternal life. If they can die for ANY reason, they do not HAVE eternal life.

You can;t have it both ways my friend.

The present tense refers to things that are happening in the present. You cannot apply the past tense meanings to present tense verbs. Present tense participles describe states and actions occurring contemporaneously with their governing verbs, whether past, present or future governing verbs. If one wants to know the timing of actions in a sentence relative to one another and relative to the main action of the sentence, one has to carefully recognise the tenses of all the verbs and participle in the sentence.

Sloppy parsing will produce sloppy interpretation.
lol. If anyone here is sloppy it is you

believing (present tense) has (present tense) eternal life

How can I have eternal life if I can still die? I can't

so you own argument defeats itself.