Predestination is misunderstood...
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hah!!!
you shoulda seen us back in the old days ... big old dictionary that weighed a ton!
and my mom was pretty fierce. we'd ask her "mom, how do you spell ____(fill in the blank)"? ... she'd answer "look it up in the dictionary" ... now how do I look up psychology ... how would I know it starts with a "p" ??? after about an hour (probably more like 2 or 3 minutes), mom would say ... it starts with a "p".
but, we'd remember cuz we didn't want to have to go back and lug out that old dictionary ...
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you shoulda seen us back in the old days ... big old dictionary that weighed a ton!
and my mom was pretty fierce. we'd ask her "mom, how do you spell ____(fill in the blank)"? ... she'd answer "look it up in the dictionary" ... now how do I look up psychology ... how would I know it starts with a "p" ??? after about an hour (probably more like 2 or 3 minutes), mom would say ... it starts with a "p".
but, we'd remember cuz we didn't want to have to go back and lug out that old dictionary ...
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here's some info for you:
https://www.gotquestions.org/exegesis-eisegesis.html
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https://www.gotquestions.org/exegesis-eisegesis.html
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you fail to realise because of a man centred Gospel most today believe it is their choice that saves them and have faith in their faith as the condition unto salvation rather than the faith that God grants as a gift of His grace to trust in Christ and His work alone.
According to Scripture, those who believe in their faith for salvation are still under the curse and are not yet saved and those who die believing it is their faith that saved them will find out that they are in the same company of those who Christ warned about in Matthew 7:21-23 that were looking to what they had done and not Christ.
Jer 17:5 Thus says the LORD: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the LORD.
According to Scripture, those who believe in their faith for salvation are still under the curse and are not yet saved and those who die believing it is their faith that saved them will find out that they are in the same company of those who Christ warned about in Matthew 7:21-23 that were looking to what they had done and not Christ.
Jer 17:5 Thus says the LORD: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the LORD.
I do not deny that a man can choose anything according to his nature but Christ declared that all who commit are slaves to sin (John 8:34) which is also confirmed again by the apostle Paul three times in Romans 6:6,17,20. Does a slave truly have the freedom to choose whatever he wants?
The Scriptures also declare than since the Fall, man is spiritually dead (Gen 2:17) because of sin which is also confirmed in Ephesians 2:1,5. What can a dead person choose?
The only people who choose God are those whom God has chosen to do so. Please read the list of verses found below to confirm this.
41 Bible Verses about election, to salvation
The Scriptures also declare than since the Fall, man is spiritually dead (Gen 2:17) because of sin which is also confirmed in Ephesians 2:1,5. What can a dead person choose?
The only people who choose God are those whom God has chosen to do so. Please read the list of verses found below to confirm this.
41 Bible Verses about election, to salvation
