Did Jesus Die on The Cross for The Just/Elect/Saved Whose Names Are Written in The Book of Life OR
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God knew people would ask questions like this and trying to fill in the blanks on things they feel necessary to do. But Paul said Faith comes by Hearing. Jesus said Believing, which is Faith in action, is the key to being saved. Even this verse here shows Hearing leads to Believing ...13 “In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him.
There's nothing else ever added to this equation, except people not part of the Bible, adding their personal opinion.
God could have said the Holy Spirit is what causes this and that but God does not.
God said, Hearing leads to Believing.
So somewhere in the process of Hearing ultimately leads to Believing.
God's Words.
27 Books in the New Testament that could have said what the Reformed Doctrine claims and NONE of those 27 Books do.
So I do not believe that Doctrine.
I believe what God has said because if there was more to say He would have.
There's nothing else ever added to this equation, except people not part of the Bible, adding their personal opinion.
God could have said the Holy Spirit is what causes this and that but God does not.
God said, Hearing leads to Believing.
So somewhere in the process of Hearing ultimately leads to Believing.
God's Words.
27 Books in the New Testament that could have said what the Reformed Doctrine claims and NONE of those 27 Books do.
So I do not believe that Doctrine.
I believe what God has said because if there was more to say He would have.
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We are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood,
It isn't both ways. It is offered to the whole world and contingent on faith.
Luke 5:20 says, “When Jesus saw their faith, He said ‘Friend, your sins are forgiven.’”
God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood,
It isn't both ways. It is offered to the whole world and contingent on faith.
Luke 5:20 says, “When Jesus saw their faith, He said ‘Friend, your sins are forgiven.’”
The question was related to who does one hear? And I did not just give my opinion.
Jesus said the time has come when people will hear Him and live. Who opens their
ears to hear? Who opens the eyes of the blind? Scripture says God does. Again, not
my opinion. Your opinion is that you set divine appointments. Where is that in Scripture?
John 5:24-25
Jesus said the time has come when people will hear Him and live. Who opens their
ears to hear? Who opens the eyes of the blind? Scripture says God does. Again, not
my opinion. Your opinion is that you set divine appointments. Where is that in Scripture?
John 5:24-25
The question was related to who does one hear? And I did not just give my opinion.
Jesus said the time has come when people will hear Him and live. Who opens their
ears to hear? Who opens the eyes of the blind? Scripture says God does. Again, not
my opinion. Your opinion is that you set divine appointments. Where is that in Scripture?
John 5:24-25
Jesus said the time has come when people will hear Him and live. Who opens their
ears to hear? Who opens the eyes of the blind? Scripture says God does. Again, not
my opinion. Your opinion is that you set divine appointments. Where is that in Scripture?
John 5:24-25
This is the best answer available:
63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
So when we repeat the words of Jesus, Who is God, by preaching/teaching the Gospel, using the Gospel for our Testimony, "we are speaking SPIRIT and LIFE."
So Jesus WORDS alone = HOLY SPIRIT and LIFE
And when we repeat them we are doing as Jesus did, speaking HOLY SPIRIT and LIFE to the ears of the dead and the dead have to listen.
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That is funny for sure. The dead have to listen? How many sermons have spiritually dead people listened to
and what did they hear if their ears had not been opened first? I'll tell you what they heard: blah blah blah.
That's right: the flesh is no help at all. They are carnal and hear not the Truth when it is spoken.
The world cannot receive the Spirit of Truth, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him.
"Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again."
Where is it in Scripture that you set divine appointments?
and what did they hear if their ears had not been opened first? I'll tell you what they heard: blah blah blah.
That's right: the flesh is no help at all. They are carnal and hear not the Truth when it is spoken.
The world cannot receive the Spirit of Truth, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him.
"Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again."
Where is it in Scripture that you set divine appointments?
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Who sees Jesus or the apostles speaking? You always seem to fall back on hearing
as if it were merely a physical attribute. Ears to hear would then mean people don't
have ears at all. Obviously, that is not what is meant.
The world cannot receive the Spirit of truth, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him.
Where is it in Scripture that you set divine appointments?
as if it were merely a physical attribute. Ears to hear would then mean people don't
have ears at all. Obviously, that is not what is meant.
The world cannot receive the Spirit of truth, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him.
Where is it in Scripture that you set divine appointments?
I'll go with this
.....belief that a man is born in a prison cell is distinct from the belief that the man is incapable of acknowledging that he is in a prison cell and accepting help to escape when it is clearly offered.
The Gospel message is the help and yes people can understand the message and they can accept or refuse the offer.
(Eric Kemp)
It is not established in scripture that the unregenerate person is incapable or not responding to the true correct message of the Gospel.
.....belief that a man is born in a prison cell is distinct from the belief that the man is incapable of acknowledging that he is in a prison cell and accepting help to escape when it is clearly offered.
The Gospel message is the help and yes people can understand the message and they can accept or refuse the offer.
(Eric Kemp)
It is not established in scripture that the unregenerate person is incapable or not responding to the true correct message of the Gospel.
I had a good friend when I was in my 20s. He used to ask me why I wanted to be a f.g for Jesus. To him, Christians were f.gs. He would say, I aint gonna be around a bunch of f.ggots when I asked him to go to church with me. Not long after that he met a woman and they moved away. 6 months later they were killed in a vehicle wreck. I sometimes think to myself, I bet he wishes now he came to church with the rest of the f.gs!
A few days ago I presented verses that Jesus said people can either reject or accept what He says. So for people to reject it means they heard Him.
16 “The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
48 The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
16 “The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
48 The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
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Where did He say that?
Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.” Mark 4:9
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear. Mark 4:23
The world cannot receive the Spirit of truth, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him.
Since you did not/would not answer my other question, I looked it up.
A divine appointment is when God arranges someone to witness or provide for another person at the appropriate moment.
It is understood to be an important event or meeting predetermined by divine guidance or ordination for a particular reason.
Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.” Mark 4:9
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear. Mark 4:23
The world cannot receive the Spirit of truth, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him.
Since you did not/would not answer my other question, I looked it up.
A divine appointment is when God arranges someone to witness or provide for another person at the appropriate moment.
It is understood to be an important event or meeting predetermined by divine guidance or ordination for a particular reason.
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