Understanding God’s election

Did Adam reject the Lord after the Lord shed blood to give him animal skins to cover himself with?
Adam had faith to the extent faith was known at that time..

Quit with your unsubstantiated, empty claims, already. There's not one text in the bible that speaks positively about Adam or that Adam was a believer.

The seed of the woman is Christ. No one is ever spoken of as in Eve. I believe Adam was saved and in Christ. Same as Eve.
Second, I don't see anyone as a super saint. No reason to make unwarranted attributions. If I don't overly esteem Abraham who has a body of acts, I certainly wouldn't esteem Adam who has a limited number.
As far as God not able to be with sinful enemies, Satan seems to have had access to heaven until shortly before the cross. What do you make of that?

Perhaps you might tell us ...
the main reason why you don't believe in Calvinism?

Calvinism is the Gospel, I witness the Gospel.

Having known the nature of the Lord from his previous sinless state, gave Adam the advantage of having no hesitation to wanting to be restored to what he had lost in relationship to the Lord.

In contrast to Adam. Man is born into a world of lies that will distract and draw one away from seeking the Lord immediately.
Adam immediately wanted to be right back in the Lord's realm = faith = giving him imputed righteousness.

The fall of man is a strategy and tactic of God, setting the stage for accomplishing his desire to make His enemies into His footstool.

Christ is the ultimate seed but not the only seed, no more than the Serpent had only one seed. Is not the devil the enemy of all God's people to this day!?

And while no one is ever spoken "as in Eve", neither does scripture teach that it's perfectly okay to be in Adam -- after all...all in Adam DIE (1Cor 15:22) -- contrast that with all in Christ LIVE!

It boggles my mind that so many here seem to think that it's perfectly okay to be contrasted with our Redeemer and Savior. Maybe it's a kool fad that has never lost its veneer? I for one would never want my life characterized as being being the polar opposite of Jesus'.

Satan, as part of God's divine counsel, had limited access to God after He DROVE him out of heaven! But that access doesn't mean that he entered back into heaven itself, or more specifically in to the highest heaven which is where God dwells. And of course, all access to God in the heavenly realm ceased after the Cross because Satan no longer had any legitimate legal complaint against against God's elect, since Jesus satisfied God's perfect justice.

Also, there is this:

Ps 15:1-5
15:1 A psalm of David.

LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary?Who may live on your holy hill?
2 He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous,who speaks the truth from his heart 3 and has no slander on his tongue,who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman, 4 who despises a vile man but honors those who fear the LORD,who keeps his oath even when it hurts, 5 who lends his money without usury and does not accept a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things will never be shaken.
NIV

Or this....

Ps 24:3-6
3 Who may ascend the hill of the LORD?
Who may stand in his holy place?
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not lift up his soul to an idol
or swear by what is false.
5 He will receive blessing from the LORD
and vindication from God his Savior.
6 Such is the generation of those who seek him,
who seek your face, O God of Jacob.
NIV

I get the feeling that Satan wasn't exactly renting a mansion in heaven between the time he was driven out and the Cross of Christ.

Those Psalms were written by an adulterer and a murderer. Evidently there is hope for sinners.

Quit with your unsubstantiated, empty claims, already. There's not one text in the bible that speaks positively about Adam or that Adam was a believer.

Besides, if Adam was this great man of faith, why does the bible teach that we don't want to die in Adam? And why isn't Adam the spiritual father of the human race instead of Abraham -- who was in fact a man of faith!? And why was Adam excluded from the decree that God made to the Serpent in Gen 3:15? And why is Eve conspicuously absent in Gen 3:22-24?

More foolish speculations! Don't you know that it's a serious sin to ADD to God's Word? So many of you keep adding your personal assumptions, presuppositions, pipe dreams, etc. to the Word instead of exegeting it to find out what it's teaching. There are more than few Pharisees in this thread!

[QUOTE="Cameron143, post: 5400409, member: 314370"]Right. Complete doesn't mean without flaw. Neither does it mean there does not exist a better or higher estate.

He was also a saint a God-appointed king and a prophet of God . In fact...the "apple of God's eye" (Ps 17). So tell me: Were those Psalms that were written by an "adulterer and murderer" inspired by a holy God?

That would be close to heresy in most books. Unless you repent of your beliefs, you are against the actual gospel. You may believe you are saved by Jesus but to continually claim Calvinism is the gospel is anti-gospel. This is really a very serious problem with certain Calvinists. I don't care if you believe in tulip, but to call Calvinism the actual gospel is truly anti-Christ as far as the actual gospel, the gospel of Jesus, is concerned.

You do not know what kind of trespass you are committing.

To be against Tulip is truly antichrist, for then you are against Salvation by Grace, Not good !

The fall of man is a strategy and tactic of God, setting the stage for accomplishing his desire to make His enemies into His footstool.

To be against Tulip is truly antichrist, for then you are against Salvation by Grace, Not good !

No, satan's deceit was the catalyst. Eve was perfectly content to not eat the fruit until she let satan put doubt in her mind.

uh it actually was