Understanding God’s election

LOL, oh good to know, too funny!!
Well then I am glad you have a sharpened sword then!

exactly the epistles are written to people who had already heard and accepted the gospel believing . And so what’s said in them is being said to those who already heard and believed now they are being encouraged as believers and taught

For instance

“Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭6:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

That’s speaking to folks who already did this

“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;

but he that believeth not shall be damned.”
‭‭Mark‬ ‭16:15-

or this part

“in whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;”
‭‭Colossians‬ ‭2:11-13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

this part

“For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭3:27-29‬ ‭KJV‬‬

these are written to people who had heard and believed the gospel and been baptized in his name and so what follows is applicable to them who hear and believe the gospel those who reject it wouldnt be in a church reading an epistle it’s o my because they heard and believed the gospel that these further things apply

You're getting ahead of the discussion.

First you say that Deuteronomy 30:19 is referring to salvation. Now you admit that it's not. So in basing your definition of freewill in salvation on verses that aren't speaking about salvation, then you already have bias in your definition.
I'm not to freewill regarding salvation yet. I'm trying to agree on a definition of freewill we can agree to. Can you give a generic definition of freewill so we can come to agreement of what it is.
I'm not trying to put you on the spot. I'm merely trying to have a point of concensus from which to base our positions.

Double exactly!! lol

Lies, lies, lies. Who here has ever said that God created A&E to be evil beings? You sound more and more like the father of lies!

Egg zactly

It seems as if you are leaving out the factor of God's foreknowledge. I assume that you are referring to this:

Eph 1:4
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

If this is what you are referring to, then, again, it seems as if you are leaving out the factor of God's foreknowledge. In other words, Christ has been God's chosen or elected means of salvation from before the foundation of the world (1 Peter 1:20), and God, in his foreknowledge, knows who will ultimately be found to be IN HIM (Eph. 1:4). This does not mean that God "elected" who was going to ultimately be found IN HIM (in Christ), so it can be rightfully said that we (Christians) were chosen IN HIM before the foundation of the world. Do you see the difference between what you are suggesting and what I am saying?

So you would agree that God does not do an internal work prior to belief?

I feel like this is really the dividing line between the "doctrines of grace" people and those who support the call of Christ Jesus to belief.

A sharpened two-edged sword, but don't tell anybody.

pfs

So you would agree as well, that God works externally but does change someone internally until after indvidual personal belief?

This speaks to your bridge groom analogy correct?

The Calvinite crazy train is careening off the rails in slo-mo with every one of your senseless posts.
@Magenta @Cameron143 and @rogerg are aiding and abetting the disaster.

Truly, this smoking train wreck is a Calvinite disaster zone at this point.
And everyone remember to bring their hazmat suit....there are clouds of toxic fumes everywhere.

That would possibly be true except for Romans 8:29. It doesn't say WHAT God foreknew, but WHO God foreknew.

if you think about it God has always been telling man “ do what’s right and you’ll be accepted but if you don’t do what’s right sin will have you you must overcome it “

Who would want us to think we have no ability to hear and obey God ?

who would hear this

“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
‭‭John‬ ‭8:31-32‬ ‭KJV‬‬

And then explain it’s impossible to do that ?

God doesn’t change , we have changed and need to repent . But every time God speaks life to mankind satan distorts it into death whether here

“but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭2:17‬ ‭KJV‬‬


“And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭3:4‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Or here

“ Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.”
‭‭John‬ ‭18:37‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”
‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭4:3-4‬ ‭KJV‬‬

You can really see this happening in tbe world

“But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.”
‭‭2 Peter‬ ‭2:1-2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Right Jesus is the elect before the world was because God has foreknowledge and ordained him from before the creation

Jesus overcame. Now we overcome through Him, by grace through faith in His shed righteous blood.

He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Eze 18:30
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Eze 18:31
Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Eze 18:32
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

Here, God was striving with the people to repent (his will). Had the people been willing to cast away all their transgressions (their freewill choice), THEN they would have received a new heart and a new spirit, or THEN the internal work would have been done. For those who deny freewill, don't miss God's question to those who willfully refused to repent.

Why WILL YE die, O house of Israel?

It was God's will that they should repent, get a new heart and a new spirit, and live, but their will was to die, which coincides perfectly with what Peter said here:

2Pe 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

God was not willing that any should perish in Ezekiel's day or in Peter's day, and he is similarly not willing that any should perish in our day. Those who ultimately will perish will be those who willfully rejected God's gracious offer of salvation, or those who willfully chose not to believe in Christ that an internal work (being born again) might be done in them.

Does this answer your question?