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1 | Predestination | Eccl 6:10 | Morant61 | 197925 | ||
Greetings Michael! 1) Rom. 5:1: If you want the context of Romans, I can lay that out for you! a) All men are sinners and deserving of death (Rom. 3) b) This includes the pagans who have rejected the truth of God for a lie (Rom. 1). c) It also includes the Jews, who have the law, but have disobeyed it. d) Consequently, God has revealed to us a justification that comes through faith, not works (Rom. 4). e) God has accomplished this by dying for us and atoning for Adam’s sin. (Rom. 5). f) He now offers eternal life as a gift to those who will accept it (Rom. 5). g) As a result of this gift, we are no longer slaves to sin (Rom. 6). h) Because Christ has done what the law could not do (Rom. 7-8). i) This new way of justification does not mean that God has rejected His people Israel. It was always God’s sovereign plan to work through them in such a way that He might have mercy on all men (Rom. 9-11). Again, this is just a short sketch, but while you may not agree with me on my understanding, I clearly have not simply ripped verses out of context. :-) However, you use Rom. 3:25-26 to justify reading ‘all men’ in Rom. 5:18 as only those who believe. Would not the first half of Rom. 5:18 be a better and more contextual choice to provide us with an understanding of the extent of ‘all men’? Just as ‘all died’ in Adam, so Christ brings life for all men! 2) John 10:10: First of all, we have to be careful building doctrine on a parable. But, taking the passage as it is, notice that nothing is said about whether those who are not His sheep could become His sheep. If we read a bunch of assumptions into a parable, we could certainly draw some wrong conclusions. I feel much safer resting on the many clear statements of Scripture that say Christ died for all, and does not want any to perish. ;-) 3) Rev. 20:15 and others: I am not sure how to respond to this one my friend. Are you seriously suggesting that because the punishment given to those not found in the book of life is described as ‘eternal’ that this means God ‘eternally’ willed that these specific individuals be sent to this punishment? I am taking Scripture out of context when I simply quote verses that say that God does not want any to perish, but you can read all of this into this verse and that is okay? :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Predestination | Eccl 6:10 | Michael T. | 198176 | ||
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