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1 | The Gospel the sole means of salvation? | Rom 1:16 | Cyclist | 39729 | ||
Brother John Reformed, Let everything that hath breath praise the LORD! Praise ye the LORD! Thank you for posting that hymn. I've sung it meself several times but never really took time to understand it, until now. I've read your posting to me 4 times now. I've read Romans 9,10,11 twice through, very slowly so I could absorb it. I've listened to Romans 8,9,10,11 in my car, I have the KJV on CD, on the way to the office and I will listen on the way home. You post "Nevertheless God preordains what soever happens." and "Every one who God elected unto salvation from the beginning will be saved." I have 2 questions that are presented to increase my understanding and not to challenge you, and, certainly not the LORD my GOD. 1 Does God change his plans along the way? 1 Chr 21:15 And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; but as he was about to destroy it, the LORD saw and was sorry over the calamity, and said to the destroying angel, "It is enough; now relax your hand." And the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. Amos 7:6 The LORD changed His mind about this. "This too shall not be," said the Lord GOD. Jonah 3:10 When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it. 2 Would you please give more detail, if possible, on your interpretation of Romans 9? If I understand correctly from the point you made in your post, God is raising up the anti-Christ for His purpose as he did pharaoh, and, God raised up satan for His purpose. Scripture reference would help. I must go out of town tomorrow on business so I will look for your posting on Friday 3/22. Always your brother in Christ Jesus, my Savior and my Lord. I love Him! Cyclist |
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2 | The Gospel the sole means of salvation? | Rom 1:16 | John Reformed | 39773 | ||
Dear Cyclist, "Does God change his plans along the way?" God is Spirit: (John 4:24). "When the scriptures, in condescension to our weakness, express the fact that God hears by saying that He has an ear, or that He exerts power by attributing to Him a hand, they evidently speak metaphorically, because in the case of men spiritual faculties are exercised through bodily organs. And when they speak of His repenting , of His being grieved, or jealous, they use metaphorical language also, teachingus that He acts toward us as a man would when agitated by such passions." (A.A. Hodge) Mal 3:6 "For I, the LORD, do not change". Num 23:19 "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?". Heb 6:17 "In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath". "God changes not in his plans. That man began to build, but was not able to finish, and therefore he changed his plan, as every wise man would do in such a case; he built upon a smaller foundation and commenced again. But has it ever been said that God began to build but was not able to finish? Nay. When he hath boundless stores at his command, and when his own right hand would create worlds as numerous as drops of morning dew, shall he ever stay because he has not power? and reverse, or alter, or disarrange his plan, because he cannot carry it out? "But," say some, "perhaps God never had a plan." Do you think God is more foolish than yourself then, sir? Do you go to work without a plan? "No," say you, "I have always a scheme." So has God. Every man has his plan, and God has a plan too. God is a master-mind; he arranged everything in his gigantic intellect long before he did it; and once having settled it, mark you, he never alters it. "This shall be done," saith he, and the iron hand of destiny marks it down, and it is brought to pass. "This is my purpose," and it stands, nor can earth or hell alter it. "This is my decree," saith he,promulgate it angels; rend it down from the gate of heaven ye devils; but ye cannot alter the decree; it shall be done. God altereth not his plans; why should he? He is Almighty, and therefore can perform his pleasure. Why should he? He is the All-wise, and therefore cannot have planned wrongly. Why should he? He is the everlasting God, and therefore cannot die before his plan is accomplished. Why should he change? Ye worthless atoms of existence, ephemera of the day! Ye creeping insects upon this bayleaf of existence! ye may change your plans, but he shall never, never change his. Then has he told me that his plan is to save me? If so, I am safe. "My name from the palms of his hands Eternity will not erase; Impress'd on his heart it remains, In marks of indelible grace." (excerpt from a sermon given by C.H. Spurgeon). I'll continue on a second post. God Bless Cyclist, John |
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3 | The Gospel the sole means of salvation? | Rom 1:16 | John Reformed | 39933 | ||
Dear Cyclist, Welcome back! I hope you had a good trip. I plan to leave town myself next week. The good Lord has blessed Carole and me with a new grandaughter! We will be driving to northern Ca. to see her, if God wills. Praise His Holy Name! You said you had been studying Romans 9-11. There is nothing I can do that could make it clearer than it is. The apostle Paul has laid it out as clear as glass in chapter 9. He has confirmed it throughout his epistles, and is supported in his teaching by John, Peter, Luke, Daniel etc. In order for one to grasp Romans 9, the condition of fallen mankind must first be fully understood. The Bible calls man "dead in trespasses and sin". Some folks take this to mean "seriously ill". There is a world of difference between those two interpretations. If we would look into the deep things of God, to me this seems the place to start.(Actually God's Soverignty must be understood first, with your permission I will send an email attachement to you). In the meantime, I suggest you check out www.reformed.org Time to go to walk the dog and get ready for work. Grace and Peace, John |
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