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1 | i want a in depth answer on romans 8:28 | Rom 8:28 | Jesified | 67616 | ||
That's a very good question. The Bible does say that God wishes than none shall perish, but for all to have everlasting life (John 3:16). So we were created in hopes that everyone would go to Heaven, unfortunately, not everyone actually does. In that respect, yes, we are all called to live eternally with God. However, if you are referring to full-time ministry, then no, everyone is not called. Look at 1 Corinthians 12. Although, the chapter is mainly on spiritual giftings and specific calls to ministry, the same principle can be applied to a society. If all of us were church pastors, who be would the congregation? If all of us were police men, who would put out fires? I think that every member in the Body of Christ has a place. No matter if it's a place in ministry or if you're the working at the 7-11, someone has to do it. I don't know for sure that there is anyone who is specifically called to pump gas, but I do know that God knows that the employer has a need and God can provide an individual for that vacancy. I don't know how well I answered your question, but I hope you can find the answer and what God's call on you life is. Jesified |
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2 | i want a in depth answer on romans 8:28 | Rom 8:28 | Reformer Joe | 67622 | ||
You wrote: "The Bible does say that God wishes than none shall perish, but for all to have everlasting life (John 3:16)." That isn't what John 3:16 says. You wrote: "So we were created in hopes that everyone would go to Heaven, unfortunately, not everyone actually does" What about Pharoah in Romans 9? Why was he raised up, according to Paul? Do you really think God is "crossing his fingers" that everyone will believe? You wrote: "In that respect, yes, we are all called to live eternally with God." Have you read the following verse (Romans 8:29)? Does it say that we are ALL called? A very specific group is effectually called: those who are foreknown and predestined to be justified and glorified. Verse 28 says that those who are called according to His purpose are the ones who love God. Those who hate God are obviously not called according to these two verses, because they are not justified, nor will they be glorified. --Joe! |
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3 | i want a in depth answer on romans 8:28 | Rom 8:28 | Jesified | 67625 | ||
My bad, I was mixing John 3:16 with 2 Peter 3:9, I'm glad that someone caught that. They are often quoted together in my church and I did't realize what I typed. I don't believe God to be supersticious and cross his fingers. However, if God did not intend for ALL of mankind to be redeemed then why were ALL the sins of the world put on Jesus? God is all knowing, why wouldn't he just put the sins of the people who would come to repentance? It's because Jesus did not die for only the Jews, or for only those who would believe in Him. God so loved the WORLD (John 3:16, that reference is right this time), not just the decentants of Abraham (both geneological and spiritual). To tell you the truth, I really don't know what to think of Romans 9. But I do know that God is love and that love does not divide by race or position. Pharoah's heart was probably not hardened because he was Egyptian or because he ruled over the Israelites. My best guess is that Pharoah was acting like the brother of the prodigal son. What I mean is Pharoah was probably thinking too highly of himself and jealosy and hatred for the Israelites, whom he more than likely considered lower than him, was welling up in his heart because he did not have even the most remote sense of love for them. As seen in 1 Corinthians 13:1-3, you can do the most nobel and spiritual acts, but with out love they are nothing. How much emptier is an act that is neither nobel nor spiritual and has not love? Jesified |
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4 | i want a in depth answer on romans 8:28 | Rom 8:28 | Reformer Joe | 67636 | ||
You wrote: "I don't believe God to be supersticious and cross his fingers." That's very good to hear! As you may or may not know, there is a huge heresy in the church these days called open theism, which basically holds that God doesn't know the future because it hasn't happened yet! According to this false teaching, God beomes a really good guesser... "However, if God did not intend for ALL of mankind to be redeemed then why were ALL the sins of the world put on Jesus?" I disagree with many modern-day Christians, because I hold the historic Protestant position that he DIDN'T. "God is all knowing, why wouldn't he just put the sins of the people who would come to repentance?" I believe this is exactly what He did do. http://www.desiringgod.org/library/topics/doctrines_grace/tulip.html http://www.desiringgod.org/library/topics/doctrines_grace/romans_9.html You wrote: "To tell you the truth, I really don't know what to think of Romans 9. But I do know that God is love and that love does not divide by race or position. Pharoah's heart was probably not hardened because he was Egyptian or because he ruled over the Israelites." I absolutely agree. God saves from among both Jews and Gentiles (Romans 9:24), and Revelation clearly shows saints from every tribe, tongue and nation before the throne. "My best guess is that Pharoah was acting like the brother of the prodigal son. What I mean is Pharoah was probably thinking too highly of himself and jealosy and hatred for the Israelites, whom he more than likely considered lower than him, was welling up in his heart because he did not have even the most remote sense of love for them." You don't have to guess. Romans 9:18 explains God's thinking, and Romans 9:10-13 demonstrate that neither position, nor family nor works have anything to do with it. --Joe! |
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