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1 | Are those He called always chosen? | Rom 8:30 | Searcher56 | 14016 | ||
Matthew 22:14 says, "For many are called, but few are chosen." Is the a contradiction, or how do these verses fit together? | ||||||
2 | Are those He called always chosen? | Rom 8:30 | Morant61 | 14313 | ||
Greetings Steve! At the risk of beating a "dead horse," as I have been accused! ;-) I would say that Mt. 22:14 and Rom. 8:30 are in full agreement. There is no doubt that Mt. 22:14 is a difficult saying. It appears to be making a distinction between "calling" and "choosing", yet the rest of Scripture doesn't seem to make that distinction. In fact, Rev. 17:14 uses both of these terms together to describe believers. Yet, for all the difficulty of Mt. 22:14, the parable of which it is a part is perfectly clear. It is a part of a set of parables which all say that the Kingdom has been extended to others because of Jewish rejection. This would be in harmony with Rom. 9-11 as well. Rom. 11 makes it very clear that the Gospel is extended to Gentiles because of Jewish unbelief. So, I guess I would see Mt. 22:14 as refering to the expansion of the Gospel rather than limiting it. However, I am open to other possibilities. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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3 | Are those He called always chosen? | Rom 8:30 | Reformer Joe | 14364 | ||
And, of course, the Reformed point of view distinguishes between the outward call (given to all men), and the inward, effectual regeneration by the Holy Spirit which enables and persuades a person to answer the outward call. Therefore, one could argue that all who hear the message of the gospel are "called" but only those "chosen" will answer the call. Hence, full agreement! Picking up my horse-beating stick, I have a question for you, Tim: do you believe that the Gospel was extended to Gentiles SOLELY because of Jewish unbelief, or was extending salvation to the Gentiles part of God's plan from eternity past? --Joe! |
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4 | Are those He called always chosen? | Rom 8:30 | Morant61 | 14373 | ||
Hi Joe! I am a big believer in the timelessness of God. Hence, all time is part of the eternal present for God. Therefore, I would say that it was always God's plan to include the Gentiles. But, according to Romans 11, this was accomplished in part through the hardening of Israel. The relevant passage is: Rom. 11:11 - "Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious. 12 But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring! 13 I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I make much of my ministry 14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them. 15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?" So, it seems as if God's plan was multi-pronged. Through Israel's rejection of the Gospel, Paul (and others) took the message to the Gentiles. Through the Gentile's acceptance of the Gospel, Israel will be provoked to accept the Gospel. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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