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1 | Difference in believing? | James 2:19 | Mommapbs | 86946 | ||
Great answer! Thanks - yet I wonder how many folks think that they are on the road to Heaven because they believe IN God? Might this also be a snare of the evil one? Just pondering . . . I think that although we usually begin by believing IN God, how we respond when God calls us to BELIEVE HIM makes the difference between Life and death! Blessings, mommapbs |
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2 | Difference in believing? | James 2:19 | EdB | 86993 | ||
mommapbs Bravo! The word believe in the greek is "Pisteuo", it has a far more intense meaning than our word "believe". In the Greek is means to become dependant on your belief, to be willing to stake your life on it. In James 2:19 it talks about what your saying. James 2:19-20 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe--and tremble! [20] But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Just believing is not enough the demons believe because they have seen God, it is obeying God that makes the difference. To become dependant on Jesus for our salvation, trusting in Him and Him alone. EdB |
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3 | Have we chosen freely? | James 2:19 | flinkywood | 87010 | ||
What a great little string! I've clipped the whole shebang and kept it for my notes. Great going, guys. On another topic: I've followed some predestianrian stuff from another string. I wonder: Since God is outside of time and knows the beginning to the end and back, it can appear that all has been predetermined and that we've been chosen to believe rather than having chosen to believe. Yet: Doesn't predestinarianism violate our free will? Doesn't our freedom to choose Him give our love for Him it's superb value? If so, doesn't predestinarianism violate His love? Does God's already knowing our choice mean we haven't freely chosen? Colin. |
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4 | Have we chosen freely? | James 2:19 | Asis | 87013 | ||
If you are going to come to my house and I know it before you show up does it mean that you are not coming to my house of your own free will? It is the same with God. Our election is sure. You didn't choose me I chose you. We, of our own free will, have offered our name up in nomination for the office of believer. God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit had a vote and chose you. You became the elect of God. Since it is God's desire that all come to Him, those that offer themselves to Him receive yes votes. It is still my choice that I offer myself up to Him. Many are called but few are chosen. Just one way to think about it. ASIS |
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5 | Have we chosen freely? | James 2:19 | flinkywood | 87025 | ||
Asis, I come to your house because you approved my application to do so, is that what you're saying? | ||||||
6 | Have we chosen freely? | James 2:19 | Asis | 87030 | ||
No. You come to my house because you have heard about what is happening there and you want to partake. You have chosen to come all by yourself. Just because I know your coming does not nulify your free choice to come. This is the answer to what you wrote "Does God's already knowing our choice mean we haven't freely chosen?" In my analogy I already know the choice you have made yet YOU still made the choice of your own free will. SEE? The other is about election and chosen. Which is used in connection with predestination. Ask yourself this "Would God go through all this if it was already set what would happen. I mean in the individual sense. |
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7 | Have we chosen freely? | James 2:19 | flinkywood | 87038 | ||
No, I'm not sure whether God "sets" what is to happen; I'm trying to suss it out here within the Forum. A couple of thoughts: Because God is above time and knows what will happen and why, does it necessarily mean that He's written each physical circumstance and decision of the human heart? The book of Esther indicates that the answer might be yes; even the necessary, inexorable death of Jesus appears to make the answer yes (a sudden insight into the infinite reach of that plan blew Paul's mind in Romans Ch. 11). Yet the story of Abraham and Isaac indicates otherwise, that God loved Abraham precisely because he chose to believe God's promise. If God wired Abraham to make no other choice than he did, then God has loved a puppet. On the one hand, no, I don't think God has made us puppets; on the other, perhaps He has chosen each of us already. How could He not have? Interesting topic, hard to comprehend -- for me at least. Colin |
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