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1 | How did sin originate | Bible general Archive 1 | New Creature | 44290 | ||
You stated; "the elect, they and they alone should come to repentance" How does that idea agree or disagree with the following scripture? Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance GOD winked at; but NOW COMMANDETH ALL MEN EVERYWHERE TO REPENT: (captialization mine for emphasis) I will also shortly give you an answer to some of the other objections and questions you asked of me in this your reply to me. But in the mean time I will wait for you to respond to this one question I now ask. |
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2 | How did sin originate | Bible general Archive 1 | congregationalist | 44375 | ||
Hi New Creature I think I answered this kind of question in my previous post (interesting, isn't it? ;-) God commands all people (without exception as per Romans 1) to keep Hs moral law or to repent of their sin as per the passage you quoted. But as you well know no one, save Christ alone, has ever kept God's law. God commanded Israelites to love Him with all their heart, mind and strength and yet no one ever did that, again, save Christ our Lord alone. As I said previously, commandments or precepts are there for us to follow but it does not mean at all God decreed or willed that these precepts will be obeyed, He actually decreed the opposite, that all men will break His law and be guilty of sin before God and on this bases God punishes the wicked, for their breaking the law and not repenting of it. To answer your question directly, God commands all people, without exception (how He commands people who never heard the gospel to repent Paul mentions briefly in Romans 1) to repent of their sin but He decrees that only His church, his elect, will repent and have saving faith, both of which are God's gifts by the way which He Himself gives to whomsoever He desires irrespective of persons' standing on the moral ladder so to speak. |
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