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1 | What does predestinated means | Ephesians | kalos | 28977 | ||
You write: "We are chosen not by name. God didn't sit down with a big list of names and check us off. ... God didn't choose me specifically," Rev 3:5 "Book of Life." A divine journal records the NAMES of all those whom God has chosen to save and who, therefore, are to possess eternal life ( Rev 13:8; 17:8; 20:12, 15; 21:27,: 22:19; compare Dan 12:1; Luke 10:20).(MacArthur Study Bible, p. 1996) Phil 4:3. "Book of Life." In eternity past, God registered all the NAMES of His elect in that book which identifies those inheritors of eternal life . . . (MacArthur Study Bible, p. 1828). When were our NAMES written in the book of life? "From the foundation of the world." Before the first man was ever born, the NAMES of the elect were written in the book of life. Rev 17:8 NASB "The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth, whose NAME has not been *written in the book of life from the foundation of the world,* will wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come." Rev 13:8 (NASB) All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose NAME has not been *written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb* who has been slain. (Emphasis added to the above quotations.) |
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2 | What does predestinated means | Ephesians | Rom831 | 29004 | ||
You're looking at this from our point of view in linear time, not from God's point of view from eternity. It does not say that God chose the elect by name to be saved. It says those who are with Him are the chosen. Yes, our names are written there, because we believe, not out of a cosmic lottery. Mark 16:16 "He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved" Notice, "saved" comes after "believed". If we had to be chosen first, we'd be chosen to be saved, so we believed. I'm sorry. Feel free to disagree. But the only way to reconcile all of scripture, is for us to have the choice. Otherwise spreading the gospel as Jesus commands is pointless, belife is irrellevant, Jesus' whole ministery of belife is wasted air, Jesus died for nothing, and God does NOT desire that none shall be lost but instead is an evil being who has condemned the majority of people to an eternity of suffering in a lake of fire by HIS will alone. Not to mention, if God chose me specifically for heaven and specifically chose someone else for hell, MAN what a boasting right!! "He chose me and not you and there's nothing you can do about it!! " It just doesn't work. As for your other post on foreknowledge, again I'm sorry, but instead of twisting His words, lets believe what He says. John 6:64 "But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe. There, the word "fore knowledge" isn't used so you can't twist it. It says that Jesus knew who would not believe. Not who were not allowed to believe or not chosen so they couldn't believe. Bless...ArtS |
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3 | What does predestinated means | Ephesians | kalos | 29017 | ||
Thank you for the lesson in theology. I have been active on the Forum for only a short period of time. Having written only a few postings, I am a novice at Bible study and I guess I need all the help I can get. kalos |
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4 | What does predestinated means | Ephesians | Rom831 | 29038 | ||
We are all novices. No one can fully understand God and His ways. We just have to keep striving. Bless...ArtS |
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