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1 | Jesus' Instruction to Nicodemus | John 3:14 | mark d seyler | 173904 | ||
Hi John, Scripture does not record anyone refusing to look at the serpent, but then, neither does Scripture record anyone specifically looking at the serpent. It simply records that the salvation was effective when received. We can only speculate whether or not there were some who did not look. We can likewise only speculate on what they "knew", or thought they knew. How many times did the people Not Believe Moses? How many times were they disobedient to his words? A Lot! But in my experience, I have not known people to always demonstrate a belief in what others considered to be a proven fact. It would not surprise me if I were to learn that there were those who said "Stupid superstition - I'm dying!", and refused to look, and died. Jesus could have chosen any example, and the example He chose was of salvation freely available to all. This sure fits the rest of the Scriptures! :-) Not to mention all the typology contained in that example. Of course we are helpless without God! It was not the people's gaze upon the thing of bronze that cured them. If was the divine, sovereign, work of God that cured them, just as it is the divine, sovereign work of God that saves us. How does "free will" fit into the picture? It was up to the people to look or not. To believe or not. And it is up to us to receive or not. God saves the willing, and wills all to be saved. Love in Christ, Mark |
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2 | Jesus' Instruction to Nicodemus | John 3:14 | hobbs | 173932 | ||
Dear Mark, Since when is belief a choice? One cannot believe in something which they understand to be foolishness. Rom 3:11 THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD; 1 Cor 2:14 But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. John 15:19 "If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. John 6:44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day. 4 John 6:65 And He was saying, "For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father." I would be glad to discuss any and all of these verses with you. John |
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