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1 | How do I make sense of the context? | Acts 8:13 | cwade | 69860 | ||
David, my dear brother, do you pray for the lost? If you do, do you expect that your prayers will be answered? If so, are you not (in effect) asking God to override that lost person's "freedom to choose"? | ||||||
2 | How do I make sense of the context? | Acts 8:13 | David_24597 | 69861 | ||
I pray for the lost to repent and be saved. I pray for God to listen to them when they DO repent. God WILL NOT take away an individual's freedom of choice. If He would do that then Satan would never have fallen in the first place and ALL of God's creations are nothing more than slaves to a dictator. I REFUSE to believe that. Adam and Eve were given a choice whether or not to eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Noah was given the choice to build the ark. Abraham was given a choice to follow God. We are given a choice to repent or not. Jos. 24:15; Isa. 7:15 just to name a few. If I have no freedom of choice then I would rather die than live as a slave forever. I could go on and on here but I think these things are pretty obvious. | ||||||
3 | How do I make sense of the context? | Acts 8:13 | cwade | 69866 | ||
Brother, from your response it is obvious that we stand on the precipice of some pretty deep issues here: The Soverignty of God, Predestination vs. Free Will, etc, etc... All of these have been debated ad nauseum on this forum and throughout the ages. There are many brothers on this forum who are far more qualified than me to discuss these issues, and I urge you to read previous posts on these topics. I have had my eyes opened by paying attention to my elders here!! (We may get yelled at for taking up space on these issues:-)) I do just want to say that I believe God is absolutely and totally in control. I believe satan cannot, and never has, taken a breath without God's permission (note I said PERMISSION, not APPROVAL!!! They are 2 different things!) I also believe that coming to accept Christ is revelational because our ability to independently discover has been destroyed by sin. "We are no longer detached, disinterested observers". Belief is something that is granted to us (Philipians 1:29). It is God's leading that causes our belief to happen. God doesn't animate your arms and legs, He changes your heart, knowing what you will do in response. | ||||||
4 | How do I make sense of the context? | Acts 8:13 | David_24597 | 69878 | ||
I would agree with that wade???. I'm new to this forum (just joined a day or so ago) and don't know how to navigate it to view all those other posts you mentioned. I have heard though of the "once saved always saved" theory (about 20 years ago) and decided then that it wasn't Biblical (just some texts taken out of context and human supposition added to them to make them say something they really don't). There's too many other verses in the Bible that show that this theory is wrong. Get yourself a good concordance and try to argue the other side for a while LOL. Sometimes I do that myself. Approach the subject from every angle you can think of and find ALL the Bible texts that talk about this same subject. It will take you several days though LOL but in the end you will know exactly what the Bible says about it. | ||||||