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1 | Dear John: Is it possible? | Eph 2:3 | John Reformed | 99289 | ||
Na Na God picked me and he didn't pick you. Dear Ed, God forbid that I should ever feel that way. The way I look at my salvation is that if God has chosen me, then He could choose anyone! Election is God's business not mine. My business is to share the gospel with all and rely on it's power to save those whom God has called. I have no idea who will believe and who will not. 2 Cor 4:3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 1 Thess 1:5 for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, "Or your saying I’m elected and don’t know it and all this time I have been serving God not by my choice but I was actually brainwashed thinking I was doing it by choice but actually I had no choice. And being preordained to think I wasn’t elected is was actually a placed here to argue this topic with you." John doesn’t that sound a little odd to you? I'm not sure how to reply to this question without seening rude. Sometimes my thoughts about God do make me feel quite dizzy. He is just so BIG and I'm so small. But I am comforted by thinking of the great love He has for His own. John John |
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2 | Dear John: Is it possible? | Eph 2:3 | EdB | 99293 | ||
John Don't you see if we are preordained to believe what we believe no amount of discussion this side of heaven effects anything. It has been preordained. Then to think God put two lines of thought into a human race is like your saying God is the God of division. If God preordained anything it would be consistant to all people. How else could He sit in judgement? We wouldn't be judging our actions but rather what he preordained to happen. To the atheist who was preordained to hate God, all that could be judged in that person was not whether they hated God or not but if they put themselves completely into the hatred. The fact that they would hate God was by what your saying already established. EdB |
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3 | Dear John: Is it possible? | Eph 2:3 | HIRAM | 99295 | ||
HI I BELEIVE THAT IT COULD BE POSSILBE BUT WE CAN KNOW IF WE ARE OR WE ARE NOT |
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4 | Dear John: Is it possible? | Eph 2:3 | John Reformed | 99439 | ||
Dear Hiram, Welcome to the forum! You mistakenly replied to EdB rather than to me. It does take a little time to learn your way around. You asked if there were any way to know if one has been chosen by God (elect). 2 Cor 13:5 Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! 1 Cor 11:28 But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. Gal 6:4 But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another. We need to examine our daily lives to see if we are truly saved. Have we changed from the way we were before we surrendered to Christ? Are trusting in Jesus alone as our saviour? Are we growing in holiness? Are we obediant in following the commands of Christ? Do we love our fellow christians? Are we being used by God for a positive influence on others? Are we adhering to apostolic teaching and the testimony of the Holy Spirit within them? Of course we all fall short in all of the above. Nevertheless, we should see some growth and some good works coming forth as fruit grows on a healthy tree. If after our self-examination we doubt our salvation, perhaps God is using it as a means by which He is drawing you to Himself. If you believe that is the case, pray to Christ to please save you from your sins. John 6:37 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. Humbly confess your sins to God. Recognize the fact that you are helpless and seek shelter from the wrath of God in Christ the Strong Tower. Thanks for asking the question. God Bless, John Reformed |
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