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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Ordered by Verse | ||||||
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1 | "objects of wrath" | Eph 2:3 | New Creature | 99352 | ||
you said; "we have free will" "We are all sinners by birth" "In his sovereign will he has determined that anyone who repents and believes in Christ will be saved. He commands us to repent, and he enables us to do it" "we can choose to trust not him." To all that I agree Blessings to you New Creature |
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2 | "objects of wrath" | Eph 2:3 | Aixen7z4 | 99394 | ||
Dear New Creature: Your name means a lot to me. If any man be in Christ he is a new creature. How marvelous! How wonderful! It was the most thrilling experience for me, to be come a new creature. It is also the most thrilling experience to see someone else become a new creature. Yep, they are both the most thrilling. It is the thing the Lord does for all who trust him. It is a miracle of love and grace. Before God changed me, I used to love competition, and winning. Now it is the idea of reconciliation that means so much to me. Thank God that we have been reconciled to God, even though it took the death of his son. Let us thank him again that he was willing to do it. And I believe he wants us to be reconciled to each other as well. It does seem to me that when we are in agreement with him we would also be in agreement with each other. So I would like to reach out to our friends who use the name “Reformed”. I hope they would consider the possibility that they are not saved and that God is locking them into that position by deceiving them into thinking that they had been chosen to be saved. Their position seems to allow for that. I hope that that fear would lead them to ask God for mercy, that it be not so, and to trust him. He will yet respond to their faith. I trust that this piece does not smell of condescension or re-ignite the debate. It is my only wish to see reconciliation, with God if necessary, and with our brethren if they are saved. I reread the entire thread today and was frankly surprised to find this admission: “Of course Reformed theology is not considered infallible by any of it's proponants (after all it is the work of fallible men) nevertheless, I have found it to be of immense value in my own pursuit of knowing God”. I was surprised but pleased to se that these men know that that “theology” is not like the word of God, infallible. It is not like the word of God the work of God. It is the work of men. We can perhaps encourage them to move from it to the word of God. And yet it is based, though imperfectly, on the word of God. I would have to agree that it is of value. I am not sure what “my own pursuit of knowing God” means. If it means that the person is still pursuing the knowledge of God and does not have it, should we not encourage him? I think so. May I say that those of us who are saved are not pursuing the knowledge of God. We have it. We know God, and we are known of him. But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, should we not reach our to those who are still pursuing the knowledge of him? I think so, and I hope that they will not resent it. It is my hope that the proponents of the opposite and extreme views will seek reconciliation. I have sought to show above that the sovereignty of God and the free will of man are compatible and can be reconciled. It is amazing that the love and mercy of God can be resisted, but it can. How often he would gather us but we would not. In returning and rest shall we be saved, but we would not. It is amazing that the love and power of an omnipotent God can be held in abeyance by the strong will of a puny man. But it can. God help us to seek reconciliation to him and to each other. After all, we are not satisfied with a man-made theology. We have the satisfying answer from God himself. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. |
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