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1 | Inability? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 93297 | ||
Dear JIBBS; Yes the gospel is a spiritual thing. However the fact still remains that man's response to God's calling is to 1) confess with his mouth the Lord Jesus. 2) believe in his heart See Rom. 10:9-10 below That is man's response. No where in Scripture do we see where God confesses, believes or repents for us. Actually God commands us to repent. Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: SO DOES GOD COMMAND US TO DO SOMETHING HE HAS NOT FIRST ENABLED US TO DO? YES OR NO Your concept of inability does not come from God's word, but rather from your theological bias. Rom. 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Rom. 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. In His Service New Creature |
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2 | Inability? | Bible general Archive 2 | JibbyJee | 93336 | ||
NC Oh how I love to battle heretics Has any Calvinist ever said it isn't US who believes and repents? NO! So get your facts straight before you misrepresent us with your straw man arguments! WE ARE REQUIRED AND COMMANDED TO BELIEVE AND REPENT. IT IS US WHO BELIEVE AND REPENT, NOT GOD FOR US. However, ONLY AFTER GOD's GIVES THIS GIFT (FAITH and REPENTANCE) can you DO it. Do you get it? You CANNOT do it UNLESS YOU ARE ENABLED by the gift of faith. Why is that so hard for you to understand??? You also wrote: """SO DOES GOD COMMAND US TO DO SOMETHING HE HAS NOT FIRST ENABLED US TO DO? YES OR NO"" Absolutely. If we were able to do what God commands, then JESUS ON THE CROSS IS MEANINGLESS. Of course, you don't understand the cross either. My theological bias comes from God's word which shows me how utterly inable we are to come to Christ for who He truly is without the active force of His grace working to that end. Which is why I can have a little bit of patience with you. :) Thanks for the beautiful verses! Who believes? Who confesses? Sincerely, JIBBS |
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3 | Inability? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 93342 | ||
Dear Jibby; Your assumption that your discussing theology with a heretic, is rather harsh and judgemental. If what I have previously stated does not seem to line up with Scripture, and you correct me with Scripture that is acceptable. But to label those whom you disagree with, and have never met in person as heretics is unChristian to say the least. I think we both love the Lord, and treasure His word in our hearts, so can we please omit the name calling? Having said that I now will respond to the remainder of your reply I think we are both trying to say the same thing, if I understand you correctly. However your answer to the following question I posed appears to contradict what you stated in your opening comments in your reply: When I asked: "SO DOES GOD COMMAND US TO DO SOMETHING HE HAS NOT FIRST ENABLED US TO DO? YES OR NO" You answered "Absolutely" So I can only assume that you 1) believe that God has commnded us to do something that he has not enabled us to do. or 2) you misread, or misunderstood the question I asked. I personally believe that if God commands us to do something, then He has first given us the ability and the desire to do what He commands. Do you agree? In His service New Creature |
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4 | Inability? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 93345 | ||
New Creature: I say amen to, I applaud, and I totally agree without reservation with your response that God never commands His creatures to do anything unless He enables them to do it. To believe otherwise is contrary to what the Bible teaches on the nature and attributes of God and re-images the holy, loving and righteous God into an unthinkably hideous monster. Would any loving parent ever dream of threatening his infant child with severe corporeal punishment, even death itself, unless that little baby stood up and recited Lincoln's Gettysburg Address? Does God command all men everywhere to repent (Acts 17:30) while at the same time making it impossible for all but a chosen few of them to do so? And does He then condemn to eternal hell those from whom He has withheld the "ability" to obey Christ's command to "repent and believe in the gospel"? (Mark 1:15) Everyone who does not "repent and believe in the gospel" is hell bound to be sure. But are they hell bound because God has not given them the "ability" to do what He says do, or is it because they themselves chose to disobey a command that they clearly had the ability to obey? --Hank | ||||||
5 | Inability? | Bible general Archive 2 | New Creature | 93352 | ||
Dear Hank Very well thought out, and very well put. Grace to you New Creature |
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