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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: Kelbell Ordered by Verse |
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1 | what happens? | Matt 13:47 | Kelbell | 56251 | ||
Paul says in Romans 1:20 that even those who do not hear the gospel are without excuse. Romans 2:12 states that even without the law, the reprobate is condemned. Nevertheless, according to Romans 2:13-16 men will be judged by what light they are given. | ||||||
2 | was this because their sins were already | Mark 1:4 | Kelbell | 56250 | ||
Baptism was required of Jewish proselytes. John's message was clear: Israel had so abandoned the fundamentals of Judaism that all Jews were like gentiles, outside of the Covenant, in need of conversion. Jews of the day understood this message. Repentance, in God's economy, is always a key ingredient. Without it, all the trappings were worthless, "Bring therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham." (Luke 3:8) Repentance is always a consequence of salvation (2 Cor 7:10). Christ is described by John the Revelator as "the Lamb slain from the foundations of the earth." (Rev 13:8). And since the elect were chosen from before this time (Eph 1:4), one might say that all sins of the elect are now forgiven and be theologically correct. However, our experience is within the confines of time, therefore, from our perspective, that is, phenomenologically, it might appear as though some sins were not yet forgiven. |
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