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NASB | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
Subject: Which proposition is scriptural? |
Bible Note: Dear Parable, This is difficult for me to say to a brother but it must be said. The problem, that I see, with your analogy is that it contradicted by Scripture. 1. God gives us freedom to choose and the ability to walk. Rom 6:17 But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed, Rom 6:18 and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. Rom 6:20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 2. Eventually, we come to a door that leads to Him. Rom 3:11 THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD; 3. We cannot open the door ourselves, so He opens it for us. Only those whom God foreknew will recieve His call and have the desire to enter in (Rom 8: 28-30) 4. So that our choice to be with Him (or not) can be meaningful, it must be genuinely ours and ours alone. Mark 13:20 "Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days. Eph 1:11 also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will, John |