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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: Quick responding note of election |
Bible Note: Greetings Mike! I have posted many times on my views of Rom. 9-11. I choose to do a 60 page independent study course on election in Rom. 9-11 while I was in college. I mention this not to brag, but simply to highlight that this topic is not something which I have just studied casually. Here is the thumbnail version of my findings. Election refers to God's eternal purpose to save all, both Jew and Gentile. We become part of the elect by faith. Rom. 9 answers the complaint of the Jew about Gentiles coming to faith by affirming God's right to have mercy on whomever He chooses. Rom. 10 details the process, faith comes through hearing. Rom. 11 demonstrates that God's hardening of Israel was so that God might have mercy on all, and even those whom He has hardened can be grafted back in again in they do not persist in their unbelief. If you would like to read them, you can do a search. But, it is sufficent to note for now that there is another legitimate way of interpreting Rom. 9-11 - not as an expression of the limitation of God's mercy, but as an expression of the expansion of God's mercy (11:32). Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |