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NASB | Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the [preaching of the] message concerning Christ. |
Subject: Is hearing necessary for salvation? |
Bible Note: John, The statement "God has decreed that they shall be saved" is wrong. What God has decreed is that everyone who conforms to His divine will shall be saved. Where you say, "Those who have not recieved the Spirit of God, are without the means of understanding those things that God has freely given" is incorrect. Paul says in Romans 1:18ff that even the lost sinner is guilting, because they understood and suppressed the truth. "They consider them foolishness". That right, they do. But what is the remedy? Preach the Gospel to them, appeal to them the Christian evidences, challenge their thinking, their mindset. They can come to their senses (like the prodigal) and be saved. The nature they are born with dose not prohibit them from seeing the truth. We just need to preach and teach it to them. Everyone may come to Christ and drink of the water of life. Jesus promise of "whosoever will" refutes the idea that only some are saved by Sovereign decree. Again, it is God's sovereign decree that His Son taste death for ALL (Heb 2:9), because God loves ALL (Jn 3:16) and desires that ALL be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Tim 2:5). That's God's decree. The lost man can decide discern spiritually, and the saved man can decide to discern things carnally. Have a good day. Disciplerami |