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NASB | Romans 5:6 ¶ For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 5:6 ¶ While we were still helpless [powerless to provide for our salvation], at the right time Christ died [as a substitute] for the ungodly. |
Subject: Not my will? |
Bible Note: Matthew 22:14 comes at the end of a parable in which Jesus compares the scribes and Pharisees and teachers of the law to those who were invited to a wedding nbut refused to attend. He then went out and pulled in outsiders, which refers to those who are not of the "inner circle." There is one who shows up without a wedding garment and is cast out (i.e. Hell). Therefore, there seems to be in the latter case (and therefore likely in the former) an outward call which was heeded by one person who was not worthy to attend. He attempted under his own terms to enter Heaven, but God would have none of it. In any case, we see that not only those who didn't even heed the call (and killed the prophets) are not included in the banmquet, but also those who answered the call under false pretenses. That would lead me to believe that the call here could be an outward one made to all men, but not all who seem to respond to the outward call are of the chosen. The whole passage indicates an outward, general, indiscrimintate call to all kinds of men, which is not inconsistent with Calvinism. False brethren as indicated in your second paragraph are not anti-Calvinistic, either. If you can put a suitable, non-Reformed explanation to Romans 8:28-30 and Romans 9:14-23, then we would have some basis for a non-predestination scenario. Predestination is not "calling," in any case. It is "choosing beforehand." I was chosen before the foundation of the world. I was called at about the age of ten, when I by faith trusted in Christ's death for my sins. Thanks for your input! --Joe! |