Prior Book | Prior Chapter | Prior Verse | Next Verse | Next Chapter | Next Book | Viewing NASB and Amplified 2015 | |
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: Holy Spirit's power of Conviction |
Bible Note: "For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified." -- Romans 8:29-30 Since you think the interpretation of this passage hinges on "foreknowledge," let's see if skipping to the next point brings us to an Arminian conclusion: Let's start with those who are predestined. Note that it is not a means of salvation that is predestined, but individuals. These are the ones who are called. If all are not predestined, it does not logically follow that all are called. This statement would be meaningless otherwise. We both agree that at least some are called. You seem to think that ALL are called, and some do not heed the call. Well, those God called, He JUSTIFIED. If ALL men are called, do you hold that ALL are justified? It doesn't say that "those who answered God's call He justified." Let's go further: those whom he predestined and called and justified He GLORIFIED. Now those who have been called by God are all glorified (according to a "God calls everyone" point-of-view)? Again, there is no passage which explicitly says, "Mankind is free to accept or reject Christ." In fact, there are passages like these which explicitly state the opposite. God is the subject of all verbs having to do with choosing, electing, saving, predestining, adopting. We as Christians are the object of all those verbs. Yes, all who believe will be saved (John 5:24). But who will believe? Only those whom the Father gives to the Son. The rest are completely incapable (John 6:44,65; Romans 8:8). Christ saves completely those whom the Father gives to Him (John 6:37). This is not what somebody reads into the text. It is the text's message. If we cannot believe the rendering of clear-as-crystal biblical text, but insist that it "must" mean something else despite a long and clarifying explanation in its context, how can we be sure of any doctrines of the Bible? --Joe! |