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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: Christ dying only for elect? |
Bible Note: Jerimiah 1:5 God tells us that He knew us before He placed us in our Mother's womb. He knew us personaly, not of us, not He had heard of us, but He knew us. The Bible is about God's immense love for us (don't turn this into why did He do this or why did he do that if He loves us). To say that God would intentionally take someone He knows and loves and place them here on earth with the sole purpose of destroying them and sending them to hell, just so those that deem they are included in the "predestined or chosen" group can feel good about themselves and thier stature, etc., is beyond comprehension. Could God do something like this if He desired, sure He could. Would He,,,,that would be a complete turn about of what the message of the Bible is all about. We're here, God knows us personally, and loves us, and we have the right (God given) to chose whether or not to have a relationship with Him through Jesus Christ. I read one of these posts where someone indicated they did not want free will,,,,,well freind you have free will, whether you want it or not, and if you believe, because someone has told you that your predestined by God to be saved, that your ok, you better check into it very soon. All who are foreknown are predestined (Jer 1:5 tells us that all are foreknown), but only those who choose to come to God through Jesus Christ (excersising thier own free will) will receive His salvation. |