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NASB | Ephesians 1:11 also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 1:11 In Him also we have received an inheritance [a destiny--we were claimed by God as His own], having been predestined (chosen, appointed beforehand) according to the purpose of Him who works everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His will, |
Subject: What if willfully return to a sinning li |
Bible Note: Hi Tim, Granted that we are not so much speaking of losing a wallet; more like forcing it thru the shredder! :-) I agree we need to let the clear scriptures speak to the less clear. My difficulty with imagining that a truly born again believer would actually reject Christ Jesus and walk away comes from verses such as these: 1Peter 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (This says to me that I am kept by God's power, not by my perserverance - can sin in my life prove stronger than the power of God, stronger than His chastening?) I Peter 1 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever (this says to me that the Word of God, that incorruptible seed, will stay in me forever - if I "send it away", it did not stay forever.) I John 5:13 that ye may know that ye have eternal life, (again, if I "cease to have" eternal life, it was not actually eternal. If there is the chance that I might reject Jesus and cease to live, how can I know now that I have eternal life?) Please let nothing I say be construed to mean that I believe sin is to be in any wise tolerated, excused, allowed. . . If a person is not involved in the daily struggle to not sin, I would question their "re-birth". I think that, since God is just, if one of us were to actually decide to reject Him He would allow it, not forcing us, but I think that the new nature He has given us will not do that. May it be so! Love in Christ, Mark |