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NASB | Ephesians 1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 1:4 just as [in His love] He chose us in Christ [actually selected us for Himself as His own] before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy [that is, consecrated, set apart for Him, purpose-driven] and blameless in His sight. In love |
Subject: Predestination |
Bible Note: All good points Joe. And yet to be unwilling to heed the Word of God in Context (not some half verse used to propagate a false teaching) because your sect (whatever it might be titles in Christendom) says they don't believe that way is simply loving your sect over God. If your group establishes their doctrine on all the scripture and you have a heart after God you will indeed agree with your group (church affiliation) If your group uses certain verses and yet does not use all of them and so teaches a certain thing that is in error, it does not matter if they have been teaching it for 500 years. The length of time does not give authenticity to their doctrine. If it were then the Roman Catholic Church would have the greatest argument for authenticity, (as they think they do). Consider what I am saying and the Lord give you understanding in all things... When we study church history often we are reading the history of that which was not the church at all. We call it the church because it is the "visible" church observed by the political affairs of men, but it is no more the church we are reading about than reading the annals of the Pharisees would have been reading about the true God fearing and righteous Jew of New Testament times. We must take that into consideration glean what we can but always let the Spirit of God within us lead us into all truth. There were those of the true church behind the scenes in the middles ages (of which we have some history but not much,) that never wrote a book or annals for us to discuss. These are those that never had to come out of Roman Catholicism because they had enough of the Spirit of God in them to never join it in the first place. These are those that were not involved in the great debates because they had better more profitable things to do than to argue and strive with the saints, these are they that walk in peace and go where so ever the Spirit leads them and these are they that we will meet and hear about in heaven whose legacy is greater than that of Luther and yet they have no history books. (continued next post) |