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NASB | 1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 1:2 ¶ according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by the sanctifying work of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace [that special sense of spiritual well-being] be yours in increasing abundance [as you walk closely with God]. [John 14:27] |
Subject: Why can we not just be Christians? |
Bible Note: I can't help but to chuckle at your post. The same thought you exude, crossed my mind when I made that statement. Actually, you sound like myself. I was surprised when I was called first called a Calvinist. Then I did a little studying on the label. What little I did study concerning Calvinism, seems to pretty much agree with what I have come across in scripture. But... If you noted, I made the comment that I "tend" to lean toward the Calvinist way of believing. Perhaps I should have stated that, from what little I have studied of Calvinism so far, it "tends" to agree with my scriptural studies. (Check out the book WHILE MEN SLEPT, by Kerby Fannin, Ph.D.) You will find it quite enlightening concerning early church doctrines. When it comes to scripture dear soul, you will find that I will do my best not to argue it. For I firmly believe that “if a fool and a wise man are arguing, who can say which is which?” I love to discuss scripture, but I don’t feel that the word is arguable, only mens ideas concerning it. And as I, you have every right to believe what you believe. You may be right. I may be right. As long as we are not teaching against him, are we not teaching for Him? By the way, I am not a Calvinist. I can’t help it if someone named Calvin read the bible and understood what it said before I did. I prefer the word “scriptural(ist),” for if it is in scripture, I believe it, otherwise it is not worth the paper it is, or isn’t written on… I really don't know how my post got switched to election. I was simply s little depressed over the squabbling in the body. thus my topic in comparrison with the ULTRA-this and that way of today's society. In His name. |