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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: Election |
Bible Note: Hi Doc, I feel that I am not being clear on what I am asking, the question also asked by Tim. Rom 11:7 What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened; Paul refers to the elect, and the hardened. Two mutually exclusive groups. Some were the elect. The rest were hardened. But later, some are grafted in. If the elect are a group whose identity was established from eternity past, how is it then that the hardened could then become the elect, having not been the elect? I have all the apples in this basket, and all the bananas in that basket. I am able to make some bananas into apples. Some apples will exist that did not exist before. Can the original number of apples be all the apples there would ever be, having been decided from eternity past? No, because some apples will be added. Can the elect be defined as a group established from eternity past? No, at least, not as used in Romans 11:7. Defining the elect as Kalos' post did does not work, because of this point, that's all. This is hypothetical only, as a demonstration of the logical problem. Not a "false delimna", but rather it just doesn't work. And no, I am not an "Open Theist". No one will be condemned at the Great White Throne for Adam's sin. Each will be judged according to their own works. Love in Christ, Mark |