Subject: Show in the Bible once saved always |
Bible Note: Dear Scribe, Your reasoning leads to the conclusion that those people who have decided to repent and turn to Christ must have something "special" about them and the others who continualy harden their hearts are really wicked and don't deserve God's grace. Perhaps a word search of choose or chosen would be instructive. In the meantime consider the following "hyper predestination" verses. Deut 10:14,15 "Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it. "Yet on your fathers did the LORD set His affection to love them, and He chose their descendants after them, even you above all peoples, as it is this day." Ps 33:12 "Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, he people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance." Matt 11:27 "All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him." Mark 13:20 "Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days." Please tell give me your proof texts that speak as plainly to the contention of yours that we chose Him. Soli Deo Gloria John Reformed |