Subject: God is in control of every single atom? |
Bible Note: Hi Pastor, In reply to my answer ("Yes I do. The reason I do is because Jesus said "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day " which " threw in the monkey wrench. You asked: "So how do you deal with Judas' falling away seeing that he did not leave with the crowd. But he stayed to be taught." Judas did not fall away from belief in Christ because he never had belief in Christ. Jesus in referring to Judas said: " "Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?". Notice that Jesus says "is a devil". That tells us that, right then and there, one of the twelve (Judas) was a son of Satan and not a son of God! Jesus did choose the twelve to be His disciples but it does not mean all were saved. You concluded by saying "Now, here is a scripture that should put a monkey wrench into your argument of "All that are drawn are taught and all that are taught come to Jesus." And the monkey wrench you say is: Heb 6:4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6if they fall away,[2] to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame. Before I go on I would like to know if you were conviced by my arguement on John 6:44 or merely stumped to find an answer. God Bless Pastor, John |