Subject: eph 1:4-5 what is predestination, chosen |
Bible Note: Hi Mark To be honest, I don't really know when Cornelius was regenerated. In my view faith in Christ is a result or fruit of regeneration and therefore Cornelius was born again before he trusted Christ and could not have done so if he had not been regenerate. I believe that godly OT Jews before Christ were regenerate and it is therefore possible that Cornelius (as a gentile convert to Judaism) was regenerate before he heard and believed the gospel. But, if this was so (and I am not dogmatically saying it was) his good works were the fruit of regeneration and his regeneration was a work of God's grace. He was certainly not saved by merit - no one ever was or will be! Yours in him Apollos |