Subject: eph 1:4-5 what is predestination, chosen |
Bible Note: Doc Thanks for your helpful response. I 'm sure you are right. I wonder though about people who were regenerate prior to Christ's coming like the saints of Hebrews 11 who were saved by grace through faith and who demonstrated their faith by their works. This was all without hearing of Christ (for obvious reasons). There are even examples in the OT of gentiles who were clearly regenerate like Job and Melchizedek. My queries about Cornelius are just a tentative exploration of the possibility that he may have been someone like this. Such people on hearing the gospel will always of course recogise it as just what they have been waiting for. Is it even possible that such people may exist today who have not yet heard of Christ? These are only honest questions and my Evangelical convictions are not in doubt. I am very happy to be shot down in flames! Thanks for your great contributions and wonderful quotations. Apollos |