No.The word world is not in question.
Everyone believing is the question
Everyone remaining in unbelief ,remaining condemned is the question
What is in question is:
WHAT/HOW/WHY do those believing become that way....
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No.The word world is not in question.
Everyone believing is the question
Everyone remaining in unbelief ,remaining condemned is the question
They are elected, chosen, predestined by the Lord.No.
What is in question is:
WHAT/HOW/WHY do those believing become that way....
Yes Agreed.....this is the central question.No.
What is in question is:
WHAT/HOW/WHY do those believing become that way....
No, actually it is what the passage teaches:
15 that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during,
16 for God did so love the world, that His Son -- the only begotten -- He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during
for God did so love the world,..........that He did something
that His Son -- the only begotten -- He gave......Why did He give the Son?
every one who is believing in him,,,,,,,,,,,....... This is not all men, All men do not believe
The biblical truth of election unto salvation does not have to be written in every verse.
The term being born again does not appear in the book of Acts....does that mean people do not need the new birth does it?
Exactly
They are elected, chosen, predestined by the Lord.
How do you know if you are elected ?They are elected, chosen, predestined by the Lord.
As to how and why? Only He knows.
He does not need to explain to us anything.
9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,The "theory" of election to salvation is a man made doctrine that is not in scripture.
John 3:16 completely destroys any such theory.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
God loves the world; unsaved people.
God sent His Son to die for the sins of the world.
- For God so loved the world... John 3:16
- that He gave His only begotten... Son John 3:16
- And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. 1 John 2:2
Whoever believes in Him will not perish but receive everlasting life.
- that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
Nothing in this verse or nothing in any verse, teaches or implies God chooses a special group of people to be saved.
JLB
Thats an benefit of being chosen by God to Salvation, believing is part of their Sanctification 2 Thess 2:13No.
What is in question is:
WHAT/HOW/WHY do those believing become that way....
RegenerationHow do you know if you are elected ?
If you would study Biblical and Sutematic Theology you would have a clear understanding.Where in this verse does it say those who are saved are elected, predestined, and chosen?
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
When we read we can find it.
If you would study Biblical and Sutematic Theology you would have a clear understanding.
But you have not proved that Calvinism or Reformed Theology is man made.Systematic Theoryology is of man, not Christ.
What did the disciples of Christ follow?
Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. 2 John 1:9
The New Testament scriptures that Christ Jesus gave through the Apostles is what each of us should be studying rather than following the teachings of man.
JLB
You know what BF?Ive done my research on the word.
I notice you did not comment at all on the two scriptural sections I offered. if you are going to ignore what I offer you, why should I answer anything you ask???Was Paul "saved" before he confessed Jesus as Lord?
1 Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
3 As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. 4 Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
5 And he said, “Who are You, Lord?”
Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.”
6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?”
Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
7 And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no one. 8 Then Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened he saw no one. But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. 9 And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank. Acts 9:1-9
We post the same things over and over hoping that MAYBE they will be understood as they have been written by the Apostles and other writers of the NT, such as Hebrews, or as stated by JESUS HIMSELF.But you have not proved that Calvinism or Reformed Theology is man made.
You keep asking and posting the same things over and over.
You going way off on a tangent, its simple those believing in Jn 3:16 are the Sheep Jn 10 and they were ordained to eternal life.You know what BF?
Sometimes I get tired of debating.
You can have Acts 13:48.
Some things God did predestinate.
But not who will be saved and who will not.
Of course God has to DESIRE everything that happens or it will not happen.
So, in some way, He created the situation by which the person that desires it, can be saved.
It cannot be more clear than in John 3:16 - stated by Jesus Himself.
But the reformed choose to believe what man has taught and not what JESUS HIMSELF has taught.
God desires that no man be lost but that all men come to the saving knowledge of God.
1 Timothy 2:4
2 Peter 3:9
Jesus would have liked Jerusalem to believe in Him,,,,
BUT THEY WERE NOT WILLING.
Maybe Fastfredy0 could grace us with his dictionarial knowledge and explain what WILLING means.
God is not partial -
Romans 2:11
Acts 20:34
Leviticus 19:5 (if MAN must be impartial,,,,must not God???)
And check this out:
God desires to inform us as to HOW we can be saved...
Ezekiel 18:19-20
19“Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity?’ When the son has practiced justice and righteousness and has observed all My statutes and done them, he shall surely live.
20“The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.
21“But if the wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed and observes all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
22“All his transgressions which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has practiced, he will live. 23“Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” declares the Lord GOD, “rather than that he should turn from his ways and live?
1. Does the above sound as if God takes pleasure in the death of the wicked?
2. Thus, why should God desire that ANY man die?
3. Does the above seem to you to be instructions on how to be saved?
If not why was it written?
Why would I care if I'm responsible for other's sins or not if ANYWAY, it will be God to decide my fate???
Willing: Done, given, or accepted voluntarily or ungrudgingly.Maybe @Fastfredy0 could grace us with his dictionarial knowledge and explain what WILLING means.
No. BF....I'm not going way off on a tangent.You going way off on a tangent, its simple those believing in Jn 3:16 are the Sheep Jn 10 and they were ordained to eternal life.
Aha.Willing: Done, given, or accepted voluntarily or ungrudgingly.
When it comes to accepting Christ salvificly it is always done by "willing" people. The deeper question is: who creates and has the power to change a person's will?
John 3:16 ... whosoever believes ... who creates and has the power to change a person's will such that they believe salvificly?
Predestination or "good luck"?