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You do not!!!I agree with him.
You'd have to agree that man is imputed with Adam's sin.
(thus infant baptism in the CC - thanks to Augustine).
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You do not!!!I agree with him.
Agreed.
Also, I'd like to add something that for_his_glory states many times:
We are predestined,,,,,
But HOW we will be saved is predestined...
NOT who.
If we examine each passage that speaks of predestination we find that this is true.
Also, yes, I'd say that there is a lot of misunderstanding on the phrase "believe in the Lord and you will be saved".
It's not speaking of a mental belief but a heart belief. Believe means something very specific in the Koine Greek language.
This is overlooked by many that feel that just need to "believe" in Jesus and they will be saved...
Believing also includes obeying and, sooner or later, this has to be understood.
Thank you for giving me my opinion/.You do not!!!
You'd have to agree that man is imputed with Adam's sin.
(thus infant baptism in the CC - thanks to Augustine).
It's called maturing as we are ever growing leaving that behind what we thought unto a truth we never realized before. When I look back all those years ago to where I am at in my studies and understandings, man, I was wrong in many areas. Thank you Holy Spirit for teaching me truth and that you have given me Spiritual ears to hear.wondering
Over the many decades as I have been studying, digging, and searching out God's word, the more I discover the depth, of His truth, and the complexity of His truth, and the extreme difficulty of what God's salvation is truly about, and I continue to have to make changes in my walk and my faith, as I dig deeper, and grow deeper in not only what I learn, but in what I should do action-wise in serving with my new knowledge, and how I continue to try and control my thinking and focus more and more, as God's word demands more and more.
It's a never-ending battle and grind as I, like some, "grapple" with area's of my life that I still "wrestle" with, as we all should from time to time, as we are convicted.
Also, yes, I'd say that there is a lot of misunderstanding on the phrase "believe in the Lord and you will be saved".
It's not speaking of a mental belief but a heart belief. Believe means something very specific in the Koine Greek language.
This is overlooked by many that feel that just need to "believe" in Jesus and they will be saved...
Believing also includes obeying and, sooner or later, this has to be understood.
Your welcome.Thank you for giving me my opinion/.
You're such a good girl.
and lutheran churches ,Presbyterians .gasp yes they do itYou do not!!!
You'd have to agree that man is imputed with Adam's sin.
(thus infant baptism in the CC - thanks to Augustine).
I dont fully agree with you but we can only serve God or Sin.IS MAN FREE TO CHOOSE?
Unfortunately, the question lacks definition. This will lead to a variance of answers and understanding of those answers.
So I will supply my definition.
Man = every Homo sapien born since and including Adam and Eve. (Adam and Eve not being technically born of the flesh)
Choose - They are able make a choice that will ensure their unending future life in heaven or hell.
Free - not restricted by an external force
So we have "will every person (man) able to make an externally unhindered decision that will determine their future destiny in heaven or hell".
The question, as I have interpreted it, is easily proved in the negative if we have empirical evidence that shows:
1) there is any person (man) that is externally hindered (not free) from a decision (choice) that will determine in a future in heaven or hell.
Empirical Evidence curtisy of Dr. Google:
So, we have billions of persons who had NO CHOICE to make that will be in heaven or hell. Thus, to the question at hand: "is man free to choose" the answer is a resounding an overwhelmingly demonstrable, NO!
- The Death rate in 1800 for people under 5 (assumes age of accountability is 5) was 40%, in 1940 it was 24%, 1990 it was 10%, 2016 it was 4%.
- From 2010-2014, an estimated 25% of global pregnancies (including spontaneous miscarriages) ended in abortion.
- The 6 million-plus pregnancies in 1996 in the U.S. resulted in 3.9 million births, 1.3 million induced abortions, and almost a million fetal deaths. This means that 62 percent of pregnancies ended in a live birth, 22 percent ended in abortion, and 16 percent ended in a miscarriage or stillbirth. Another source said that abortions are down to 13% while miscarriages are at 20% for a total of 33%.
Job 14:5 (New International Version) says this … “ A person’s days are determined; you (God) have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.”
.....from this we conclude that God does determines whether or not the billions of person's eluded to in the empirical data above will spend a future destiny is in heaven or hell.
Aside: No need to consider the 1232 N.A.Indian's "freedom to choose" as substantial and overwhelming evidence has already been provided to answer the question of the thread. According to https://reachbeyond.org/Advocate/RBActionGuide.pdf : More than 2 billion people have never heard the salvation message even today. This relates to Romans 10:17
Guess they agreed with Augustine!!and lutheran churches ,Presbyterians .gasp yes they do it
Luther wasnt arministGuess they agreed with Augustine!!
Right. He was reformed, believed in predestination and so agreed with Augustine.Luther wasnt arminist
I also like to say that the more I learn the more I find out how little I know.wondering
Over the many decades as I have been studying, digging, and searching out God's word, the more I discover the depth, of His truth, and the complexity of His truth, and the extreme difficulty of what God's salvation is truly about, and I continue to have to make changes in my walk and my faith, as I dig deeper, and grow deeper in not only what I learn, but in what I should do action-wise in serving with my new knowledge, and how I continue to try and control my thinking and focus more and more, as God's word demands more and more.
It's a never-ending battle and grind as I, like some, "grapple" with area's of my life that I still "wrestle" with, as we all should from time to time, as we are convicted.
no.Jacobus Arminus and that movement was after Luther .Right. He was reformed, believed in predestination and so agreed with Augustine.
for I know my,plans for you ..Hey guys.
If you study out what the bible says about predestination instead of quoting past "SCHOLARS", you'll find that we aren't predestined by GOD, we are actually predestined by ourselves and our own choices.
Somewhere along a "CROOKED PATH" in the past, this idea got twisted like a lot of other biblical ideas.
I know.no.Jacobus Arminus and that movement was after Luther .