Romans 12:3
For through the grace given to me I say to every one among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgement, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.
__________________ To be reprobate is to be left in sin, not pushed or forced to sin. R. C. Sproul.
1 Timothy 1:13-14
Though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
__________________ To be reprobate is to be left in sin, not pushed or forced to sin. R. C. Sproul.
Acts 18:27 "...the disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace."
Heb 12:2 "Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith"
Matt 16:16,17 "Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.'' And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven."
Acts 13:48 "When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed."
Etc.
__________________ To be reprobate is to be left in sin, not pushed or forced to sin. R. C. Sproul.
The Bible was originally written in Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic, not English.
Originally Posted by Yab Yum
Romans 12:3
For through the grace given to me I say to every one among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgement, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.
Then why doesn't everyone believe?
Originally Posted by Yab Yum
Philippians 1:29
To you it has been given for Christ's sake, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake.
That's talking about salvation, read the context.
Originally Posted by Yab Yum
1 Timothy 1:13-14
Though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
This isn't talking about faith as a gift, but grace and mercy as a gift.
Originally Posted by Yab Yum
Acts 18:27 "...the disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace."
With grace, not faith.
Heb 12:2 "Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith"
Another English translation. It's talking about a leader, an example, a pioneer, not simply an author.
Matt 16:16,17 "Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.'' And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven."
Things being revealed to someone is not faith, that's belief.
Acts 13:48 "When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed."
Etc.
Again, talking about predestination, not faith.
What do you hope to gain by taking a bunch of passages and trying to make them say something that they don't?
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Don't mess with Yoda!
"There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, in the end, "Thy will be done.""
-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce (emphasis mine)
"You must be imaginative, strong-hearted. You must try things that may not work, and you must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your soul."
-Chef at the beginning of Ratatouille
Jesus came as a man just like the rest of us and Adam and Eve is allegorical. Adam is everyman. We are all born spiritually alive and then like Adam we fail to love others--obey God and become spiritually death. We kill our own soul with our own sin. Ezekiel 18. Like Adam we are then spiritually dead but physcially alive and if we are to be recreated spiritually we must turn from wickedness to righteousness and allow God to reconnect us with life. Jesus taught about this as being born again.
“…he that is forgiven much will Love much…” so if you accept God’s forgiveness of your huge debt of sin, how can you keep from at least initially Loving much? With forgiveness of sin comes Love and eternal life. It is only over time that we can refuse the gift and give it back, but God is not a native American giver and will take it back from us.
Dear bling. God DID COME to us in Christ, and what did we do?? God`s Plan to save Mankind is FOOLPROOF, only we cannot grasp it. I say this humbly and with love. Greetings from Emmy, sister in Christ.
God is doing and has done all He can to get us to accept His Love, but God will not force His Love on us or that would not be Godly type Love. All we have to do is accept God’s Love in the form of forgiveness (the easiest way to get God’s Love), but that requires faith that produces humility which allows us to overcome our pride and accept charity (an undeserving gift).
All mature adult humans have faith in something. We learn what to put our faith in by successes and failures. Faith in God over faith in self is needed to humbly accept God’s help.
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