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Her condition was an unregenerate, unsaved woman who "worshiped God". She was seeking Him, and He let her find Him. By grace, of course.The thread is about her condition prior to God opening her heart.
Acts 16:14 - A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.
How can an unregenerate unsaved person be described as a "worshiper of God"? Many Calvinists on this forum claim that all unregenerate people hate God and want nothing to do with Him.
Yet, here we have a woman who worshiped God, and listened to what Paul was saying.
Of course the Calvinist response will be something like "God regenerated her so that she was seeking God. So, where is that found in Scripture? And speciifically about her?
The answer? It isn't found anywhere in Scripture. But RT must assume that it is true anyway.
The only issue in Acts 16 regarding Lydia is that she believed the gospel. There is nothing about being regenerated. We know she became regenerated because she believed, and all believers are regenerated. But RT has no claim on this verse as a proof text.
She was seeking God and God let her find him.
Quite similar to this verse:
2 Chron 15:2 - and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the LORD is with you when you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
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