How can the grace of God be resisted by some yet received by others?

[EmSw]

It's because of our sin.

Prepare to die in your sins, if you imagine that God accepts you or judges you based upon your works. You miss the mark. You're a dead man walking.

Have you not read this verse?

Acts 10:35
But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.

Sorry Menno, it's not my imagination as you imagine.

Have you not read these verses also?

John 5
28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice
29 and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

And these verses for you perusal also -

Romans 2
6 who “will render to each one according to his deeds”:
7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality;

These verses speak of works, life, and acceptance.

 

[MennoSota]

Have you not read this verse?

Acts 10:35
But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.

Sorry Menno, it's not my imagination as you imagine.

Have you not read these verses also?

John 5
28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice
29 and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

And these verses for you perusal also -

Romans 2
6 who “will render to each one according to his deeds”:
7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality;

These verses speak of works, life, and acceptance.

Those verses speak of you having no concept of context.

 

[EmSw]

Those verses speak of you having no concept of context.

Wow, if only those words were true. Do you think Jesus said anything else which isn't true?

 

[Hammster]

Have you not read this verse?

Acts 10:35
But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.

Sorry Menno, it's not my imagination as you imagine.

Have you not read these verses also?

John 5
28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice
29 and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

And these verses for you perusal also -

Romans 2
6 who “will render to each one according to his deeds”:
7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality;

These verses speak of works, life, and acceptance.

Is there scripture which says that the unredeemed fear God and can please Him?

 

[Hank77]

You can't be a Calvinist without knowing Arminianism, because Calvinism is the response to, and refutation of, and antithesis of Arminianism.
I couldn't affirm TULIP if I didn't know what TULIP was in response to (the 5 points of Arminianism)

Depends on who's interpretation of Arminianism you have been taught. Here is what one Calvinist author has said on free will to choose... "This states that though man is fallen, he is not incapacitated by the sinful nature and can freely choose God. His will is not restricted and enslaved by his sinful nature."

Now here is what an Arminian theologian and Biblical scholar wrote...
For by grace are ye saved, through faith - As ye are now brought into a state of salvation, your sins being all blotted out, and you made partakers of the Holy Spirit; and, having a hope full of immortality, you must not attribute this to any works or merit of yours; for when this Gospel reached you, you were all found dead in trespasses and dead in sins; therefore it was God’s free mercy to you, manifested through Christ, in whom ye were commanded to believe; and, having believed by the power of the Holy Spirit, ye received, and were sealed by, the Holy Spirit of promise; so that this salvation is in no sense of yourselves, but is the free gift of God; and not of any kind of works; so that no man can boast as having wrought out his own salvation, or even contributed any thing towards it. By grace arc ye saved, through faith in Christ. This is a true doctrine, and continues to be essential to the salvation of man to the end of the world." Adam Clarke - Lived 1760-1832

They don't sound the same do they? No, Arminius did not teach that man was saved by his works, or that man could desire God, come to repentance, or even understand the Gospel on his own. We see that God must give mercy/ grace in order for man to have faith to believe God.

https://carm.org/dictionary-five-points-arminianism

 

[Hammster]

As ye are now brought into a state of salvation,

How is one brought into this state of salvation?

 

[OzSpen]

In their view, God's grace is always powerless to save unless man allows it. And it's powerless to keep man saved unless man agrees to let Him.

Whose view?

 

[Hammster]

Whose view?

There was a context to my statement.

 

[OzSpen]

That comes right after verse 8.

And right before verse 10.

 

[OzSpen]

There was a context to my statement.

Please tell me what it was as you have a bad habit of giving one liners that don't provide adequate information. I've seen what you do over a period of 11 years.

 

[Hammster]

Please tell me what it was as you have a bad habit of giving one liners that don't provide adequate information. I've seen what you do over a period of 11 years.

The context was the post I replied to. My post was not made in a vacuum

 

[EmSw]

Is there scripture which says that the unredeemed fear God and can please Him?

Are there unredeemed in every nation?

Or, are you saying the redeemed must work righteousness and fear God to be accepted?

 

[EmSw]

How is one brought into this state of salvation?

John 16
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.
8 And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;

 

[EmSw]

Whose view?

It's my view. I asked Hammster is he allowed God to save him, or did he fight it.

 

[Hammster]

Are there unredeemed in every nation?

Or, are you saying the redeemed must work righteousness and fear God to be accepted?

I asked a specific question in relationship to your post. Obviously, I can't make you answer it.

 

[Hammster]

John 16
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.
8 And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;

Another non-answer.

 

[Hank77]

How is one brought into this state of salvation?

therefore it was God’s free mercy to you, manifested through Christ, in whom ye were commanded to believe; and, having believed by the power of the Holy Spirit,

and, having believed by the power of the Holy Spirit

 

[fhansen]

In their view, God's grace is always powerless to save unless man allows it. And it's powerless to keep man saved unless man agrees to let Him.

Apparently grace is as powerful as God desires it to be in accomplishing His ends. And since He desires none to perish, exactly how overwhelming is grace?

 

[Hank77]

How is one brought into this state of salvation?

Now that I specifically answered your question, see post 337, I would like you to answer these simple questions that can be answered with one word.

Since becoming a child of God .....

1) Have you ever sinned?
2) Have you ever made a mistake?
3) If so did God cause you to sin?
4) If so did God cause you to make a mistake?
5) If so did God allow you to sin?
6) If so did God allow you to make a mistake?

 

[Hammster]

Apparently grace is as powerful as God desires it to be in accomplishing His ends. And since He desires none to perish, exactly how overwhelming is grace?

He desires none of the elect to perish.

Context, context, context.