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Again you never explained what the verses do mean. What does it mean that the one who endures to the end will be saved? All you do is say that’s not what it means then you don’t explain what it does mean.
I don’t have anyone teaching me anything about the Bible. I study the Bible for myself. The last church I attended I left years ago because I realized that their theology was incorrect. And I don’t do commentaries or listen to preachers online. I do my own study, I don’t rely on someone else telling me what the Bible does or doesn’t teach. I do occasionally like to watch debate videos to get opposing views on certain topics but that’s about the extent of how I get advice from other people.
And FYI Lydia was already a follower of God before she met Paul.
If you want to examine the context of how they’re actually drawn to Christ you need to include verse 45.
It was meamt as a figure of speech, to oppose "traditions of men". But even so, yes, God has His traditions, His revealed will, The Greek word for traditions is used in both senses in the bible, as teachings of men, and as teachings/revelation of Christ.No, I'm suggesting that
What does this have to do with 1 Corinthians 2 & 3? Are you suggesting that the Corinthians Paul is addressing in chapter 3 aren’t true believers? I’m not bundling anyone together I’m only talking about one particular group, the group of people Paul was addressing in 1 Corinthians 3. Paul specifically said that these people had the Holy Spirit in them and that they were holy in that very same chapter.
And this brings us right back to Genesis 6:5 where God obviously didn’t want man to be evil. He grieved in His heart that man was so evil. But I know your position on this, this is just a mystery that no one can explain. Except the vast majority of Christianity has no problem explaining it because it doesn’t conflict with their theology.
God is not evil. Commanding someone to do what they cannot do is defined as evil in Exodus chapter 5. When pharaoh commanded Israel to gather their own straw and yet make the same amount of brick, that was called evil by Moses because they were asked to do an impossible task.
This is typically where Calvinist’s idea of God’s sovereignty goes right out the window when they try to explain man’s refusal to repent. Either that or they’ll usually go with God is just no matter what He decides to do regardless of whether it actually coincides with the definition of the word just.
Personally I think Ezekiel 31:11 is a better example because it specifically refers to what God wants the wicked to do. I’m sure we all know what they do with verses that say all men. But I do like your example of Pharaoh, that’s a really strong point.
"All men" in this verse means "men from all nations," not "every particular man on earth." The single most significant thing about Paul's mission, which he himself stated, is that he went beyond Judea.
