Not at all. It is His sovereign choice to predestine His children to salvation. All are lost apart from His saving grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
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Not at all. It is His sovereign choice to predestine His children to salvation. All are lost apart from His saving grace through faith in Jesus Christ.Did God goof?
Acts 17:26
From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.
Am I correct in thinking that there was a point in your life where God lifted the dark veil over your mind and you believed the gospel and were thus saved?I don't believe we are saved by baptism. I believe the Father brought me to Christ.
The Father brought me out of Mormonism.
John 6:37
All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.
One might say that all people are believers in some form of God. Why God showed grace to Noah and his family is expressed in the statement that he was righteous in God's eyes. Given the fact that everyone else died in the flood one must conclude that there were none righteous, not even one (cf. Psalms 14 and 53).The only way to receive the Life of God is by belief/faith in Jesus, no belief in Jesus no Eternal Life for a person.
How does accountability factor into a person who has never heard about Jesus. Would there be something God has for these people, like God does for children, youth who have not reached the age of accountability.
The Rapture and the Age of Accountability – Grace Evangelical Society
Are you confident to say that no believers died in the flood, that the only people who died in the flood were unbelievers. Because there are examples in The Bible of God taking the physical lives of disobedient believers.
Not sure your take on the flood, but there was more to the flood than just sinful man. At the time of the flood was also an attempt by satan to keep The promised Messiah from coming into the world. By corrupting the seed of women, by which God promised to bring the Messiah to earth. The birthing of the nephilim was this attempt by satan.
A lot of things led me to seriously question Mormonism and it seemed extremely critical of others (read Joseph Smith's first vision). God led me to read the Bible and I decided to pray to the "true God" and ask Him to teach me. I told Him I didn't know Who He is and wanted to know. I asked Him if Joseph Smith was really His prophet. The answers are in the Bible and God kept showing me His word. I have a feeling only certain Mormons are leaving and for various reasons. They don't all become Christians. I didn't leave because I was saved. I left because God was leading me. Mormonism wasn't rapidly losing members back then.Am I correct in thinking that there was a point in your life where God lifted the dark veil over your mind and you believed the gospel and were thus saved?
How did you escape Mormonism? I know that Mormonism is rapidly losing members, but many, if not most, who leave do not become true believers in Jesus Christ.
Thank you. I have found the podcast, Mormon Stories, to be quite interesting. Although I was never a Mormon I had many visits from Mormon missionaries. They also challenged me to pray about the truth of Mormonism and, like yourself, I could not reconcile it with the Bible, so I chose the Bible and have had no regrets.A lot of things led me to seriously question Mormonism and it seemed extremely critical of others (read Joseph Smith's first vision). God led me to read the Bible and I decided to pray to the "true God" and ask Him to teach me. I told Him I didn't know Who He is and wanted to know. I asked Him if Joseph Smith was really His prophet. The answers are in the Bible and God kept showing me His word. I have a feeling only certain Mormons are leaving and for various reasons. They don't all become Christians. I didn't leave because I was saved. I left because God was leading me. Mormonism wasn't rapidly losing members back then.
Yes. Seems Satan was bring the world into a state of de-creation in order to stop the future Messiah.Not sure your take on the flood, but there was more to the flood than just sinful man. At the time of the flood was also an attempt by satan to keep The promised Messiah from coming into the world. By corrupting the seed of women, by which God promised to bring the Messiah to earth. The birthing of the nephilim was this attempt by satan.
Yes. Seems Satan was bring the world into a state of de-creation in order to stop the future Messiah.
The world was filled with violence. Animal to animal violence; animal to human violence; human to animal violence; person to person violence; person to persons violence, demonic to human violence and desecration and demonic to environmental damage.
That's not what the Bible says. People are not saved before they believe.A Person believes because God through Christ saved them first.
In a real sense, salvation was finished on the cross when Jesus Christ said, "It is finished." Thus, He is the Alpha and Omega. Salvation, as an eternal reality, is complete and there is nothing needed to be done now or ever.That's not what the Bible says. People are not saved before they believe.
"Your sins are forgiven. Your faith has saved you. Go in peace." Luke 7:39-40
It is what the bible teaches.That's not what the Bible says. People are not saved before they believe.
"Your sins are forgiven. Your faith has saved you. Go in peace." Luke 7:39-40
I view faith as a gift. You don't buy it or find it on the street. The GIFT of GOD is eternal life.That's not what the Bible says. People are not saved before they believe.
"Your sins are forgiven. Your faith has saved you. Go in peace." Luke 7:39-40
God truly blessed me.Good Testimony.
God gives faith to all men. Romans 10 says that God has put the word of faith in every man's heart but that some disobey it.I view faith as a gift. You don't buy it or find it on the street. The GIFT of GOD is eternal life.
Do you believe that the hundreds of millions of people living on this earth at this moment who will never hear the name of Jesus Christ, much less anything else about Christianity, actually have God's word of faith in their hearts?God gives faith to all men. Romans 10 says that God has put the word of faith in every man's heart but that some disobey it.
Interesting. For God to see choices though....there would have to be a time or a sequence of before the choice was made to the choice being made. A period of time then where God didn't know? So how do you explain this?But God exists outside of our 4 dimensional space time reality. This means that God can see the whole panorama of past, present and future choices, and is quite capable of planning a person's future based on his free will choices.
Although God knows what choices we are going to make, He doesn't determine what choice we should make, because that would mean that we are no longer responsible for the choices we do make. But once we have made a choice, then He can influence our direction on the basis of that choice, and if we make a choice that is not good for us, then He can compensate by bring good out of a bad choice.Interesting. For God to see choices though....there would have to be a time or a sequence of before the choice was made to the choice being made. A period of time then where God didn't know? So how do you explain this?
That is how some people view it. Ephesians 2:1-10 and many verses say that sinners don't believe and obey until God quickens them.God gives faith to all men. Romans 10 says that God has put the word of faith in every man's heart but that some disobey it.
God gives faith to all men.
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