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All of those references are to God's elect, not everyone. Only His sheep hear His voice. He was not addressing every single person, just His own.
The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”
"He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. 12Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. 13This is why I speak to them in parables:
“Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand."
God doesn't use luckWhat a hideous statement. NF said God is not a respecter of persons. And here you show that very thing.
Again, this shows luck to those chosen. I find it strange the photo portrays God as the Caesar of Rome. Just as Caesar cared not for people he destroyed, you are portraying God as the same.
With a belief in that statement, you have effectively kept millions from entering the kingdom. I see no mercy in your theology, and then effectively put the blame on God.
God doesn't use luck
No luck is the factJust as it was luck to the survivor that Caesar chose them who live, the same with the God portrayed in Calvinsim.
You can say and convince yourself it isn't luck you are picked, but that doesn't change the fact.
Besides your theology effectively keeps millions from entering the kingdom.
No luck is the fact
Just as it was luck to the survivor that Caesar chose them who live, the same with the God portrayed in Calvinsim.
You can say and convince yourself it isn't luck you are picked, but that doesn't change the fact.
Besides your theology effectively keeps millions from entering the kingdom.
His work has been done which gives his children assurance
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
God will show mercy to those who are merciful, and yes, you and I have a say in that.
Matthew 10
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.
30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Yes, we are worth something to God. We have value in God's eyes; we do matter to Him.
Actually NF, if God predestines some to heaven and foreordains some to hell, then He is a respecter of persons.
If any man has life within him, and all do, then it is a gift from God. Waking up each morning is a gift from God. Taking each breath is a gift from God. Seeing, talking, hearing, walking, writing, and any other physical action is a gift from God. God is Life Itself, and each man is given life from God. God gives each man a spirit within.
Malachi 2:15
Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit.
John 16:15
All that belongs to the Father is mine.
Everyone belongs to God; as such, Jesus said they are mine. To say there is no quality or worth in man is saying God values nothing of His. Is a man's body and spirit worthy of salvation? Since they belong to God, the answer is yes. Each man has worth in God's eyes, yes, more than the sparrows.
Do you consider anything which belongs to you as having no worth? If you have children, are they worthy to you? Does your wife have any worth to you? Are your eyes of any value to you? your ears? your tongue? your feet? your hands?
God is not impressed with our good deeds acts of kindness, whatever, UNLESS we are FIRST one of His, meaning saved.
Acts 10:34
34Opening his mouth, Peter said: "I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality,35but in every nation the man who fears Him and does what is right is welcome to Him.
Ezekiel 18:32
For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!
Romans 12
1Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Nice Scriptures, but they do not address what I was saying. Besides that they were written to Believers.
...which is what the Elect do. There are plenty of (other) people for whom the Bible never makes sense no matter how often they're exposed to it.Agreed.
Man chooses whether to respond with cooperation or rejection of God's grace.
Those who cooperate with God's grace will be saved.
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