'free will'

[Tychicum]

proverbs 16:9 settles the whole arguement

ABIC a hand very under played ...

Here leme give you a leg up ...

CHOSEN

"Selected from a number, picked out, elect, choice" — Webster.

Matt. 20:15. "Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?" "... for many be called but few chosen" (Matt. 22:14).
Mark 13:20. ". . . but for the elect's sake, whom he has chosen, he has shortened the days" (verses 22, 27).
John 15:16. "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you . . ." (verse 19).
Acts 9:15. "But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way. for he is a chosen vessel unto me . . ."
Acts 22:14. "And he said, the God of our fathers hath chosen thee .
Acts 10:41. "Not to all people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us .
1 Cor. 1:27. "But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world . . ." (verses 26, 26) (speaking of the elect — Matt. 11:25).
2 Thes. 2:13. "But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation ..." (One of the greatest reasons a true Christian has for praising God).
Eph. 1:4. "According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world (Read the whole chapter).
1 Peter 2:9. "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar (or purchased) people
James 2:5. ". . . Hath not God chosen the poor of this world (1 Kings 3:8, Ps. 89:3, 105:6,106:5, etc.).
Rev. 17:14. ". . . and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful" (verse 8) (chapter 19:9).
Psalm 33:12. "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance".
John 13:18. "I speak not of you all; I know whom I have chosen" (Rom. 16:13).
Deut. 7:6. "For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God; the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth" (Isa. 43:20).

ELECT

"To determine in favor of, to designate, choose or select as an object of mercy or favor, predestinated in the divine councils, one chosen or set apart, one chosen or designated by God for salvation, collectively, the saved." (Webster) . . . "THIS ELECTION IS an act of distinguishing love, of divine sovereignty, eternal, absolute and irrevocable, personal"

Matt. 24:22. . .. but "for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened" (verse 24).
Matt. 24:31. "And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds . . ."
Luke 18:7. "And shall not God avenge his own elect . . ."
Rom. 8:33. "Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect?..." (Col. 3:12).
2 Tim. 2:10. ..."therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory" (Speaking of the elect that have not yet believed).
Titus 1:1. "Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect."
1 Peter 1:2. "Elect according to the foreknowledge of God, the Father ..." (2 John 13).
Isa. 45:4. "For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name. I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me."
Isa. 65:9. "And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains and mine elect shall inherit, and my servants shall dwell there." (verse 22).
2 John 13. "The elder unto the elect lady and her children."

ELECTION

DIVINE CHOICE, predetermination of God, by which persons are distinguished as objects of mercy, become subjects of grace, are sanctified and prepared for heaven, the elect. (Webster).


Rom. 9:11. "For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth" (God speaking of his love for Jacob and his hate for Esau even before they were born — verse 13).
Rom. 11:5. "Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace" (Rom. 9:27).
Rom. 11:7. "What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded" (Rom. 11:28).
1 Thes. 1:4. "Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God."
2 Peter 1:10. "Wherefore the rather brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure . . ."
Rom. 11:28. ". . . but as touching the election, they are beloved for the Father's sake" (verse 29; Eph. 1:9).

CALLING

"Divine summons, state of being divinely called; call." (Webster).


Rom. 1:6. "Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ" (verses 5, 7).
Rom. 8:28. "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose" (verse 30).
1 Cor. 1:24. "But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God" (verses 9, 26, 27; Col. 3:15).
I Tim. 6:12. "Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called. . ."
Gal. 1:15. "But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace. To reveal his Son in me . . ." (Not until it pleases God are any awakened and saved — Acts 13:2).
1 Peter 5:10. "But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Jesus Christ, . "
Acts 2:39. "For the promise Is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call."
1 Thes. 2:12. "That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory" (Chap. 4:7).
Heb. 9:15. ". . . they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance" (Rev. 17:14; Jude 1; 2 Peter 1:3; 1 Peter 1:15; Gal. 1:6; 1 Cor. 1:26).
2 Tim. 1:9. "Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began."
Eph. 4:4. "There is one body, and one spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling" (verse 1).
2 Thes. 1:11. "Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling,..." (Heb. 3:1; Eph. 1:18).

APPOINTED

"To fix, to settle, to establish or fix by decree or decision." (Webster).


1 Peter 2:8. "And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient, whereunto also they were appointed."
1 Thes. 5:9. "For God hath not appointed us to wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Thes. 3:3; Acts 22:10; Psa. 79:11).
Job 14:4. "Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass" (Chap. 23:14).
Acts 17:26. "And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation."
Prov. 31:8. "Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction."
1 Kings 20:42. ". . . Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, . . ."

ORDAINED

"To decree, to appoint, to arrange, to prepare." (Webster).


Jude 4. "For there are certain men crept in unawares who were before of old ordained to this condemnation
Acts 13:48. ". . . And as many as were ordained to eternal life believed."
Eph. 2:10. "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them" (Chap. 1:4).
Habak 1:12. "Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? We shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou has established them for correction" (Rom. 13:1; 1 Cor. 2:7).

PREDESTINATED OR PREDESTINATION

The decree of God by which He has, from eternity unchangeably, appointed or determined whatever comes to pass. It is used particularly to denote the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery and is a part of the unchangeable plan of the Divine government; in other words, the unchangeable purpose of an unchangeable God (Webster).

Rom. 8:29, 30. "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called:
Eph. 1:5. "Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will."
Eph. 1:11. "In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will" (Isaiah 46:9, 10).
John 6:37. "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me . . ." (verse 39).
John 6:44. "No man can come to me, except the father which hath sent me draw him . . ." (verses 64, 65).
John 3:27. ". . . A man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven."
John 10:26. "But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep . . ." (verses 27, 28, 29).
John 10:16. "And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice (Christ had a definite work to do, and thus a definite number to die for).
Acts 18:10. "For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city."
John 11:52. "And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad."
John 17:6, "I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: . . ."
John 17:2. "As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him" (rather definite is it not?).
Jer. 1:5. "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee . . ." (Matt. 7:23, "never knew you"!).
Gal. 4:28. "Now we brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise" (Rom. 9:8).
Rom. 4:16. "Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace, to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; . . ."
Isaiah 53:10. ". . . When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed,. . ." (Who are his seed? See Gen. 3:15).
Rom. 9:22. "What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction."
Rom. 9:13. "As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated" (verse 11).
Rom. 9:21. "Hath not the potter power over the clay; of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?" (Isa. 45:9).
Isa. 64:8. "But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand."
Isa. 45:9. "Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker. . . Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What maketh thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?"
Isa. 43:7. "Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him" (verse 21).
Isa. 45:7. "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things" (verse 12).
Jer. 27:5. "I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me."
Psa. 100:3. "Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that has made us, and not we ourselves; . . ."
Psa. 33:11. "The counsel of the Lord standeth forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generation" (verse 12; Acts 4:27, 28).
Luke 4:25 to 29. (Note in verses 26, 27 "unto none of them", etc. Have we not a glimpse of God's sovereignty in these verses, in doing according as He wills? Note verses 28, 29; the same thing happens today when God's sovereignty is preached).
John 12:39, 40. "Therefore they could not believe, . . . He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts; ..."
Rom. 11:8. "(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear); unto this day" (verse 7).
Matt. 11:25. ". . . I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes" (Luke 10:21, 22).

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[Tychicum]

Matt. 11:27. ". . . neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the son will reveal him."
John 9:39. "And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind."
Rom. 9:18. "Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth" (verse 15).
Prov. 16:4. "The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea even the wicked for the day of evil" (Rom. 9:22; Job 21:30).
Rom. 9:23, 24. "And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, Even us whom he has called . . ." (verse 29).
Matt. 19:25, 26. ". . . Who then can be saved? . . . With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible." (Mark 10:26, 27; Luke 18:26, 27).
Rom. 9:16. "So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy."
Luke 1:17. ". . . to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." (What does this mean? When were they prepared? Look again at Eph. 1:4).
Matt. 15:13. "But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up" (solemn thought this, Matt. 16:17).
2 Peter 2:12. "But these as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed,. . ." (contrast Chap.1:3).
2 Thes. 2:11, 12, "And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned, . . ." (Is God changeable? James 1:17: Are not God's decrees all made in eternity and, like God himself, unchangeable? Malachi 3:6: God loves from eternity and He hates from eternity. "I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be forever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him" Eccl. 3:14).
Heb. 2:13. ". . . And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me." (If God had given all without exception to Christ, then all must or will be saved. Read again John 6:27, etc.; John 10:29).
Phil. 1:29. "For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake."
Col. 1:12. "Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light."
Heb. 2:10. "For it became him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory . . ."
Heb. 6:17. "Wherein God willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel,..."
Eph. 3:11. "According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:"
Rom. 9:20. "Nay but O man who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?" (Are not our mouths stopped at His word?) (Isa. 29:16).
Eph. 2:8. "For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God."
Matt. 20:23. ". . . but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father."
Matt. 16:17. ". . . for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven."
Mark 10:26, 27. ". . . Who then can be saved? And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible."
James 1:17. "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."
Isa. 14:24. "The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand" (verse 27).
Isa. 43:21. "This people have I formed for myself;. (verses 1, 13; Chap. 8:18).
Isa. 44:24. "Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; . . ." (verses 1, 2, 18).

THE WILL

"The will is that faculty of the soul whereby we freely choose or refuse things. It is of the nature of the will to do freely whatsoever it wills. (But) it is unable, till it be changed by grace, to move itself towards God; and to will what is good, is of grace; our will being free in respect of sinful acts, but bound in respect of good works, till it be made free by Christ" (Psalm 110:3; John 8:36; John 15:5; Phil. 2:13) .

Isa. 46:10. "Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure."
Dan. 4:35. "And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and He doeth according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay His hand, or say unto Him, What doest thou?"
John 1:13. "Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of GOD."
John 5:21. ". . . even so the Son quickeneth whom he will."
James 1:18. "Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth"
Rom. 9:17. "For the Scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth." (God in His wisdom made Pharaoh for destruction that He might shew His power and might to all the ends of the earth) (Prov. 16:4).
Exodus 9:16. "And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name be declared throughout all the earth" (Rom. 9:22; Prov. 21:1).
Exodus 7:3. "And I will harden Pharaoh's heart . . .".
Exodus 10:1. "And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart,..." (No less than ten times God says He will harden Pharaoh's heart, and not until God hardens it do we read of Pharaoh hardening his own heart), Exodus 9:12; 10:20, 27; 11:10; 14:8, etc.
Joshua 11:20. "For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts,. . . that he might destroy them utterly,...".
1 Sam. 15:3. "Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling,..."
John 3:3, 7, 8. "Jesus answered, and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, (or from above) he cannot see the kingdom of God." (We are just as helpless when it comes to our spiritual birth as we were at our natural birth, not only helpless as to its accomplishment but worse; we violently oppose it.) (Verses 6, 8).
Rom. 11:24. "For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree,..." (Is it possible for a thing to graft itself?).
Rom. 16:13. "Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord,..." (This election is personal).
Eph. 2:1. "And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins." (God in His Word likens a sinner to one who is dead, and as a dead person, we are unable to do one thing to accomplish our salvation, not even to believe, except it be given us to do so. In John chapter eleven we have in Lazarus a good type of sinner dead in trespasses and sins, helpless, hopeless, unable to move toward God, until His quickening power awakens and enables the sinner to "come forth").
Isa. 40:13. "Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord or being his counselor hath taught him?"
Isa. 40:8. "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever."
Prov. 19:21. "There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand" (Let us beware lest many devices are found in our heart, and we are found fighting against God and His Word as many are doing today, deceiving themselves and others. "Nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.").
Luke 11:28. "But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it."

 

[A Brother In Christ]

ABIC a hand very under played ...

Here leme give you a leg up ...

proverbs 16:9

man free will always choses darkness...john 3:19

God sovergn will choses some sinner to salvation .. hebrews 1:14

 

[Easystreet]

ABIC a hand very under played ...

Here leme give you a leg up ...

CHOSEN

"Selected from a number, picked out, elect, choice" — Webster.

Matt. 20:15. "Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?" "... for many be called but few chosen" (Matt. 22:14).
Mark 13:20. ". . . but for the elect's sake, whom he has chosen, he has shortened the days" (verses 22, 27).
John 15:16. "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you . . ." (verse 19).
Acts 9:15. "But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way. for he is a chosen vessel unto me . . ."
Acts 22:14. "And he said, the God of our fathers hath chosen thee .
Acts 10:41. "Not to all people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us .
1 Cor. 1:27. "But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world . . ." (verses 26, 26) (speaking of the elect — Matt. 11:25).
2 Thes. 2:13. "But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation ..." (One of the greatest reasons a true Christian has for praising God).
Eph. 1:4. "According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world (Read the whole chapter).
1 Peter 2:9. "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar (or purchased) people
James 2:5. ". . . Hath not God chosen the poor of this world (1 Kings 3:8, Ps. 89:3, 105:6,106:5, etc.).
Rev. 17:14. ". . . and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful" (verse 8) (chapter 19:9).
Psalm 33:12. "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance".
John 13:18. "I speak not of you all; I know whom I have chosen" (Rom. 16:13).
Deut. 7:6. "For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God; the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth" (Isa. 43:20).

ELECT

"To determine in favor of, to designate, choose or select as an object of mercy or favor, predestinated in the divine councils, one chosen or set apart, one chosen or designated by God for salvation, collectively, the saved." (Webster) . . . "THIS ELECTION IS an act of distinguishing love, of divine sovereignty, eternal, absolute and irrevocable, personal"

Matt. 24:22. . .. but "for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened" (verse 24).
Matt. 24:31. "And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds . . ."
Luke 18:7. "And shall not God avenge his own elect . . ."
Rom. 8:33. "Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect?..." (Col. 3:12).
2 Tim. 2:10. ..."therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory" (Speaking of the elect that have not yet believed).
Titus 1:1. "Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect."
1 Peter 1:2. "Elect according to the foreknowledge of God, the Father ..." (2 John 13).
Isa. 45:4. "For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name. I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me."
Isa. 65:9. "And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains and mine elect shall inherit, and my servants shall dwell there." (verse 22).
2 John 13. "The elder unto the elect lady and her children."

ELECTION

DIVINE CHOICE, predetermination of God, by which persons are distinguished as objects of mercy, become subjects of grace, are sanctified and prepared for heaven, the elect. (Webster).


Rom. 9:11. "For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth" (God speaking of his love for Jacob and his hate for Esau even before they were born — verse 13).
Rom. 11:5. "Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace" (Rom. 9:27).
Rom. 11:7. "What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded" (Rom. 11:28).
1 Thes. 1:4. "Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God."
2 Peter 1:10. "Wherefore the rather brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure . . ."
Rom. 11:28. ". . . but as touching the election, they are beloved for the Father's sake" (verse 29; Eph. 1:9).

CALLING

"Divine summons, state of being divinely called; call." (Webster).


Rom. 1:6. "Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ" (verses 5, 7).
Rom. 8:28. "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose" (verse 30).
1 Cor. 1:24. "But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God" (verses 9, 26, 27; Col. 3:15).
I Tim. 6:12. "Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called. . ."
Gal. 1:15. "But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace. To reveal his Son in me . . ." (Not until it pleases God are any awakened and saved — Acts 13:2).
1 Peter 5:10. "But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Jesus Christ, . "
Acts 2:39. "For the promise Is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call."
1 Thes. 2:12. "That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory" (Chap. 4:7).
Heb. 9:15. ". . . they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance" (Rev. 17:14; Jude 1; 2 Peter 1:3; 1 Peter 1:15; Gal. 1:6; 1 Cor. 1:26).
2 Tim. 1:9. "Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began."
Eph. 4:4. "There is one body, and one spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling" (verse 1).
2 Thes. 1:11. "Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling,..." (Heb. 3:1; Eph. 1:18).

APPOINTED

"To fix, to settle, to establish or fix by decree or decision." (Webster).


1 Peter 2:8. "And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient, whereunto also they were appointed."
1 Thes. 5:9. "For God hath not appointed us to wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Thes. 3:3; Acts 22:10; Psa. 79:11).
Job 14:4. "Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass" (Chap. 23:14).
Acts 17:26. "And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation."
Prov. 31:8. "Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction."
1 Kings 20:42. ". . . Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, . . ."

ORDAINED

"To decree, to appoint, to arrange, to prepare." (Webster).


Jude 4. "For there are certain men crept in unawares who were before of old ordained to this condemnation
Acts 13:48. ". . . And as many as were ordained to eternal life believed."
Eph. 2:10. "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them" (Chap. 1:4).
Habak 1:12. "Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? We shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou has established them for correction" (Rom. 13:1; 1 Cor. 2:7).

PREDESTINATED OR PREDESTINATION

The decree of God by which He has, from eternity unchangeably, appointed or determined whatever comes to pass. It is used particularly to denote the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery and is a part of the unchangeable plan of the Divine government; in other words, the unchangeable purpose of an unchangeable God (Webster).

Rom. 8:29, 30. "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called:
Eph. 1:5. "Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will."
Eph. 1:11. "In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will" (Isaiah 46:9, 10).
John 6:37. "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me . . ." (verse 39).
John 6:44. "No man can come to me, except the father which hath sent me draw him . . ." (verses 64, 65).
John 3:27. ". . . A man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven."
John 10:26. "But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep . . ." (verses 27, 28, 29).
John 10:16. "And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice (Christ had a definite work to do, and thus a definite number to die for).
Acts 18:10. "For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city."
John 11:52. "And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad."
John 17:6, "I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: . . ."
John 17:2. "As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him" (rather definite is it not?).
Jer. 1:5. "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee . . ." (Matt. 7:23, "never knew you"!).
Gal. 4:28. "Now we brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise" (Rom. 9:8).
Rom. 4:16. "Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace, to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; . . ."
Isaiah 53:10. ". . . When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed,. . ." (Who are his seed? See Gen. 3:15).
Rom. 9:22. "What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction."
Rom. 9:13. "As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated" (verse 11).
Rom. 9:21. "Hath not the potter power over the clay; of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?" (Isa. 45:9).
Isa. 64:8. "But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand."
Isa. 45:9. "Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker. . . Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What maketh thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?"
Isa. 43:7. "Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him" (verse 21).
Isa. 45:7. "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things" (verse 12).
Jer. 27:5. "I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me."
Psa. 100:3. "Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that has made us, and not we ourselves; . . ."
Psa. 33:11. "The counsel of the Lord standeth forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generation" (verse 12; Acts 4:27, 28).
Luke 4:25 to 29. (Note in verses 26, 27 "unto none of them", etc. Have we not a glimpse of God's sovereignty in these verses, in doing according as He wills? Note verses 28, 29; the same thing happens today when God's sovereignty is preached).
John 12:39, 40. "Therefore they could not believe, . . . He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts; ..."
Rom. 11:8. "(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear); unto this day" (verse 7).
Matt. 11:25. ". . . I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes" (Luke 10:21, 22).

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The good thing about all you list is that it all comes after faith in Christ. All these wonderful doctrines are right on.

The Plan

God foreknows all who will freely believe and all those that freely believe are all the things you listed.

Gordon

 

[Tychicum]

God foreknows all who will freely believe and all those that freely believe are all the things you listed.

What you say has some merit ...


Although your definition of "foreknow" is likely wrong. Because what God foreknows ... happens.

God's "foreknowledge" is the very same as God's Decree ... Do any kind of study on the term "foreknow" ...

And to say that God is some how "outside of time" is not particularly accurate ... Heard that one ... but there is time in Heaven. And God marks it ...

But your proposition that one must believe ... is true. One must believe.

But the proposition isn't "how" to become "saved" ... but "who will".



God says who will ... and makes it quite clear in Scripture. About the most clear of any doctrine as a matter of fact ... Not a vital doctrine ... but one as obvious as they come ...

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