How many are saved?

BigNorsk · Dec 7, 2007

I was wondering what percentage of people you would think are elect, taking the reformed understanding that all who are elect will be saved.

HiredGoon · Dec 7, 2007

Completely unknowable. I couldn't even begin to guess.

Elderone · Dec 7, 2007

HiredGoon said:
Completely unknowable. I couldn't even begin to guess.

I agree.

Here is one thing we do know, for sure.

Ro 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Epiphoskei · Dec 7, 2007

Yes, completely unknowable. Whatever God wants, I suppose.

BigNorsk · Dec 7, 2007

Completely unknowable?

Mat 7:13-14 "Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. (14) For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

R.J.S · Dec 7, 2007

BigNorsk said:
Completely unknowable?

How few is few?

BigNorsk · Dec 7, 2007

The only place I'm sure of how many "few" means is in reference to Noah and his family in that case few equals 8.

Marv

Epiphoskei · Dec 7, 2007

I don't think "few" can be assigned a number.

R.J.S · Dec 8, 2007

Epiphoskei said:
I don't think "few" can be assigned a number.

Exactly, idle speculation.

"The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law." (Deuteronomy 29:29)

JM · Dec 8, 2007

The elect will be saved, no more...and no less.

Canuckmom · Dec 8, 2007

I agree - idle speculation.
When the Lord was asked this question in Luke 13:23, He answered, "Strive to enter in at the strait gate...." In other words, look after your own soul.

In some places the Word speaks of few being saved, yet in the Revelation it is "A great multiude that no man could number"!

seekingpurity047 · Dec 18, 2007

Well, I am not going to argue against the "few" thing or anything, because it is very true. But, correct me if I am wrong, but didn't God promise Abraham that his offspring would be more numerous than the stars?

edie19 · Dec 22, 2007

BigNorsk said:
I was wondering what percentage of people you would think are elect, taking the reformed understanding that all who are elect will be saved.

as many as God decreed

nill · Dec 22, 2007

About a million.

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What percentage of people in the world are elect?

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25 to 50%

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