My many thanks to the above mentioned for their great effort. John B.
Predestination: A much discussed topic, and admittedly much of it is mis-taught, even from the Pulpits!
So lets clear up one of the greatest errors in Christendom------
1) How many are included within the scope of this saving love of The Father- God?
Psalms 145:8-9 "The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works."
2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering [very patient]to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."
NOTE(JB) In other words dear reader, ALL have been predestinated or chosen to be in The Father's Kingdom, but all people will choose Him! I personally have been told, "I'd rather serve eternity in hell, than five minutes in Heaven"! Sorry The Father is NOT going to give eternal life to those who reject Him and the Son! That's what the Lake of Fire in Revelation 19:20, will accomplish! Where in they shall all those so cast in, shall become.....
Malachi 4:1-3 " For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But unto you that fear IN AWE OF, TO REVERE ] my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts."
When one is reduced to ashes, is there still life present in the ashes? NO!
2) What, then is the Father's desire towards ALL mankind?
1 Timothy 2:3-6 " For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time."
3) For how many of us did Jesus die for?
Hebrews 2:9 "But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man."
4) To how many is the Gospel to be announced?
Mark 16:15-16 "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."
5) How is this universal offer of salvation gained by the individual?
Read the above passage again! Note the difference between believing and not believing, is the difference between eternal life and death! As both shall be eternal!
NOTE(JB) Why should this be so? Jesus Christ took our place, as all have sinned, thus need to die for AND WITH, our sins, IF we reject Jesus and His gift of love for each one of us! Because we refused to release our sins into Jesus, we shall die with our sins, that HE died for!
E. G. White, STEPS TO CHRIST, P. 57. "It is the privilege of all who comply with the conditions to know for themselves that pardon is freely given for every sin. Put away the suspicion that God's promises are not meant for you. They are for every repentant sinner. Strength and Grace have been provided through Christ to be brought by ministering angels to every believing soul. None are so sinful that they cannot find strength, purity, and righteousness in Jesus, who died for them. He is waiting to strip them of their garments stained and polluted with sin, and to put upon them the white robes of righteousness; He bids them to live and not die"
Deuteronomy 30:19 " I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: "
NOTE(JB) Please read 1 Timothy 2:3-6 again for those who only follow the New Testament!
6) What justifiable condemnation is pronounced upon those who refuse the Gospel Message?
John 3:17-21 "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God."
NOTE(JB) All who shall perish, are those who have chosen to be lost, forever! None who want not to be lost, shall be saved because they have accepted and surrendered to Christ!
7) WHY can this be so?
Ephesians 1:4 " According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:"
NOTE(JB) This verse shows us all, that ALL of us were chosen even before birth, To be with The Father and The Son forever!
8) What term may be appropriately applied to the saints?
1 Thessalonians 1:4 " Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God"
NOTE(JB) Does this not show that GOD, not men Create Saints?
9) In what sense, however, is this "election" to be understood?
.1 Peter 1:2 " Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied"
10) How is this truth expressed else-where?
.Acts 13:46-48 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye [ The Jews] put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed."
NOTE(JB) The red shows why National salvation can no longer be granted to the Jewish nation, each must come to Christ as all other must also!There's no salvation in Heritage, but in and through Christ Jesus only!
!!) How does God regard His elect?
1 Peter 2:9 " But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light"
12 What plan has God made for those who are responsive to His call and who, in consequence, are His "elect"?
A) They are predestined to son-ship. Romans 8:28-31 "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. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 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. What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?"
B) They are predestinated to righteousness. Ephesians 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."
C) They are predestinated to glory: Romans 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."
D) They are predestinated to inherit the Kingdom. Ephesians 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:"
13) What fate has He determined upon the wicked? Proverbs 16:4 "The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil." Proverbs 11:31 " Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner." Psalms 37:9-10 "For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be."
NOTE(JB) Proverbs 16:4 God did not make or create beings that chose to do sand be evil, HE has given each one a free-will to chose, to do, good or evil, including Satan.
14: What PERSONAL responsibility will all the wicked have for their own fate?
Proverbs 1:24-26 " Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;"
Proverbs 1:28-33 "Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil."
15) Can God's elect be torn from His hand?
John 6:39-40 "And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day"
.John 10:28-29 "And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand."
17) What did Paul exercise that he might not fall from Grace?
1 Corinthians 9:27 " But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway."
NOTE(JB): The mind CAN control the body, if one so wills it!
18) How does Peter counsel those who have been "called", and "chosen"?
2 Peter 1:10 "Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall"
Summary: Predestined, Predestination, all have but one meaning and purpose: "The Creator God, has called e3ach human Creation, to be by His side forever in a close and personal relationship! Won't you respond to this His call to YOU?"
NEXT: Conviction of Sin:: {{Sadly in most so-called Christian Churches, the speaking out against sin is not very popular, because it does not "Tickle the ears"!
2 Timothy 4:3-4 " For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. "
This is the very reason why all or at least 96% worship not on the Seventh-day Sabbath, but on the Roman Sunday the First day of the week, and now run back to Mother church, forsaking the millions who shed blood for the Bible's truth! There are few "Protesters against Rome doctrines these days! Yest she has publicly stated that it is she who changed the Sabbath day, and it is she who holds her own traditions above the Word of God, the Bible! John B.
Thanking Y O U for your time. Questions? Comments? John at servant@frontier.com
Want more? Visit your Seventh-day Adventist Church, any Saturday/Sabbath at 9-10 A.M. You just might be glad you did, as The Father's Peace of Mind is far and above the world's offers.
Other sites: BLBN.org: AFTV.org: amazingdiscoveries.org: www.itiswrttien.com
For the Rockhounds and the Lapidary folks look at: wwwbazenemporium.com and or www.lapidarysuppliesonline.@warhead.com thanks jb
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