Featured Does God Ordain Our Sins?

I told you how it works. If you are born again you should recognize the truth in this method Paul taught.

Here's my approach to walking in the Spirit.

“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;” (2 Corinthians 10:5) (KJV 1900)

We censor every impure thought or imagination. And change the channel in our thinking on any thought that does not conform to obedience to Christ.
And we replace it with:

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” (Philippians 4:8)

Knowing Jesus is God and God is love. Jesus is Lord of our lives when love rules our thoughts and actions.

 

God causes our sins. He causes them based on our already present wickedness. And he builds a case against us by hardening our hearts and causing us to sin even greater sins. Even those in Christ are led into temptation and yield suffering even greater punishment as in the case of David. He almost killed the incestuous brother in the Corinthian Church but granted repentance and forgiveness instead. OFF-TOPIC? I'm showing you how to avoid sinning.

 

He made all into sinners in Adam. And uses their sin to carry out his punishments on other sinners. We see this today and in history. Hitler, etc.

 

Name one choice you ever made not based on a reason. God controls your free choices through the reasons he gave you to base them on.

 

So? have you ever made a choice not based on a reason?

 

This is a passage that I believe has been rightly used by those who see God's electing grace, or choosing to salvation ( see 2 Thessalonians 2:13 ) when they read the Scriptures.
This electing grace is clearly given apart from any man's efforts to gain God's favor by an act of righteousness, such as believing on Christ.

To me it is evident that the Greek verb used here, "τάσσω" ( transliterated as "tasso" ) has the meaning in the "passive voice"...which in plain English means, "having-been-set", "appointed", "determined", "commissioned", "set forth".
These Gentiles who gladly accepted the Gospel message did so because the Lord, in His grace and power, opened their hearts as He did Lydia's ( Acts of the Apostles 16:14 ), that they might "attend" to the words of Paul and Baranabas.

In verse 46, the Jews pushed away the Gospel of their own free will;
A self-determining action not brought about directly by the Lord.
In verse 48, the Gentiles who believed did so of their own free will as well.
A self-determining ( or willful ) action that was brought about by the Lord.

The defining difference between verses 46 and 48 is God's opening of the heart, the new birth, which makes the unwilling person now willing, in and of themselves, to accept God's word...
Where before that His word was and is rejected in the hearts of men.

Good morning to you sir.

 

I don’t know about “you Calvinists”, but THIS Calvinist understands “repent” as “turn around” ...
... a change of direction best illustrated in the verse “Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.” [Eph 4:28 NKJV]

 

“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” Philippians 2:13 (NCPB)

“The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.” Proverbs 21:1 (NCPB)

“make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.” Hebrews 13:21 (NCPB)

 

No, I am not suggesting that.
Are you suggesting that is is enough to be “sorry” and continue to do the same sin over and over?
(What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? [Rom 6:1 NASB])

 

I didn’t think so.