Featured The Truth About the Biblical Act of Predestination.

Judas had been “called,” but would not be among the “chosen”, that shows that him being "called" was not among the Elect; "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:" Ephesians 1:4.

Judas was a devil from the beginning, no matter how often he was "called" by the Gospel.

We have talked about there being a General Call that is given to anyone, but the Specific personal "call" is always Effectual, as it is made so, by the Holy Spirit in the New Birth and that saved soul is then known to have been one of the few who have been Chosen, from Eternity Past, and are, therefore, among the few in time that "are Chosen".

 

Matthew 22:14. 2 Peter 1:10.

 

Let's look at Matthew 22:14. Note that it's a parable, so what was Jesus teaching us in this parable? Let's see the context.

*Matthew 22 : 1-3,11-14*
And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.

“But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment. And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ For many are called, but few are chosen.”

In the context there is a person who tried to come to the wedding feast invitation on his own terms. He would not receive the garments that the king required, but instead attempted to join the wedding and kingdom on his own terms. The King casts the man out because that man is not clothed in the righteousness of the King.
The call was for everyone, but the King chooses who will be in the feast and who wears the robes of righteousness. That choice is not for the invited guests to make. Those who attempt to enter in their own terms are cast out.

 

Let's look at 2 Peter 1:10.
Note to whom Peter is writing and the promised that Peter is sharing with his readers. I will highlight the promises in red.

I will then highlight the supplements to our faith, which makes our faith stronger, in purple.

*2 Peter 1:1-11*
Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins.

Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Note that God gives promises. God prescribes supplements for growth.

The use of these supplements is a confirmation of what has already happened...that being your election and calling.

 

"There is no foreknowledge of the gentiles in the OT times."

Well, I guess God didn't foreknow Cyrus as the king that would send Judah back home...over 100 years before Cyrus even lived.

You write so many words to say nothing, JD.

 

When Jesus said what became John 3:16, He was talking to the then-unsaved Nicodemus, trying to "convert" him. And there was nothing Spiritual about His words then, nor His other "whoever"s.

 

Actually, they ARE. You just don't wanna admit that your calvinism is false. But you wanted verses, so here ya go:

Matt. 7:24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:

Matt. 10:32 “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

John 12:46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.

Acts 2:21And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the Lord Shall be saved.’

Acts 10:43 To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins.”

These few should make my point. Now, can you show me any "whoever if elect"s?

 

Judas had many opportunuties to be saved. Jesus even told him in so many words that He knew of the plan to betray Him.But he chose to betray Jesus instead. Even though he regretted it, he still didn't turn to Jesus, killing himself instead.

Someone once asked me what woulda happened had Judas repented & been saved, My answer; almost the same thing. Someone in the crowd that sought Jesus to bust Him woulda recognized Him & become His betrayer.

But the point is, salvation is open to all living people.

 

No, He was not. Nothing He said to Nicodemus ever contradicted itself, and nothing He said ever contradicts the fact that no one comes to Him except it were given to them of His Father to do so ( John 6:37-65 ).

When the Lord does something, He does it...
He never "tries" and and fails.

Later on in that very same account that was given for John to write, we see this:

" It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life. " ( John 6:63 ).

The words He spoke ( and continues to speak through the Spirit and the written word ) are spirit, and they are life.
To all that believe on Him, those words are special and they have power....

The power of God.

Now, do we find an answer to why people do not hear ( hearken to, recognize as God's words ) His words?
Of course...
John 8:43-47.

Please read it again, my friend.

 

This is pure speculation on your part.
Here is what Jesus said about Judas:

*John 6:58-71*
This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” Jesus said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum. When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.) And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.” After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. So Jesus said to the Twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.” Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil.” He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the Twelve, was going to betray him.

*John 17:12*
While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

 

Who causes this, robycop?

Does God cause a person to be alive and confess?

Or...

Does the unregenerate sinner cause himself to become alive by confessing?

Ephesians 2:4-5 tells you the answer.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

 

Would like your thoughts concerning the above relative to:

Jer 3:8 KJV And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

Is the following relative to that bill of divorce?

Hosea 1:6-9 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

Did verse 12 of Eph 2 apply to the house of Israel, for God said of those exact same people in verse 10 of Hosea 1?

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

Is a remnant being grafted back in for purpose, that in the end will result in all Israel being saved? See Rom 11 Acts 15:14-17

Ezek 36:19, 22-24 Ezek 37

 

@JD,you keep trying to segregate the church and then interpret the Bible by segregating Jew from Gentile. That's not how God segregates. God separates the Israel of God (the Church) from the unredeemed.
Every letter in the Bible is written to the people of God (the Israel of God, the Church). Every part of scripture points us to see the Anointed One, the Promised One, the Messiah, the Savior of our souls.

When you segregate by Jew and Gentile in regard to who the letter is addressed, you do a great disservice to God.

In Galatians there are unredeemed legalists who are attempting to pressure believers to live according to laws that are contrary to the New Covenant and grace. Paul tells the believers to flee from that legalism. Paul knows first hand how legalism binds the hands and drags a person back into slavery to Sin. This is why he wrote to the Church at Galatia.

 

And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. Rev 7:4-8

Rev 14:1-4 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

James 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
James 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.


I wonder if these were foreknown and or predestined?

Amos 3:1,2 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

Well known for sure, but foreknown?

Predestined brethren of the Son?

Hosea 1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

 

*Galatians 3:28-29*
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.

JD, whoever mentored you really missed what God is telling us. He couldn't see the covenants because he created a hyper dispensationalists theory of the Bible.

 

You're trying to ADD to Jesus' words. He said "whoever believes", not "whoever if elect".

 

But Jesus gave Judas the opportunity to repent & truly believe in Him, same as He does everyone alive now.