Featured Justification by Faith !

I imagine you’re a legend in your own mind.

 

Why do you make such comments KY.

I make no secret that I see calvinism as an errant view of scripture.

You support that view so are you a legend in your own mind KY?

 

Again BF context shows that you are misusing scripture in support of your errant view. The Jews that Christ was speaking to rejected Him of their own free will even though they had sufficient knowledge of who He was.

We see evidence of this where Jesus tells the Jews that they have rejected Him (Joh_5:40) despite studying the Scriptures which reveal Him (Joh_5:38-39).

Joh 5:38 "But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe.
Joh 5:39 "You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.

God sent His Son to die for the sins of all and whoever believes in the Lord Jesus Christ through saving faith will be the elect of God.

Joh 1:11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
Joh 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:

Even though man loves the darkness that does not mean that he can not see the light and come to it.

Total depravity does not mean total inability.

Jesus teaches free will here.

 

God justifies "by" faith. But just what this means is left for inference.

1) The Greek preposition translated (in Romans 3:30) as "by" is "ek" meaning out from or arising from, and is frequently best translated as "based on" which I have addressed numerous times.

2) The Greek preposition translated (in Romans 3:30) as "through" is "dia" meaning by means of, and would best be translated as "by means of acquired faith. The Jews already believed in God and His promises, the Gentiles had to first acquire that faith.

Justification of sinners occurs based on God crediting our faith in Christ's faithful sacrifice as righteousness.

 

Man's nature is adapted to hearing and receiving the truth of God. That's why we are told Paul proclaimed the gospel. "...the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek". Rom 1:16

The bible is clear that man can and many do hear the gospel and believe unto salvation. "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name" Joh 1:12 So they're born of God by the will of God after they receive Christ.

Joh 1:13 who were born,

not of blood, {through having Christian parents}

nor of the will of the flesh, {the person can not save themselves}

nor of the will of man, {no man can save another person}

but of God. {By His grace because of their faith}

Those who hear and believe will be saved by the grace of God. "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God," Epn 2:8

 

That is what the bible says but that does not preclude them trusting in God for their salvation.

 

Yes Christ is the light of the world and like any light it will dispel the dark. Now as we all know not everyone likes the light but those that do will come to it.

That is why Christ made this offer.

Mat 11:28 "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Mat 11:29 "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.
Mat 11:30 "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."

Christ tells the poor, lost, ruined sinner, the man “burdened” with a consciousness of his transgressions, to come to him, to believe in him, and to trust him, and him only, for salvation.

If it were impossible for a lost sinner to seek God then why would Christ tell them to do what they could not do? Would that not be a lie on God’s part?

Mat 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Luk 13:24 "Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

But as you know many will not turn to Christ in faith. Not because they can not but because they will not.

Joh 5:40 "But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

Paul under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit spoke these words to the men of Athens.

Act 17:26 "And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,

Act 17:27 "so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;

Was God once again being disingenuous, or is it really possible for men to seek God?

You come to the false conclusion that because some men will not come to Christ then all men will not come to Christ. But the bible shows that your view is in error.

As Augustine said: “There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.”

 

You are simply repeating nonsense.
Everyone believing into Him is a conditional promise. Full stop!!!!!

 

That seems to be the point you are missing BF. God justifies but He only justifies those that believe.

"by faith" & "through faith" There is no difference in the meaning of these expressions. Both tell us that faith is the instrumental cause of justification, or acceptance with God. To put it is simple terms, no faith no justification.

 

You just keep proving that your command of the English language is wanting.

If one does not have faith/believe in Christ they will not be justified.

You have people saved before they believe. That is an unbiblical view.

But then it is a calvinist one so that shows that calvinism is unbiblical.

 

Did anyone say God did not say He would justify Jews based on their existing faith or that He would justify non-Jews based on their recently acquired faith? Nope

 

Bingo, @Silverhair is an unbeliever in this respect. We believe the scriptures pertaining to Sovereign Grace, he does not believe.