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Paul: Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.

@Silverhair: Is there unrighteousness with God?

Paul: God forbid. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.

Paul: So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will be hardeneth.

@Silverhair: Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?

Paul: Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?

 

What's your point KY? Have I said God is unrighteous? NO. Actually in my many posts I have shown just how righteous God is. As the bible says He is just and the justifier of those that believe in Him.

What I have said and scripture proves is that the lost are allowed to seek God and God actually expects them to do so.

Your post shows that you actually do not understand the text you posted.

Paul: For I am not ashamed of 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

Paul: What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not! For He says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion." Rom 9:14-15

Paul: that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame." Rom 10:9-11

Paul: For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved." Rom 10:12-13

Paul: For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience, even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy. Rom 11:30-31

Paul: For God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all. Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! Rom 11:32-33

 

Still no attempt to engage Romans 9.

Your man made secular philosophy that denies the Word of God is sad. Your continuous denied of the truth of scripture is sad. Your attempt to dismiss the sacrifice of Jesus as simple one of many ways people come to salvation makes a mockery of Jesus

peace to you

 

Now if we went by what @Dr. Bob said that God has to make them hear, repent and believe. Then God is logically responsible for all those that do not hear, repent and believe. That is unless you think man can actually make real choices such as the bible clearly says but which calvinism denies. Then man would actually be responsible for rejecting God.

Those that reject God as Pharaoh did and as many people still do God will harden their hearts and rightly so. But those that respond in faith to the various means that God uses to draw people to Himself will not be hardened.

So God has mercy on those that trust in Him and He hardens those that continue to reject Him.

We see this principle clearly in Pharaoh, the Pharisees that denied Christ, the Judaizers that opposed Paul and we still see it in many people that oppose the biblical message today.

You just do not like the fact that your view of Rom 9 is faulty. But since you do not seem to be able to be honest in your comments here is what I posted before.

Now if we went by what @Dr. Bob said that God has to make them hear, repent and believe. Then God is logically responsible for all those that do not hear, repent and believe. That is unless you think man can actually make real choices such as the bible clearly says but which calvinism denies. Then man would actually be responsible for rejecting God.

Those that reject God as Pharaoh did and as many people still do God will harden their hearts and rightly so. But those that respond in faith to the various means that God uses to draw people to Himself will not be hardened.

So God has mercy on those that trust in Him and He hardens those that continue to reject Him.

We see this principle clearly in Pharaoh, the Pharisees that denied Christ, the Judaizers that opposed Paul and we still see it in many people that oppose the biblical message today.


Take off those distorting glasses you wear and actually read the text of the bible not the text of your calvinism.

Why would I bother engaging your faulty understanding of Rom 9. The bible is clear so I will just go with it.

You are the one that has to prove your view is correct but since you cannot to continue to try to deflect from the errant philosophy called calvinism. Remember Augustine introduced pagan philosophy into the church and Calvin and those that followed him carried it forward to today. Your DoG are linked to pagan philosophy so you need to justify your position. But since you cannot you rail against those that point out your error.

 

There you go again Bob. You continue to read scripture through the lens of your calvinism rather than just trust the bible. You error again when you say a person has to be regenerated/saved prior to them being able to seek God.

I have to ask you why do you bother preaching the gospel message? Or perhaps you have never asked people to trust in God for their salvation.

I agree Christ came to seek sinners and since we are all sinners that means He came to seek all of us. He died to cover the sins of us all and God desires all to come to Him and all of us can be saved through trusting in Him but in your twisted philosophy God did not do any of those things.

 

How do those doctrines question God's sovereignty?

 

They are not biblical so it will cause people to question the truth of God and thus His sovereignty.

Also they require God to only act in the way that the DoG state.

The question for you is why would you use a false doctrine to support the sovereignty of God?

But I see that you agree that the DoG came from pagan philosophy.

 

In your opinion they are not biblical, but those of us who believe them believe that they are. That is why the statements of faith of local churches today that believe them include scriptural references, so do the historical confessions of faith they are based on, like the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith.

They don't "require God only to act in the way that the DoG state." The whole point of the sovereignty of God is that He does all His holy will - we cannot require Him to act in a certain way.

I don't need a false doctrine to support the sovereignty of God - the bible makes clear that God is sovereign in many places, for example:

“Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and [there is] no other; I am God, and there is]none like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’” (Isa 46:9-10 NKJV)

I certainly don't have any idea of where you got the idea that I agree that the DoG came from pagan philosophy. I have had a quick look at my recent posts in this thread, but I cannot see anything to suggest such a thing - I don't believe that.

 

All those words and you remain unable to engage Romans 9 beyond claiming my view is faulty.

Your false doctrine that many are saved having never heard the gospel makes a mockery of the sacrifice of our Lord Jesus.

Your attempt to deflect from this obvious truth by claiming you believe in God’s sovereignty and anyone who disagrees with you rejects God’s sovereignty, ignores the truth found in 1 Corinthians 1 that God, in His SOVEREIGNTY, ordained the method/means by which all who are saved must be save; the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

You ignore scripture that conflicts with your secular, man made philosophy and attack any who points out your many errant views.

It is a waste of cyber space to attempt to dialog with you, so I am done. You can have the last word.

Please attempt to say something beyond the cowpie you usually spew.

peace to you

 

I understand that those that believe the DoG think they biblical but the JW's and Mormons think they are Christians. Just because you think they are biblical does not make them biblical. The DoG calls the character of God into question.

The whole philosophy of calvinism can be traced back to Augustine who incorporated views from Stocism, Neoplatonism, Gnosticism and Manicheanism into his theology which Calvin carried forward and which we still see in calvinism/reformed/PB's today in your DoG and other teachings.

That philosophy has taken Gods' universal offer of salvation and through abuse of scripture made it into a lie.

I do find it odd that you would say that under your philosophy God can do as He pleases.

You did not question the fact that the DoG came from pagan philosophy at the time. But as you can see the roots of that philosophy is pagan. Augustine made the mistake of running to his prior pagan learning rather than just hold to scripture in his disagreement with Pelagius.