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The Definition Of “Foreknowledge”

Baptizo

Active Member
Your premise seems based on redefining a poor translation choice to support crystal ball knowledge of the future.

Nobody is suggesting that God has to refer to a third-party source in order to gain knowledge about what the future looks like.
 

JesusFan

Well-Known Member
1 Peter 1:1-2 - Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 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.

Foreknowledge - To have awareness of something before it happens or exists.

Why do some change the definition to mean that something is determined to happen or exist?
We would link this to what John stated when he said to us that we are saved not by our will, but elect and saved by very will of God, so God is directly involved in election process, just just a mere observer
 

Ben1445

Active Member
Ben,
We can see you want to oppose truth here. You back up a few verses and now try to suggest that Adoption is the full context?
Ben, how about 8:1 :
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Looks like Paul gives the context of this chapter right here.
1] No condemnation

2] to those who are In Christ

3] Who have the Spirit indwelling them

9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

All of Chapter 8 is about this.... It looks as if you want to fragment it. You do not accept what the teaching indicates, so you try and explain it away . Do you think it is possible, that on an emotional level you do not like the idea of what this teaches so you will look for any "possible loophole to explain it away? It seems as if you heard a voice from Heaven saying Ben this is the truth, you might look to explain it away.
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Yes it is about adoption. You can’t just skip over the expectation of the creature in verse 19 and say you are following context. I will lay back against you the charge of emotional bias. I hadn’t thought of emotions as being part of the discussion. I reread the chapter every time we go over this. The more I study, the more I see that the Calvinist must warp the definitions of certain words to fit their ideology. Not alter, just bend. It’s close. You can argue the point and feel logical but you are still departing from every NT use of the word.
 

JesusFan

Well-Known Member
Thanks for asking a question. You may know know how God accurately declares the end from the beginning. It is not by looking into the future and declaring what will occur in the fixed future. That is crystal ball theology and is as bogus as a 3 dollar bill.

When God declares something will happen, He then "fulfills" that declaration by causing whatever was declared to happen by intervening as necessary.

I am saying God has no idea of what will happen in the future? Yes and No. Events in the future which He plans to fulfill He knows. Events in the future He has chosen not to know, He does not know. God could establish a fixed future with Him knowing every detail, but scripture is very clear, that is not what God has chosen to do. Why? He says things happen by "chance." Thus He allows at lease some aspects of an unfixed future, which of course, provides for our autonomous choices and our responsibility for those choices. God is not the author of sin, which would be the case if God had fixed the future.
You are describing here the heretical God of Open Theism, not the One of the Bible though
 

Ben1445

Active Member
Ben,
We can see you want to oppose truth here. You back up a few verses and now try to suggest that Adoption is the full context?
Ben, how about 8:1 :
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Looks like Paul gives the context of this chapter right here.
1] No condemnation

2] to those who are In Christ

3] Who have the Spirit indwelling them

9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

All of Chapter 8 is about this.... It looks as if you want to fragment it. You do not accept what the teaching indicates, so you try and explain it away . Do you think it is possible, that on an emotional level you do not like the idea of what this teaches so you will look for any "possible loophole to explain it away? It seems as if you heard a voice from Heaven saying Ben this is the truth, you might look to explain it away.
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Let’s talk about the subject matter and let the subject matter speak for itself. When you are running out of answers for a doctrine that is not supported by Scripture, is not the time to tell me that I oppose your “truth.”
 

Ben1445

Active Member
We would link this to what John stated when he said to us that we are saved not by our will, but elect and saved by very will of God, so God is directly involved in election process, just just a mere observer
He would have to be involved. He offered Himself to do a job we can’t do. We can’t save ourselves without Him. That doesn’t equal Reformed doctrine exclusively.
 

JesusFan

Well-Known Member
He would have to be involved. He offered Himself to do a job we can’t do. We can’t save ourselves without Him. That doesn’t equal Reformed doctrine exclusively.
It all depends if one holds to us being in Adam spiritually dead, or if merely wounded and still able to partially function
 

Zaatar71

Active Member
Ben,
We can see you want to oppose truth here. You back up a few verses and now try to suggest that Adoption is the full context?
Ben, how about 8:1 :
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Looks like Paul gives the context of this chapter right here.
1] No condemnation

2] to those who are In Christ

3] Who have the Spirit indwelling them

9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

All of Chapter 8 is about this.... It looks as if you want to fragment it. You do not accept what the teaching indicates, so you try and explain it away . Do you think it is possible, that on an emotional level you do not like the idea of what this teaches so you will look for any "possible loophole to explain it away? It seems as if you heard a voice from Heaven saying Ben this is the truth, you might look to explain it away.

Yes it is about adoption. You can’t just skip over the expectation of the creature in verse 19 and say you are following context. I will lay back against you the charge of emotional bias. I hadn’t thought of emotions as being part of the discussion. I reread the chapter every time we go over this. The more I study, the more I see that the Calvinist must warp the definitions of certain words to fit their ideology. Not alter, just bend. It’s close. You can argue the point and feel logical but you are still departing from every NT use of the word.
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Adoption is a part of Romans 8 for sure. No one said it was not part of it. You are looking to avoid the truth however, so you can continue if you want. No one is warping anything. You are just trying to avoid the issue/ You are consistently missing the discussion points
 

Ben1445

Active Member
It all depends if one holds to us being in Adam spiritually dead, or if merely wounded and still able to partially function
That is a distraction.
You assume that I believe the exact opposite of you. We are not diametrically opposed. We disagree on some points. We have the ability to respond to God.
 

Ben1445

Active Member
Yes it is about adoption. You can’t just skip over the expectation of the creature in verse 19 and say you are following context. I will lay back against you the charge of emotional bias. I hadn’t thought of emotions as being part of the discussion. I reread the chapter every time we go over this. The more I study, the more I see that the Calvinist must warp the definitions of certain words to fit their ideology. Not alter, just bend. It’s close. You can argue the point and feel logical but you are still departing from every NT use of the word.
Adoption is a part of Romans 8 for sure. No one said it was not part of it. You are looking to avoid the truth however, so you can continue if you want. No one is warping anything. You are just trying to avoid the issue/ You are consistently missing the discussion points
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You have only avoided the issues that I have with your position.
Instead of answering, you said I’m not listening to you.
I am searching the Scripture and I don’t find what you say to be correct. The equivalent of “I’m right. You’re wrong,” is not a legitimate answer.
I’m waiting for you to stop saying that I am avoiding the issue, and actually get to the issue.
 

Brightfame52

Well-Known Member
You would apply force to make something happen. F=ma, it means work is accomplished. Something was made to happen.
Follow along.
Thats you bringing up force, dont put words into peoples mouth, thats evil and dishonest. Gods Power can make someone willing to do His will Ps 110:3

3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

God can make/cause someone to do something, and yet they do it as willingly as they wanted to.
 
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