DocTrinsoGrace
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"You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you..." (John 15:16a NASB)
What is the Pelagian/Arminian/Finneyian Baptist interpretation?
Note: I do not intend to initiate a polemic debate on the question. Nor do I care to hear from any that are not actually members in good standing and in regular attendance of a genuine Baptist church.
Here are the answers I received (from qualified participants) in the last thread:
1. Dispensational interpretation (Yeshua1): Christ prevented everyone except the disciples from choosing; now everyone chooses
2. Linguistic interpretation (Winman): The disciples made a choice, regardless; it was a different kind of choice than the one Christ was talking about
3. Missiological interpretation (BobRyan): The choosing was entirely missiological, there was nothing of soteriology in the statement
I was expecting a bit more of a consensus, indeed, the diversity in interpretation came as a surprise.
Nonetheless, thank you -- to the qualified participants -- for your time and response.