"To this day" (Deut 29), no eyes? New day (Deut 30) "Choose life!"
OT no eyes NT no eyes.
Don't you see? JN 12:39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere: 40 "He has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn--and I would heal them."
Matt 13:13 This is why I speak to them in parables: "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
Now this would make me worry if I was you!
Sure it's irresistible, sinner as I am, but if I was you skypair, I'd be worried for me as well, PR 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
I don't worry. This has a whole set of problems associated with it but who cares?
The first thing I would do if I was you is ask myself, "Do I understand these parables that Jesus said were not given to unbelievers?"
That's the opposite of my best plan. I did what the disciples did and ignored the implied insult and asked Jesus what He meant with His parables.
Since He told me what they mean then I use that as proof of my standing. I know where the good soil came from.
And then I would ask myself if I understand the "mysteries" --- because believers are supposed to understand them (1Cor 2:6) but you clearly don't understand regeneration -- the "mystery of God in us." See, you think you have it before you even believe!
JN 3:3 In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. "
I was saved from eternity but only learnt of it recently.
Relatively speaking that is.
And then I would ask myself if I understand the "mysteries"...
Do you know what the mysteries are?
"How come I didn't believe the very instant the gospel was presented to me??
I still didn't want to know after Jesus spoke to me. It took Him 16 years to draw me back. Some ammo for you.
What kept me -- 'born again,' elect of God -- from starting to live a holy life from the first day that I entered church??"
God did and still does. Why, are you holier than me? I accept Rom 3 you don't. I am a dirty rotten sinner incapable of good are you not so? ' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. ' I'd worry if I were you as you do not believe the death of Christ secures the sheep as safely as they were secure before He sacrificed Himself.
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