steaver
And therein lies the problem, in your mind you have blocked the obvious message given in the Scripture.
A closer examination shows that it is you who are ignoring the scripture here Steaver.....let see how you do this....
You have done much emphasizing with bold, yet you miss the most important message and do not highlight it with bold
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These parts in bold are the context of the statement.You completely ignore the bolded portions because it does not fit your idea. The Covenant curses are coming to bear upon Israel...right here...right now....Have you ever read deut 28-33.....take alook at it, then come back here...and actually ...you could re-read Mt 20-25...as one unit to see the teaching. If you want to ignore it...we will not have any agreement at all........
the message Jesus repeated for us in the NT
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the lament of God
This is man centered nonsense.God deals in covenant salvation...and covenant curses......no man centered god ..lamenting, feeling down, a bit depressed perhaps.....hey maybe this man centered god could schedule a session with Dconn and discuss his bondage to strongholds of fear and doubt!
for those whom He strongly desired to come to Him
You insert this language here when it is not in the text.appealing to 1 tim 2 out of context does not help you.
and let Him be there personal God
...and "let him be"......really...let him be....their "personalGod"......news flash...
God is God of the saved and lost.We do not "let him"...do anything...the biblical God does all His good pleasure.I cannot take this seriously when you depart from the biblical language and substitute uncle steavers storytime:thumbsup: since you did not take the time to look ...I will put part of it here for you steaver so you can see hw your philosophy is ignoring the facts here....paul even quotes part of this in Romans 10...if you want to study it out...
16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
19 And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
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I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.
28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
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O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?
31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
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To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
36 For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment;
I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people:
for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of
the people.
Lament indeed:thumbsup:
.....O Jerusalem, Jerusalem....."how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings..."
This is God's lamenting, we already know their freewill choice...."ye would not!".
Free will does not exist except in secular philosophy books and man centered wrong theology.
It is not as the Calvinist rewords it in his own mind to read as "ye could not!".
As long as you try and force your agenda....anti cal....you will repeat your errors over and over.
"Would Not" = "Choice of two options"
Would not.....man in rebellion against God.There is not ....2 options ....it is not multiple choice. All men everywhere are fully responsible to obey the 10 commandments perfectly....it is not an option...but a responsibility. No two options...only ONE RESPONSIBILITY
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
rebellious man and rebellious mans theology want to blame God for mans sin.like Lucifer....they say....I WILL....all such self will is rebellion against God.
The fact that Winman agreed with you is enough reason to conduct a self examination....if you agree with him on anything...it is most likely error and as many have pointed out...if you want to get a handle on theology...see what winman posts...BELIEVE the exact opposite...and you will have truth:laugh: