Where Did Our Faith Come From?

[Charlie24]

That's the difference in hearing with the ear and hearing with the heart.

Those "atheists and heretics" have heard with the ears but have already made the decision they don't want Christ.

They cannot hear from the heart just as the Pharisee's could not hear, they have already made that choice.

@atpollard

Paul said, "it is with the heart that man believes unto righteousness..."

Man can hear the Gospel all the day long, but if his heart is set in his own lusts he cannot hear from the heart to be saved.

The hearing of the Gospel is of none effect to him.

 

[atpollard]

That's the difference in hearing with the ear and hearing with the heart.

We Particular Baptists posit that God is the one who empowers individuals to hear with the heart: “A woman named Lydia was listening; [she was] a seller of purple fabrics from the city of Thyatira, [and] a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.” - Acts 16:14 [NASB]

 

[Brightfame52]

That's the Calvinist Handbook you're falling back on, BF.

It's Jesus word Jn 8:43

 

[Charlie24]

We Particular Baptists posit that God is the one who empowers individuals to hear with the heart: “A woman named Lydia was listening; [she was] a seller of purple fabrics from the city of Thyatira, [and] a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.” - Acts 16:14 [NASB]

Yes, and her heart was open to God, as the Scripture says of her, "14, which worshipped God."

Her heart was with God and He opened her heart to Christ that she might be saved.

Her worshipping God was not enough, she needed Christ and she on the spot believed.

 

[Brightfame52]

BF you have seen the clear text but you still refuse to accept it as it does not fit your warped theory of salvation.

Cannot means they don't have the ability to hear!

 

[Silverhair]

Cannot means they don't have the ability to hear!

So since they are deaf then why does Jesus condemn them for not hearing?

 

[Charlie24]

Cannot means they don't have the ability to hear!

Ok, BF, your heart is closed to what we are trying to point out.

The rest is in the hands of God.

But I can't help but like you, you've always been thoughtful and considerate through the years.

I wish you the best my friend, but I have to let go of all this.

May the Lord bless you and kept you in the faith.

 

[Brightfame52]

So since they are deaf then why does Jesus condemn them for not hearing?

That is God's prerogative, yet cannot hear means inability Jn 8:43

 

[Brightfame52]

Ok, BF, your heart is closed to what we are trying to point out.

That is you, it can't be said any plainer that some can't hear the word of God Jn 8:43