Granted Christ died for us while we were yet sinners, but that given ransom for redemption is not applied until He enables us to believe.
Could one die and be lost before he/He gets around to enabling one to believe?
I vote no, therefore you are redeemed before you believe.
That would preclude receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit at that born again of the Spirit moment of salvation for the believer.
If you are applying predestination as if one is redeemed before they believe, then what is the point of being born again of the Spirit except that moment when you are redeemed?
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
They have to be saved to become His sheep.
Romans 8:9 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.
The redeemed Saul heard the voice of Jesus, Jesus knew Saul giving him the Spirit of truth/adoption and Saul believed and followed Him.
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Not sure how much you are skipping in arriving at that conclusion here.
The persecutor, Saul, heard the voice of Jesus and was stopped in his tracks on the way to Damascus from persecuting more Christians.
While blind, the Lord raised up Ananias to go to Saul for this purpose below.
Acts 9:17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest,
hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
Although Saul was a potential believer, Saul was not saved yet until he had received the promise of the Holy Spirit.
So how can someone redeemed be blinded? How can someone be redeemed before they had received the Holy Spirit?
I agree that the redemption was there before a sinner is saved by believing in Jesus Christ but they are not born again of the Spirit and thus hence received that redemption until they believe for when they are saved.
1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.......21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God,
it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Why would God be pleased to save those that believe if they were already redeemed before they had believed?
I am not sure how you guys can defend that line of thinking when it is the same as putting the cart before the horse.