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Balaam showed No Free Will
Discussion in 'Calvinism & Arminianism Debate' started by AustinC, Nov 9, 2020.
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Still waiting to see biblical support for these claims, helpfully numbered for you:
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Deal with Adam.
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I named them.
Ephesians 2:1-9
John 6, John 10 and John 17
Matthew 25
Romans 3, 8 and 9
Acts 13
Hebrews 11-12:3
We don't "choose to receive grace." The thief on the cross proves this as well as Saul (Paul) on the road to Damascus.
If we choose...we get to boast.
God chooses to give His grace to His predestined and adopted children whom He knew before the foundation of the world. God tells us in Matthew 1 that Jesus came to "save HIS people from their sins."
Grace is only grace if God is the one giving it without regard to whether a human agrees to receive it. Saul wanted nothing to do with Jesus. God didn't care about Saul's opinion. God saved Saul despite his searing hatred of Jesus. That...is grace. God...giving us...what we don't deserve.
Grace is not...God offering...and then we choose. If you believe that, then you are a Roman Catholic who believes in merited favor. -
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For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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"..(8) Note that Josephus never supposes Balaam to be an idolater, nor to seek idolatrous enchantments, or to prophesy falsely, but to be no other than an ill-disposed prophet of the true God; and intimates that God's answer the second time, permitting him to go, was ironical, and on design that he deceived (which sort of deception, by way of punishment for former crimes, Josephus never scruples to admit, as ever esteeming such wicked men justly and providentially deceived)....."
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Saul was not "saved" on the Damascus road. Like the similar religious leaders mentioned above, he was already in the category "chosen people" as those addressed in Ezekiel 33 and Deuteronomy 28. He was a Pharisee "faultless with regard to the righteousness of the law" (Philippians 3:6). You can't have it both ways.
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I used to follow your Let's Make A Deal, Roman Catholic, merit-based, legalism method of salvation. I kept reading the Bible and God opened my eyes to his amazing grace.
I can only pray you will see how much you belittle God by lifting up man. -
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You make humans the cause agent that effects God into saving them.
The Bible shows us that God is the cause agent and the effect is our faithful belief.
All the Bible. Regards and Adios. -
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Revelation 22:17 - "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely." -
The answer is no.
Adam was hiding and God had to search for him. Like hide and seek.
Adam was afraid because he was naked. Adam could see himself from outside of himself. In other words self reflection was not part of the original composition of Adam since it wouldn’t be necessary. Why self reflect if you are already a holy and perfectly righteous being?
Once sin entered Adam he died spiritually and lost all desire to know God, he became irretrievably lost.
Lagi, think about this, the hyper Calvinist’ are not commenting on Adam hiding himself. Why? Let me know if you give up. So I can give you my observation about it. Thx
Blessings
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