I have no quarrel with that. We shall all assemble together in heaven.
These verses would not be needed
Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by Iconoclast, Jun 17, 2015.
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Iconoclast Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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They are not written there because of unbelief in John 3:18 Jesus makes it clear. he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Very clear.
Nehemiah 10:33 For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
Numbers 5:7-8,
7 "Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the Lord, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him."
Numbers 6:10-12;
10 "And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
12 And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled."
The Old Testament makes it very clear the blood sacrifice was for the atonement of sin, Christ blood was shed for the Atonement of sin, man's sin.
John 3:36 "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him."
Why does God wrath abide upon him? Because he who "believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath." God wrath is against the sin of unbelief. God's wrath for sin is seen in the Propitiatory sacrifce of Jesus.
15 "That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."
He came to save us from death, First Spiritual death, then Physical Death and finally the second Death.
Revelation 2:11 "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death."
How do we overcome, by Grace through Faith.
Revelation 20:
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
What does Jesus say here in His revelation those who have a part in the FIRST Resurrection aren't hurt by the second death.
Revelation 20:
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
Their works could not save them
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
What is the Second Death, eternal seperation from God in the Lake of Fire, why are they there because of unbelief and Christ saves us from Death.
One last scripture John 5:24,
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."
Believing on God and Christ brings eternal Life, it brings salvation, Christ death Paid the penalty for sin and became the atonement for the whole world. Believing on Him brings us out of Spiritual Death and into Eternal Life. We will not suffer the Second death all because of His Efficacious work on the cross. The sin debt paid gives life to all who believe, those who reject will suffer the Second death and be eternally seperated from God in the Lake of Fire. -
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DHK said: ↑He may have died for the family of God, for the kingdom, for the Bride of Christ, etc.Click to expand...
the meaning of ekklesia which can only mean assemblyClick to expand...
When Jesus is speaking to Peter of the rock that he will build his church he was not expressing anything about the local church. (Matt.16:18)
When Acts 8:3 speaks of Saul starting to "destroy the church" it certainly wasn't speaking of a local church --or assembly.
I could go on and on. Perhaps I will in a new thread on the subject.
Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave Himself up on its behalf,
--My authority is the Bible. The above verse from the LITV should be clear enough.Click to expand...
The "assembly" referred to is the one Paul was writing to, the one at Ephesus.Click to expand...
You make unfounded assertions such as "Christ gave himself for the local church according to Ephesians 5." I had asked you to name N.T. Bible scholars who believe such a thing. Your answer is silence.
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SovereignGrace Well-Known MemberSite SupporterIconoclast said: ↑When Jesus was hanging on the cross......how did the heathen who died that week worldwide hear about it????? In China, South America, Korea, Japan, how did they hear without a preacher?
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
You are suggesting that they did hear? without a preacher?:confused::BangHead::confused: Paul says they do not...you know of any who professed Christ in 35 ad...37 ad...in the rainforest, in Greenland?
where are these people RM? In the land of make believe?Click to expand...
Yes. There were nomads all over this world. I read that when John Eliot came to what later became the USA in the mid-1600's there were between 8-15 million people living in North America. Some of those natives spoke German, French, among other tongues. But during the time of Christ's death, peoples inhabited the earth all the way around it, in my opinion. No doubt people were living in what is now North America, South America, Greenland, Iceland, the Hawaiian Islands, Cuba, Guam, the Fiji Islands, Russia, Poland, United Kingdom, &c.
Now, if they were alive in these remote places during the time of Christ's death and never knew about Christ, how could they be saved? I think Rom. 10-8-17 shows those who never knew about Christ, still died in their sins. -
Revmitchell said: ↑Anyway you have yet to prove anyone has died without hearing about Jesus.Click to expand...
"You have wrongly interpreted Ro. 1:19,20. It doesn't say or imply that everyone will know about Jesus or the Gospel. And in Romans 2:12-15 it speaks of those who have had no knowledge of the Law. Having no knowledge of the Law certainly means they have also not heard of Jesus and the Gospel." -
Iconoclast Well-Known MemberSite SupporterRevmitchell said: ↑Iconoclast said: ↑So you believe God is not capable of getting the gospel to them? Anyway you have yet to prove anyone has died without hearing about Jesus.Click to expand...
The fact is you cannot. There is no one who has claimed this. Do not try and put this novelty upon me.
The question asked was not what God is capable of....the question is show how anyone in these countries heard about Jesus at all.
You cannot...it was nonsense. Idol worship is idolatry and the worship of devils, not the worship of God.
20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.Click to expand...Click to expand... -
Iconoclast Well-Known MemberSite SupporterSovereignGrace said: ↑Yes. There were nomads all over this world. I read that when John Eliot came to what later became the USA in the mid-1600's there were between 8-15 million people living in North America. Some of those natives spoke German, French, among other tongues. But during the time of Christ's death, peoples inhabited the earth all the way around it, in my opinion. No doubt people were living in what is now North America, South America, Greenland, Iceland, the Hawaiian Islands, Cuba, Guam, the Fiji Islands, Russia, Poland, United Kingdom, &c.
Now, if they were alive in these remote places during the time of Christ's death and never knew about Christ, how could they be saved? I think Rom. 10-8-17 shows those who never knew about Christ, still died in their sins.Click to expand... -
Iconoclast Well-Known MemberSite SupporterRevmitchell said: ↑Iconoclast said: ↑Anyway you have yet to prove anyone has died without hearing about Jesus.Click to expand...
RM you have yet to prove a blind man cannot see a rainbow.
You have yet to prove space aliens did not visit earth....
You have yet to prove that spiderman does not exist...
You have yet to prove that leprechauns are not dancing around a pot of gold at the base of every rainbow like we see on a box of lucky charms:laugh:Click to expand...Click to expand... -
SovereignGrace said: ↑Yes. There were nomads all over this world. I read that when John Eliot came to what later became the USA in the mid-1600's there were between 8-15 million people living in North America. Some of those natives spoke German, French, among other tongues. But during the time of Christ's death, peoples inhabited the earth all the way around it, in my opinion. No doubt people were living in what is now North America, South America, Greenland, Iceland, the Hawaiian Islands, Cuba, Guam, the Fiji Islands, Russia, Poland, United Kingdom, &c.
Now, if they were alive in these remote places during the time of Christ's death and never knew about Christ, how could they be saved? I think Rom. 10-8-17 shows those who never knew about Christ, still died in their sins.Click to expand...
How was mankind saved before Jesus came and died on the cross?
Did not Adam teach his descendants to look forward to a savior coming?
Did not Noah also teach to have Faith in a savior to come?
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Rippon said: ↑He may have? There is no uncertainty about it!Click to expand...
It is foolish to fight against truth.
By that you mean only a local congregation. And you are mistaken. As Herman Ridderbos has said, it is the primarily "the description of the church in its totality irrespective of its being scattered over various localities." Only in a secondary sense does the word have reference to the local manifestation.Click to expand...
While in Troas:
Act 20:7 And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
What does that mean?
Act 20:7 And the first day of the week, we being assembled to break bread, Paul discoursed to them, about to depart on the morrow. And he prolonged the discourse till midnight.
--An assembly comes together at one place, not many.
When Jesus is speaking to Peter of the rock that he will build his church he was not expressing anything about the local church. (Matt.16:18)Click to expand...
Christ and his disciples assembled together.
By the day before Pentecost there were the eleven and 120 more. The added to them (the First Baptist Church at Jerusalem) were 3,000 that day. And the Lord added to them (the local church at Jerusalem) DAILY such as should be saved.
When Acts 8:3 speaks of Saul starting to "destroy the church" it certainly wasn't speaking of a local church --or assembly.Click to expand...
I could go on and on. Perhaps I will in a new thread on the subject.Click to expand...
The overwhelming translation of ekklesia in English Bible versions is church. It will do quite nicely.Click to expand...
You are wrong. Besides "Ephesians" was a circular epistle. In 1:1 it doesn't have "Ephesians" in some early manuscripts.Click to expand...
Besides that, the epistles such as Colossians and Ephesians were shared. That doesn't make them circular. He addressed problems that pertained to that particular church.
For example:
Colossians 4:16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
--But Colossians was not a circular letter. It was written specifically to the Colossians.
You make unfounded assertions such as "Christ gave himself for the local church according to Ephesians 5." I had asked you to name N.T. Bible scholars who believe such a thing. Your answer is silence.Click to expand...
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SovereignGrace Well-Known MemberSite Supporterrevmwc said: ↑The question a can be ask a little differently.
How was mankind saved before Jesus came and died on the cross?
Did not Adam teach his descendants to look forward to a savior coming?
Did not Noah also teach to have Faith in a savior to come?
Aren't those folks in remote areas descendants of both these men?Click to expand...
These people were scattered after God said “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.” So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.[Gen. 11:6-9]
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SovereignGrace said: ↑Mankind has always been saved the same way as For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.[1 Cor. 1:21]
These people were scattered after God said “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.” So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.[Gen. 11:6-9]
But salvation has always came by preaching the gospel.Click to expand...
Those who are believers.
Job a man from Uz preached to those unsaved in his area. Abraham whose father worshipped idols was called out by God, who preached the gospel to him?
Enoch preached the gospel and walked with God and was not because God took him?
Through the ages men have witnessed to others and that is the preaching of the gospel.
Prior to Christ death on the cross the was believe on the Savior to come, those who have not heard that Christ came still know and can believe God is sending a savior, that gospel hasn't changed! -
DHK said: ↑No, YOU "may."Click to expand...
You had originally said :
"He may have died for the family of God, for the kingdom, for the Bride of Christ, etc."
I had replied with:
"He may have? There is no uncertainty about it!"
Christ did indeed die for, in the place of, in the stead of the Bride of Christ. The Bride of Christ is the Church. There are many other designations for the Church in the Bible, among them --the sheep, the Beloved, the elect, believers, the called, His children and many more.
There is no may about it. It is a fact.
You "may" call the corporate collective brotherhood of all believers by many different names.Click to expand...
But one name you cannot use is the word "church."Click to expand...
The "ekklesia" always refers to an assembly, a local congregation that can "congregate,"Click to expand...
I am right and he is wrong.Click to expand...
There is no place in scripture where ekklesia cannot be translated as ekklesia or local church.Click to expand...
"And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way."
Consider Ephesians 3:10,21
"His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms."
"to him be glory in the church and in Jesus Christ throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
The word "church" was a generic word with many different meanings which makes the entire doctrine of ecclesiology very confusing. It is a wrong translation, translated "church" only for the political correctness of the Anglican divines. Darby correctly translated it as assembly.Click to expand...
That is an opinion of some. You hold to it. It has the support of only "some" Manuscript evidence, but not a lot. I don't agree.Click to expand...
Peter O'Brien, Bryan Chapell, Harold W. Hoehner (conservative as can be), Klyde Snodgrass, Frank Thielman, A. Skevington Wood are united in the belief.
Others who have not written commentaries on the epistle, but are respected in the field join with the above Daniel Wallace, Craig Blomberg, Bruce Metzger, Philip W. Comfort, D.A. Carson and Doug Moo.
I'm sure many more can be added to the list. But you have the right to disagree with them without availing yourself of their scholarship.
Of course it is silence. I gave you a greater authority--God himself.
Is he not sufficient enough? I believe in sola scriptura. Apparently you do not.Click to expand...
I had told you :"You make unfounded assertions such as 'Christ gave himself for the local church in Ephesians 5.'
"I had asked you to name N.T. Bible scholars who believe such a thing. Your answer is silence."
Then you come up with your ungodly "I believe in sola scriptura. Apparently you do not."
Your dishonest method of operation here on the BB has been constant. It has to stop. You delight in twisting things around.
As an example, Protestant once said :"Every one for whom Christ dioed and rose again will be justified. He rose for our justification."
Then you gave an absurd reply :"You believe in universalism. That is heresy."
If you can't find it within yourself to deal truthfully with others here then take your stuff and go home. -
Rippon said: ↑Your dishonesty is disgraceful.Click to expand...
I have not been dishonest about anything.
You had originally said :
"He may have died for the family of God, for the kingdom, for the Bride of Christ, etc."
I had replied with:
"He may have? There is no uncertainty about it!"
Christ did indeed die for, in the place of, in the stead of the Bride of Christ. The Bride of Christ is the Church. There are many other designations for the Church in the Bible, among them --the sheep, the Beloved, the elect, believers, the called, His children and many more.
There is no may about it. It is a fact.Click to expand...
But if you need to brush up on your English skills perhaps you should take a "Bonehead English" course to improve your grammar and syntax, and just maybe you will understand what I said.
The dishonesty is all yours in declaring I said something I didn't.
You don't get to call the shots --the Bible itself has these designations.Click to expand...
Of course I can use the word Church. Who do you think you are? Go to the majority of translations. Go to the overwhelming number of Bible commentaries --the word Church is used constantly.Click to expand...
The Bible knows no such definition. Is "your church" a denomination."
Again, the Bible knows no such definition.
I don't use the word "church" for that very reason. The word ekklesia means "assembly" or "congregation," a much more accurate translation. It wasn't translated that way because of "political correctness" of some Anglican divines.
In certain contexts it does refer to a local expression of an assembly of believers. But the primary sense is those believers --the called out ones of his from all ages --scattered around the world.Click to expand...
Your definition is wrong. In fact it doesn't even exist.
The word means: "assembly, congregation," and in no way can mean universal church. That would be contrary to its meaning. The only time all believers can assemble together is in heaven.
Oh yeah? What about Ephesians 1:22,23:
"And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way."Click to expand...
First and foremost, it was written to the church at Ephesus. Remember that.
Secondly, Go back and look. It is a prayer. He is praying for the believers of the church in Ephesus.
Third, what here is he referring to in this part of his prayer, and how would the believers in Ephesus understand it?
Eph 1:22 and has put all things under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the assembly,
Eph 1:23 which is his body, the fulness of him who fills all in all:
--Through the resurrection of Christ, all things are under his feet. Christ is the head over this local assembly (as he should be). Is he the Head of your local assembly? Each local assembly is a body of Christ. See 1Cor.1212,13.
Consider Ephesians 3:10,21
"His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms."
"to him be glory in the church and in Jesus Christ throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.Click to expand...
Your concept of a "universal church" did not exist in the first century.
You remain in the distinct minority. As I have said before, the overwhelming majority of English Bible translations render it church. Nearly all Bible commentaries do as well --even your favorities. You are fighting a losing battle.Click to expand...
The two greatest religions in the world today are the RCC and Islam. Of which are you?
As far back as Bishop Ussher it was noted. In the 20th century Ray Steadman held to it. I checked the remarks of many who have written commentaries on Ephesians in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. They all have acknowledged that Ephsians was a circular letter. The name Ephesians does not occur even once in the epistle.
Peter O'Brien, Bryan Chapell, Harold W. Hoehner (conservative as can be), Klyde Snodgrass, Frank Thielman, A. Skevington Wood are united in the belief.
Others who have not written commentaries on the epistle, but are respected in the field join with the above Daniel Wallace, Craig Blomberg, Bruce Metzger, Philip W. Comfort, D.A. Carson and Doug Moo.
I'm sure many more can be added to the list. But you have the right to disagree with them without availing yourself of their scholarship.Click to expand...
You have no integrity.Click to expand...
I had told you :"You make unfounded assertions such as 'Christ gave himself for the local church in Ephesians 5.'
"I had asked you to name N.T. Bible scholars who believe such a thing. Your answer is silence."
Then you come up with your ungodly "I believe in sola scriptura. Apparently you do not."
Your dishonest method of operation here on the BB has been constant. It has to stop. You delight in twisting things around.Click to expand...
I don't care about other scholars; I care about the Word of God, and that is what I gave you; thus I ignored your petty demand. -
DHK said: ↑I have not been dishonest about anything.Click to expand...
I never denied any essential doctrine as you suppose or infer.Click to expand...
There is no maybe about it. His death for his Bride needs no such qualifer as may. He definitively laid down his life for His Bride, His Body, The Church, His elect, The Called-Out Ones, His Beloved, His Inheritance and many other designations for the very same people of God.
I am the one using the Bible.Click to expand...
I don't use the word "church" for that very reason.Click to expand...
First and foremost, it was written to the church at Ephesus.Click to expand...
The two greatest religions in the world today are the RCC and Islam. Of which are you?Click to expand...
Do I care?Click to expand...
That ad hominem has no place here and is totally unfounded.Click to expand...
You never learn. You just follow your sinful inclinations year by year.
Back on 11/19/2013 you said something along the same line to me :"You don't believe in either sola scriptura or the priesthood of the believer do you?"
You post that kind of trash regularly and feel no shame about it. Yet you remain as a "mod" here. Simply astounding.
I don't have to yield to your demands.Click to expand...
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SovereignGrace Well-Known MemberSite Supporterrevmwc said: ↑Who preached the gospel?
Those who are believers.
Job a man from Uz preached to those unsaved in his area. Abraham whose father worshipped idols was called out by God, who preached the gospel to him?
Enoch preached the gospel and walked with God and was not because God took him?
Through the ages men have witnessed to others and that is the preaching of the gospel.
Prior to Christ death on the cross the was believe on the Savior to come, those who have not heard that Christ came still know and can believe God is sending a savior, that gospel hasn't changed!Click to expand...
Here's what I am trying to bring out. After God dispersed them throughout all the earth, they eventually fell into paganism over the years. Look at all the gods the Moabites had. Look at the gods of the the Philistines. Asia is probably the biggest pagan continent we have, in my opinion.
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Rippon said: ↑You're not telling the truth.
You said that "He may have died for the family of God, for the kingdom, for the Bride of Christ, etc."
There is no maybe about it. His death for his Bride needs no such qualifer as may. He definitively laid down his life for His Bride, His Body, The Church, His elect, The Called-Out Ones, His Beloved, His Inheritance and many other designations for the very same people of God.Click to expand...
The subject was "YOU," and it was "YOU" that I was addressing, though it was inferred and you apparently couldn't understand me because of your lack of English skills.
Let me reword it for you. I may have to take a step backward and go back to grade three or four level English.
This goes all the way back to post #37 made on June 19th and you have been bickering about it ever since.
Rippon:
Christ died for the Church --international in scope throughout all ages. Christ died for the elect --the called-out ones. I don't know where you are getting "purchased all biblically based churches composed of such obedient believers."Click to expand...DHK:
He may have died for the family of God, for the kingdom, for the Bride of Christ, etc. but he did not die for "The Church." There is no "Church," unless you believe in the RCC. This mystic, universal, invisible, imaginary Church does not exist. It cannot. It defies the meaning of ekklesia which can only mean assembly and can only exist in time and space. It assembles--together, is organized, has purpose--carries out the Great Commission; baptizes new converts, and remembers to celebrate the Lord's Table. I have never seen a universal invisible Church do those things.Click to expand...Click to expand...
Look, Rippon:
You may have the liberty to say: Christ died for the family of God, for the kingdom, for the Bride of Christ, etc., but you do not have the liberty to say Christ died for "The Church"....
Do you understand now.
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DHK said: ↑I know you spend time in KoreaClick to expand...
You may have the liberty to say: Christ died for the family of God, for the kingdom, for the Bride of Christ, etc., but you do not have the liberty to say Christ died for "The Church"...
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You are odd. You are claiming that I am not allowed to proclaim that Christ died for the Church?! You are being absurd. What kind of popish powers do you think you have Mr. Pontiff? Have you turned into Obama? He shreds the Constitution. What you are shredding is the Word of God.
How do you have the gall to make that kind of nonsensical statement?
Of course Christ died for the Church. I have emphasized a number of synonyms for Church in the Scripture. You need to study the Word.
In John 10 Jesus said that he lays down his life for the sheep. The sheep are his. He is not referencing anyone else. He gives them, and them alone eternal life.
In Acts 20:28 Paul tells us that the church of God has been bought with his own blood. It doesn't say the church and everyone else.
In Ephesians 5:25 Paul informs us that Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
Before the creation of the world the Father predestinated certain ones through Jesus Christ. Those individuals are the elect. The names of the elect were written in the Lamb's Book of Life before time began. Those alone are the ones who inherit the promises including eternal life. They alone receive salvation.
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