Many say that everyone is allowed the "option" to be saved. The bible says that ALL are worthy of death in Hell and only those that God chose to have Jesus meet the just demands of the law for, will be saved by His atoning death and ressurrection. THIS is true grace. Man's "gospel", that makes man's decision the "enabling" part of salvation, is NOT the Gospel. Grace is not grace if it's man's action's that enable it. See John 6:65.
2006-09-29 01:23:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Wow are you on the wrong thread........ or is this a cry for help?
2006-09-29 02:31:08 · answer #1 · answered by quay_grl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible clearly states that it is the WILL of God that ALL be saved and come into the knowledge of the truth. In the same book in fact, John 3:16 also notes that Jesus died that all may have eternal life. Not some, (we are all by the way, predestined), not a few. He wills all to be saved.
Romans Chapter 5:18 "Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life."
Therefore the Grace. Whether we act on it or not, it is still Grace.
2006-09-29 01:38:19 · answer #2 · answered by 4-Wondering 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is God's grace that he is willing to put up with us and allow us to come to him no matter who or what we are.It is our choice to go to him and ask forgiveness. All who ask sincerely and believe in Jesus dying for our sins are forgiven. Jesus said "Whomsoever believer in me", there are no qualifiers on that statement. You are trying to over complicate and over think a very simple thing. God made it easy because we are such idiots we always look for loop holes and complications. If it wasn't easy we would all fail.
2006-09-29 01:47:43 · answer #3 · answered by golden oldy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and was raised again." 2 Cor 5: 14,15.
The verse which you quote means (to me) that God draws people to Himself and that when we accept Him it is not entirely our own spontaneous action, but the result of our responding to His readiness to receive us through the promptings of the Holy Spirit. He is there, waiting and wanting us to come to Him and if we choose to do so, then we shall certainly be accepted through Christ's atoning death, which was for all mankind. "He came unto that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." (John 1:11-12). The offer is there (therein lies the grace), but God will never force us to take it up.
2006-09-29 01:42:29 · answer #4 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
according to revelations only seven hundred, seven thousand tribes of the jewish nation will make it into the kingdom of heaven--no one else. Christians don't read that part, though, otherwise they'd realise that they're religion is futile and self depricating.
2006-09-29 08:40:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Did I miss the point?
2006-09-29 01:30:39 · answer #6 · answered by Gone fishin' 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No..False..God sent He's son to die for ALL of us. We have a choice. To believe or not to. It's our choice/..
2006-10-02 13:39:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I wanted to be preached to I would go to church!
2006-09-29 01:31:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
oh...I thought living on this planet was hell
2006-09-29 01:31:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋