[P-Marlowe]

All of which attends to the accomplishment of His Perfect, Ultimate Will -- to Save the Elect, and Damn the Reprobate.

Yes because his ultimate perfect will is accomplished by saving those who come to him and damning those who die in their sins.

God is both perfectly holy and perfectly merciful. His holiness demands that no one who has the stain of sin on them can enter into the kingdom of heaven. This is reflected in Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death...

But God's mercy allows man an opportunity to escape death which also reflected in Rom 6:23 .....but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

God's perfect will according to his holiness is that no one can enter the kingdom of God who is sinful.

God's perfect will according to his mercy is that all will be saved (1 Tim 2:4) and that all will come to repentance 2 Pet 3:9.

His Ultimate will is accomplished by both his holiness and his mercy. That those who come to Christ will be saved (mercy) and those who refuse to come to him will be refused entrance into the presence of God and eternally damned (Holiness).

The Ulitimate Perfect will of God is accomplished through the permissive will of God. I.e., the Gospel is freely offered to all men and all men are given the ability and the opportunity to positively respond. Those who respond positively will receive God's mercy and those who respond negatively will receive the judgement of God's holiness.

Its simple really.

And who would have thought that you and I would actually agree on somethng? :-)

[P-Marlowe]

It appears that some people are just bound and determined to see this thread disappear.

I wonder why?

BTW, I've saved it up to this point. If it gets deleted, then freep mail me if you want a copy.

[harbingr]

You stated...

'His Ultimate will is accomplished by both his holiness and his mercy. That those who come to Christ will be saved (mercy) and those who refuse to come to Him will be refused entrance into the presence of God and be eternally damned (Holiness).
It's simple really. '

Well Said...

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

The Ulitimate Perfect will of God is accomplished through the permissive will of God. I.e., the Gospel is freely offered to all men and all men are given the ability and the opportunity to positively respond. Those who respond positively will receive God's mercy and those who respond negatively will receive the judgement of God's holiness.

Of course, all that being said...

• The Bible is adamant that a Spiritually Dead Man WILL NEVER believe on Jesus and repent unto Him while that Man remains spiritually dead (Romans 8:5-8); and...
• The Bible is adamant that a Man must be Spiritually Regenerated in order to believe, and that Regeneration is monergistically effected by God Alone without any action of Will on the part of the Man (John 1:13); therefore...
• We know beyond question that the ONLY individuals who ever DO believe on Jesus and Repent unto Him are specifically those whom God has Unconditionally Elected to grant Regeneration unto Belief, and that all other individuals -- whom God has, of His own pleasure, unconditionally chosen to leave Unregenerate -- will ALWAYS REJECT Jesus, for that is what a Spiritually Dead Man will wlays do: reject God.

And if anyone says that a Spiritually Dead Man will ever Believe on Jesus and Repent unto Him without the prior monergistic regeneration by the Holy Spirit, that man is just a False Preacher; a False Preacher whose "Gospel" is nothing but the Edenic Lie of Satan -- that Men are not really Spiritually Dead.