Ah, then we are in agreement. God does give different gifts to different people at different times in order to nudge them along the path that they really ought to follow. All men get His gifts.
Whoaaaaaaa up. I thought that I was instructed that the non-elect do NOT do God’s will. Now you tell me that even the non believers do God’s will. I am confused and confounded. Which one is it?
How can we do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with our God if nothing we do matters? And why should anything that stops us from doing one of the three be resisted? What are the consequences?
How would you characterize the differences between the outgoing and inward callings?
Whoaaaaaaa up. I thought that I was instructed that the non-elect do NOT do God’s will. Now you tell me that even the non believers do God’s will. I am confused and confounded. Which one is it? Non-believers do not do the spiritual things of God. They certainly have been raised up by God to do other things.
2Ki 24:2 The LORD sent against him bands of Chaldeans, bands of Arameans, bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites. So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken through His servants the prophets.
How can we do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with our God if nothing we do matters
Who said "nothing matters". Christians who have been set free are free indeed. They can do good and be obedient to God's calling or they can be rebellious and God will chasten them.
How would you characterize the differences between the outgoing and inward callings?Westminster Confession-Effective Calling