Me: maybe Warfield doesn’t even have the brains of a doorknob.
Dr E: What doorknob is sitting on the oft-posted horse?
Me: The kind of doorknob who has asked you questions you seem reluctant to answer. For example:
In Acts 16, we have a very simple presentation of the Gospel. The Philippian jailer, convinced Paul and Silas are men of God, asks, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
Naturally, Paul rebukes his arrogance in believing he can do ANYTHING to be saved!
Well, actually Paul decides to be polite, and hold off teaching the ‘secret things’ until later, and simply ask if God has caused him to be born again. Or he assumes the jailer has been born again (since he is already asking) and simply congratulates him on believing.
No, Paul replies, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
If - then. What must the jailer DO? Believe.
boatbums: “In heaven, the sign on the outside of the door says, “Whosoever will.”, and once you go in the sign on the inside says, “Chosen in him before the foundation of the world.”
Amen!
“Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.”
Odd, isn’t it...that Jesus didn’t mention election...particularly since he was talking to Nicodemus, a Pharisee, the Elect of the Chosen!
Maybe Jesus had foreknowledge of Chicago politics...
...who has asked you questions you seem reluctant to answer. For example: In Acts 16, we have a very simple presentation of the Gospel. The Philippian jailer, convinced Paul and Silas are men of God, asks, ?Sirs, what must I do to be saved??
As you've said, Mr. R., you're retired. I'm not. I've missed 3/4 of these posts.
In reference to the Philippian jailer, OF COURSE men must believe to be saved. No Christian denies that.
But the question is WHO believes and WHY. And the only men who believe and are saved are those whom God has chosen to receive new ears, new eyes, a heart of flesh, a renewed mind and a rebirth by the Holy Spirit -- all free gifts from God to whom He will.
Odd, isn?t it...that Jesus didn?t mention election
He does. Often. For instance...
"I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine." -- John 17:9