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What you're saying is that Jesus told His disciples to do something that would absolutely worthless, waste of time, and even blasphemous since it is God who will choose who is saved, According to "The Gospel According to nobdysfool". Heretics always choose which parts of the Bible they want to believe and those parts that they "Sovereignly" decide not to believe because it destroys their "religion".

This is not the "Gospel According To Nobdysfool". This is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Word of God. Any Gospel I'd write wouldn't be worth a plugged nickel, unless the Holy Spirit inspired me the same way He did Paul, Peter, and the others, and even then, it wouldn't be included in the Bible. So let's stop the wild accusations and insults. Your problem is with the doctrine, not with me. Let's keep it in that realm, OK?

That God has chosen, before the foundation of the world, those whom He will save, does not set aside the command to preach the Gospel. The biggest reason is, we don't know whom He has chosen. He hasn't, and will not share that information with us. He is under no obligation to do so. So, we preach. God uses that which we do in obedience to Him to accomplish His purpose in bringing those whom He has chosen to repentance and faith in Him.

There is nothing blasphemous in that. That's a ridiculous charge to bring. I think you need to begin reading your Bible again. You missed some things.

That God has chosen, before the foundation of the world, those whom He will save

Change "has chosen" to "knows" and "He will", to "will be saved", you will then have it right. Come on boy get with the program. :)

BigMack

You just defeated your own persuasion.
If it's GOD ALMIGHTY WHO CHOOSES, CHOOSES, CHOOSES, who get saved, and we can do NOTHING to change the hearts of men but GOD ALONE, then let's leave it up to GOD ALONE and stop wasting our time trying to evangelize the world with the Gospel. If God knows who he want to save, HE WILL FIND A WAY TO GET HIS SAVING MESSAGE TO THE "ELECT" He has chosen. It is you who is putting into scripture what is not there. How do you explain 2 Peter 3:9?
You never got around to explaining that......or did you deliberately leave it out because it defeats your "own interpretation of the Bible?