Dave M
Loyal
You arent paying attention to what Im posting.
Actually I am and I am sad to say it does not line up with GOds word. People who are enslaved to sin have your outlook. Jesus can free us of our enslavement if you let him
You arent paying attention to what Im posting.
Did you want to discuss non imputation ?"To those who Christ died for"! He has the capacity to forgive every one's sin, but he only saves those who believe, which He died for.
You are talking about something entirely different from me.Actually I am and I am sad to say it does not line up with GOds word. People who are enslaved to sin have your outlook. Jesus can free us of our enslavement if you let him
Sir...Where does the bible say God only forgives the saved?No, he died for everyone's sin , so all could have the opportunity for salvation; but he forgives and saves only those who believe in him!
Are you a Christian, do you believe in the death,burial and ressurection of Jesus Christ?
I didn't say that. I said , or meant to say, He forgives all, He only saves those who truly believe.Sir...Where does the bible say God only forgives the saved?
I will accept your clarification...Don't be concerned about my salvation. Its secure.I didn't say that. I said , or meant to say, He forgives all, He only saves those who truly believe.
It is through out the Bible, it is the essence of the Gospel.
You can't find a verse that says what you want..I'll see anyway, In the mean time, search your heart, do you truly believe?
Paul ,before named Saul, was foremost a Pharisee and like any other Pharisee , denied Christ, that until God changed his heart. After that, though he did not deny Jesus's salvation, he considered himself the worst of Sinners...if he could be saved by grace, anyone could. I am reminded of John 3:17.Paul as an example is a pattern on how God doesn't impute the sin of unbelief on His elect, sheep ! When sharing his testimony he writes 1 Tim 1:12-13
12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 13 who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
Pauls wickedness against the Body of Christ was spearheaded by the sin of unbelief ! But notice what he said in Vs 16
16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy[Rom 11:32], that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
God instead of condemning Paul in unbelief, He had mercy on him and gave him grace to faith and love to Jesus Christ Vs 14
14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
Christ came into the world to save unbelieving sinners. If Christ didnt do that, no sinner can be saved since all by nature are imprisoned in unbelief Rom 11:32
To teach that sinners Christ died for, His Sheep, can be condemned and lost for unbelief is a flat out denial of the blessed truth Rom 4:7-8
7saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
And it also denies that Christ came into the world to save sinners ! 24
For all of those who believe!.COVENANT OF GRACE
Ordered in all things and sure; and that is all our salvation. Now, if it was ordered in all things, it most certainly includes in its nature and constitution, the non-imputation of sin to the elect, the full imputation of it to Christ, and the transference of ALL LIABILITY to suffer for it from them to HIM. And these things all being immanent acts of the Divine Will, they must have been as complete at the instant they passed the eternal mind as ever they were or could be afterward, the natural consequence thus being—sin was never imputed to God’s people, but was always imputed to Christ, the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Therefore, as per the elect, He was the only person liable to suffer for it. Since in all things the Covenant of Grace/Love was ordered and thus made sure, then the elect having eternal proprietary interest, are eternally secure from all liability to wrath, when it was ratified by the joint oath of the Holy Trinity before time, as much so, as they were when Christ, in pursuance of His federal engagement, SUFFERED FOR THEM IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME.
WE READ IN DIVINE RECORD:
1. “God was in Christ reconciling the world (elect world) unto himself, NOT imputing their trespasses unto them.” (2nd Corinthians 5:19)
2. “That Jesus WAS made THE surety of a better testament.” (Hebrews 7:22)
3. “That God HATH NOT beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel.” (Numbers 23:21)
4. “ALL ISRAEL SHALL BE SAVED”. (Romans 11:26)
BLESSED SURETY RECONCILING! 28
The tenses of Numbers 23:21 are noteworthy (as we believe in verbal, plenary inspiration), as shall not behold is not the same as “hath not beheld” and “neither hath he seen” is not the same as shall not see.
God’s past tenses swallow all “contingencies” giving no allowance for future changes.
How can it be, “not imputing THEIR trespasses unto THEM”—REAL sin with real possessive pronouns, “their/them”—how can this be?
In a word substitute, in a word SURETY.
By Bill Bryant Covenant of Grace
Believing is the fruit.For all of those who believe!.
Belief is the root, not the fruitBelieving is the fruit.
Possibly and interesting , can you explain that further?Believing is the fruit.
You can decide what you want to, as a "true believer in Christ", if you go ahead and Sin on purpose, the "Law" of God will eat you up, your own conscious. Because the devil is going tell you "the truth", night and day! He is going to but salt in that wound. GOD has warn youIts true that sin is not imputed to the saints...Still, if you do something wrong, lie, steal, anything, it only makes sense to go to the Father and make it right...Why? When you do something wrong, the enemy will put guilt on you and totally cramp your style. Unless of course you've decided that since sin is not imputed to you, that makes everything legal for you? The fact that your sin is covered does not change the fact that obedience etc are still our mandate.