Though I moved on to other seminary courses and debates, a thought lingered in the back of my mind: if Scripture was so clear, why were so many people, including Protestants, sometimes even Protestants within the same theological tradition, debating not only esoteric issues, but the very core...
The Three Articles of the League of Nations Covenant #2137 Outlawing War. It is Long Overdue that we Call on All Signatory Nations to Come Together and Elect the Committee To End War to Activate This Binding Covenant of Peace and Friendship, the Covenant of Lasting Peace. The Twelve Basic ...
Of course, this assumes they’ve been “constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine” (1 Tim 4:6), are spiritually mature in their walk with the Lord (Heb 5:14), and can “speak the things which are fitting for sound doctrine” (Tit 2:1). In the Ol...
25the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’ 26“At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ...
And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake, those days will be shortened. Matthew 24: 22 From the words of Jesus, the answer to this question is “Yes!” What does this mean? God, in His mercy, may shorten or even change the events ...
1.3 III. Predestination and the “Elect” 1.4 IV. Jesus’ Teaching on Losing Salvation 1.5 V. Other Apostolic Teaching on Losing Salvation by our Own Choice 1.6 VI. I Have Been Saved (past event) 1.7 VII. I Am Being Saved (present event) 1.8 VIII. I Will Be Saved (future event) 1.9...
Those who elect the evolutionary framework do so not because the facts of science require this, but because this is the philosophic thought-structure they desire. “They did not like to retain God in their knowledge” (Romans 1:28). THE BIBLICAL FRAMEWORK Those who, by faith, accept the ...
“all Israel” would be the elect of the Jews. Alternatively, “all Israel” could also be viewed as the sum total of both Jews and Gentiles who will be saved. This is an equally plausible interpretation, since the Church is the new “Israel of God” (cf. Gal. 6:16; Lumen Gentium ...
But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them. 21 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it. 22 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders...
I also wonder why Paul would address Timothy ” Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.” (I suppose the argument might be that Paul means the potentially elect….isn’t that Universalism?)...