Behold
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I think its Satan who maligns God in peoples minds who then believe their inspiration is from the Holy Spirit.
Are you saying that a born again believer who has Christ in them, can't be led by the Holy Spirit?
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I think its Satan who maligns God in peoples minds who then believe their inspiration is from the Holy Spirit.
Hi again @Behold ...
All does not mean everyone...he doesn’t say he will draw everyone he says this.
Audio Crossref Comment Greek
Verse (Click for Chapter)
New International Version
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
New Living Translation
And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself.”
English Standard Version
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
Berean Standard Bible
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.”
Maybe he’s not understanding the rebirth?Are you saying that a born again believer who has Christ in them, can't be led by the Holy Spirit?
Berean Standard Bible
Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
God says everyone the Father gives me will come to Me....
I can add nothing more to his word above.
Because....” ALL” doesn’t mean everyone...everyone that the Father draws to the Son..then yes I agree.The verses you posted say that when Christ is Lifted up, "I WILL".. .draw.
He was "lifted up" on the Cross.
So, why are you saying that this is not being said by Jesus, when the verses you posted actually say it?
Maybe he’s not understanding the rebirth?
Yes...everyone that the Father gives to the Son./ draws to the Son."if i be lifted up (on the Cross) and He was, then I Will Draw everyone to myself".
Audio Crossref Comment Greek Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. New Living Translation However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them. |
Because....” ALL” doesn’t mean everyone...
I will pray and ask the Holy Spirit for guidance on this....may get back to you later..God Bless my Brother who has taught me so much through the Holy Spirit....Praise God for you..in Jesus Name...Amen!!So, im not certain how "ALL" can't mean "ALL".
Do you think all means, some?
It does not mean "the elect'. As the elect are not ALL.....they are just some.
Alll is everybody.
All of us.
The Cross is for everyone.. .Christ died for everyone.... = ALL.
Compare this verse to John 3:16
"For God so love the WORLD, that He GAVE JESUS"...
To the World , He loves. ... God gave Jesus.
So, "world" is "All".
Its the same.
Yes...everyone that the Father gives
I will pray and ask the Holy Spirit for guidance on this.
I find this very hard to believe, why, because of my own birth, he chose me, he drew me and he birthed me, therefore I can’t receive that all will be called to believe.Jesus is revealing that once the Cross is Raised, that ALL men/people will be called to come and Believe.
Audio Crossref Comment Greek Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love New Living Translation Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.
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I am saying we need to discern the voices. There are our own, those of others, those of the devil and those of the Spirit of God.Are you saying that a born again believer who has Christ in them, can't be led by the Holy Spirit?
Yes...and that comes by Learning to walk in the Spirit...and listen with those spiritual ears and see with those spiritual eyes.I am saying we need to discern the voices. There are our own, those of others, those of the devil and those of the Spirit of God.
We discern by knowing the voice of Jesus.
I find this very hard to believe, why, because of my own birth, he chose me, he drew me and he birthed
A person can't believe in...... what they dont know anything about.
Amen!.So, if a person has never heard a word about Jesus in their life....., they can't believe in Him, as there is no way to KNOW what to believe and who to believe in....
The thing is @Behold .....no one can believe in God’s Son , not until God chooses to draw them to himself and open their heart..to believe...we believe with the heart, not the mind...so that his word penetrates their spirit.So, when someone tells us..about Jesus......or we read about Him, or we watch a movie.....
My oldest living friend, of over 33 yrs, got saved, while watching "Jesus of Nazareth".... on TV, in 1977.
That movie is the Gospel, in video... and she was called to believe, same as you.... same as me.
There is always a "how i heard about Jesus'... "How i heard about the Cross"......moment... in our lives.
And that is what God and Christ use to open your heart.
This is why God sends preachers out into the world.
This is why God told us in Mark 16 to go and tell them....so that they can believe.
This is why Paul says.>"how can they believe, unless they are told, unless they HEAR, the Gospel".
As faith can't come without HEARING....= the story, the gospel.
You heard it somewhere, at some point in your life, and through that message, God dealt with you, and you took Him, and Christ.
Today, on this earth.....thousand died and went to hell who had heard the same message, ALL THEIR LIFE>.... and knew it was true long ago..., but would not believe...chose not to believe, and they also were called, drawn, led of the Holy Spirit.., as Jesus called them, being lifted up, 2000 yrs ago.
NOW they wish they had chosen Christ by Faith, when they they knew to do it, and didnt.
Too late.
I am saying we need to discern the voices. There are our own, those of others, those of the devil and those of the Spirit of God.
We discern by knowing the voice of Jesus.
The thing is @Behold .....no one can believe in God’s Son , not until God chooses to draw them to himself
Does he, I never said that...I said I was predestined to be birthed in the Spirit..Calvinism's teaching, is that God draws some.. who were "predestined" to be saved.
Calvin denies the ALL.... and changes the offer of Jesus to the world, into...>"The Cross is limited to the pre-destined elect".. not everyone.
Jesus said, that once He is lifted up on the Cross........"i will draw All".
He didn't say....>"i will draw all, and those my Father chooses from the group, i get to keep".
The elect are drawn..do you deny this?"All" is John 3:16, .. .Jesus is given to the WORLD.... and "ALL who believe". Not "some who are elected".
Its "All who believe in Jesus shall be saved"... not only some who are called to believe, shall be saved, as that is Calvinism's rewrite of Salvation.
Calvin denies the ALL, Calvin denies John 3:16 and say that only the Elect are drawn.
Calvin is a devil, and his teaching is very cunning, because he take one verse, and rewrites salvation with it...