Johann
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Well said.
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Believe
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Pre-regenerating grace is the ticket. It's that work of the Holy Spirit that “opens the heart” of the unregenerate. Like
Lydia, the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. Acts 16:14.
Today the Holy Spirit “opens the heart” to the truth of the gospel and enables us to respond positively in faith to God's gift of offered to all who are willing to believe.
Lydia, the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. Acts 16:14.
Today the Holy Spirit “opens the heart” to the truth of the gospel and enables us to respond positively in faith to God's gift of offered to all who are willing to believe.
They were in the text I supplied you
and even without those texts you still have nothing which states they were unconditionally elected
and
The Calvinist interpretation doesn’t fit the context. These Gentiles were not blind, stubborn and fully obstinate, according to the Calvinist doctrine of Total Inability, but appear to have been receptive, God-fearing, sanctified worshipers of God.
Believe
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Except for I wrote communism instead of Calvinism. What do they call that a "Freudian slip" an unintentional error regarded as revealing subconscious feelings.
They are not in the orginal language and are not in most translation. How does your KJV translate I wonder? NIV? NASB? ESV?
Johann
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No worries-I fall in the Freudian slip myself-but what I do notice is that this Forum is not very "active"-catch my drift?
Earth to Presy02
disposed is a translation of the original text
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The lexicons show that
τάσσω Greek GK #5435
[5435] τάσσω tassō 8× to arrange; to set, appoint, in a certain station, Lk. 7:8; Rom. 13:1; to set, devote, to a pursuit, 1 Cor. 16:15; to dispose, frame, for an object, Acts 13:48; to arrange, appoint, place or time, Mt. 28:16; Acts 28:23; to allot, assign, Acts 22:10; to settle, decide, Acts 15:2* [5021]1
1 William D. Mounce, Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old & New Testament Words (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2006), 1288.
5021. τάσσω
latter appears only in certain tenses); to arrange in an orderly manner, i.e. assign or dispose (to a certain position or lot):- addict, appoint, determine, ordain, set.Strong’s Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary, G5021 (1 time)
1299. διατάσσω diatássō
from diá (1223), through, and tássō (5021), to appoint, order. To arrange throughout, to dispose in order as trees, troops. In the NT: to command, used in connection with what was appointed…The Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament, G1299 (1 time)
διατάσσω
Att. -ττω: f. ξω:—Pass., aor. i -ετάχθην: pf. -τέταγμαι:—to appoint or ordain severally, dispose, Hes., Hdt.:—absol. to make arrangements, Xen.:—Med. to arrange for oneself, get things…An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, p 195 (1 time)
διατάσσω
διατέτᾰχα BGU1151.6 (i b.c.), prob. in OGI326.27 (Teos):—appoint or ordain severally, dispose, εὖ δὲ ἕκαστα ἀθανάτοις διέταξε Hes.Th.74; ἀνθρώποισι νόμον δ. Id.Op.276…A Greek-English Lexicon, p 414 (1 time)
No it's not. If it were it would be translated that way. Hence the KJV, your favorite, translates it appointed to eternal life believed.
Along with the ESV, NASV, NIV, RSV and a majority of the rest.
Clay
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We're all really old... too much activity will wear us out. If you have any ideas how to Liven in and things up talk to the administrator. I think there's a thread on that particular topic of how to improve the forum.
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civic
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In De Nile as they say
Crossing the Tiber as they say.In De Nile as they say
civic
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You are confusing him with the facts .
Believe
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Speak for yourself, I might be old but I refuse to grow up. I'm going to get so active on this thread it's going to make your head spin.
Just the name of the threat is a misnomer. Free Willers don't miss anything. We understand Calvinism and the sovereignty of God. On the other hand Calvinist believe in distinct from fatalism, which denies human free will. Humans are able to make genuine choices that have real consequences. God does not directly cause everything to happen, yet He does allow all that happens to happen. And, ultimately, God’s will is going to be accomplished.
He's an awesome God. John 3:16 No other verse in the Bible so succinctly summarizes God’s relationship with humanity and the way of salvation.
"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." John 3:16
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Believe
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The fact is they just don't understand Calvinism. If they did they'd get out as quick as they could.You are confusing him with the facts .
civic
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I did and it’s never to late as the saying goes it’s better late than never
Clay
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You're a smart man, Well yeah look at this size of that fish you caught! And your a fisher of men.I did and it’s never to late as the saying goes it’s better late than never
Shame on meYou are confusing him with the facts .
The evidence is just not as friendly to his view as he thoughtIn De Nile as they say
Sorry but the lexicons beg to differ and there are translations which so translate
The verse does not establish your doctrine as even this Calvinist acknowledges
The Jews here had voluntarily rejected the word of God. On the other side were those Gentiles who gladly accepted what the Jews had rejected, not all the Gentiles. Why these Gentiles here ranged themselves on God’s side as opposed to the Jews Luke does not tell us. This verse does not solve the vexed problem of divine sovereignty and human free agency.
A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1933), Ac 13:48.
