@DavidTree
Read again please for the mystery/confusion/debate has been SOLVED by the Word that KNEW this would be beforehand.
Greetings David,
I know very well the mystery hidden from ages and from generations, but is now is made known to his saints, which is: "Christ
IN YOU," the hope of glory.
Colossians 1:26
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Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what
is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles;
which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:”
This mystery is made known to his saints, not to the world, but to those whom the Father will reveal Himself.
Matthew 11:25-27
“At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent,
and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and
he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.”
I have said this
to prepare the way to answer your poist according to the word of God. You said:
A.) "But the Scripture has confined all under sin,
Amen, very true according to the testimony of the Spirits of God.
B.) that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ
C.) might be given to those who believe."
David, as I said above, this is incorrect and not according to the testimony of God's word. As I said above:
My brother, this statement is incorrect ~ free justification is not a promise concerning our faith, but free justification is by two immutable acts of God..... His holy oath and his promises of free grace to the seed of Jesus Christ BASED UPON HIS FAITH AND OBEDIENCE, not our.
Our faith, ever so weak most of the time, is
not the means of our legal justification, that impossible, for if that be so, if so, according to most, then Jesus Christ died in vain, if God's righteousness is given based upon
man's works of the flesh, (for that's all he has
before one is born again,) then why did Christ have to come and live and died in order for us to be redeem, if all one needs to do is excise faith as though it is just that easy to do, living in a body of
SIN and death...a body that is at enmity against the God of heaven. All who believe this lie, the "
mystery of Christ" to a degree is still hidden from them. No pun intended, but we must be faithful to God's testimony concerning His Son, and we will.
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There is a responsibility that God placed in Adam & Eve and everyman since = believe One Way or the other(satan)
Well, I have never read it that way, and neither have you~God did indeed give Adam one simple commandment to do, with a warning of not doing so, what would happen, and he disobey the God that created him, as soon as God left him to himself, without any assistance to keep him from disobeying, even though all he needed to live a perfect life of happiness was provided for him, with one exception, God did not provide him total security from disobey and falling into the judgement that was given to him. Adam had nothing but the power of his will to overcome whatever may come to him to cause him to disobey God. So, the fault was THE FLESH, not having the power to obey God perfectly, even angels without God providing security for them by his election of them fell into sin immediately, as soon as he left them to themselves! God alone is immutable.
The New Covenant of Grace provided for us a security of making sure we inherit eternal life, but it was through the Son of God, and his perfect life of faith and obedience to God's word, and all he stood as their surety will inherit eternal life BASED on Christ's life of faith and obedience
not their! This is the mystery of Christ revealed in the NT. We are members of his body he being the head thereof, our bodies are the temple of the Living God, which gives us hope of glory that we all will be partakers of who believes ~ our faith being the evidence thereof,
not the means of obtaining!
Once Adam sinned, satan gained control over mankind and death reigned.
For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
Agree
everything we have need of for Salvation is provided/given to us Freely thru CHRIST
Amen
Now God has enabled us to receive as HE enables us to hear and that is when God's Will meets with our will to believe.
Provide scripture, which I already know there are none to provide, you are just repeating what you have heard. If you make a statement then back up with proof, or better not to make it. We are not co-partners with Christ in our salvation from sin and condemnation. Man in the flesh has no power to do spiritual acts pleasing to God, imp[possible.
We are not forced to believe = we are given the ability(GRACE) to hear and receive
Forced? God simply created a new man within us, to give us the power to believe, we do so
willing once we have a new nature which is what being born of the Spirit does for God's elect. I could give a few examples if you need them, just ask.
This is the Truth that @civic sees = we are not forced to believe
The Truth of Salvation is that it is freely GIVEN to those who believe by the faith that also is GIVEN
Coming back in the morning with a another posit addresses this very point.
