Redeemed from unbelief !

civic said:
every unbeliever receives Gods mercy without discretion.
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False some unbelievers are condemned Jn 3:18

18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
 
brightfame52 said:
False some unbelievers are condemned Jn 3:18

18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
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duh if one remains in unbelief they will be condemned but everyone can believe that's up to them.
 
brightfame52 said:
Unbelief and darkness are one, Hence God delivers the elect from darkness/unbelief Col 1:13

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

John Gill comments on Col 1:13

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness,.... That is, from the power of Satan; see Acts 26:18, who, though once an angel of light, is now darkness itself, and is reserved in chains of darkness; he is a ruler of the darkness of this world; his kingdom is a kingdom of darkness; and he blinds the minds of them that believe not, keeps them in darkness, and increases the natural darkness of their minds; he delights in works of darkness, and tempts men to them; and his everlasting state and portion will be blackness of darkness: his power over men, in a state of unregeneracy, which he usurps, and is suffered to exercise, is very great; he works effectually in them, and leads them captive at his will; and nothing less than the power of God, who is stronger than the strong man armed, can deliver out of his hands; and which is at least one part of the mercy for which thanks are here given; See Gill on Luke 22:53; with the Jews, one of the names of Satan is "darkness" (e). Moreover, the darkness of sin, ignorance, and unbelief, with which God's elect, while in a state of nature, are surrounded, and, as it were shut up and imprisoned, so that they have not the least spark of true spiritual light and knowledge, may be also meant; under the power of which they are to such a degree, that they know nothing of God in Christ, of the way of salvation by him, or of the work of the Spirit on their souls, or of the doctrines of the Gospel in an experimental manner; and so they continue, till, by an almighty power, they are turned from darkness to light; when, by powerful grace, they are plucked as brands out of the burning, and delivered from wrath to come, and from that utter darkness of misery and destruction their ways of sin and darkness led and exposed them to. This deliverance is wrought out for them in the effectual calling, when they are internally called, and powerfully brought out of this darkness, by introducing light into them, revealing Christ in them, causing the prince of darkness to flee from them, and the scales of darkness and blindness to fall from their eyes; and which is both an instance or the wonderful grace of God, and of his almighty power, and in which lies in part the saints' meetness for the inheritance; for these words are, in some sort, explanative of the former; for so long as a person is under the power of darkness, he cannot be meet for an inheritance which is in light: it follows, as another branch of this mercy, for which thanks are given,
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Gill is not scripture. And the verse itself provides no reference to unbelief
 
civic said:
duh if one remains in unbelief they will be condemned but everyone can believe that's up to them.
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One remains in unbelief because they are condemned, no mercy for them, Christ didnt die for them. Those whom Christ redeemed from sin, unbelief, all shall receive mercy. Rom 11:32

32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. Mercy here is Salvation Ps 85:7

Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.
 
TomL said:
Gill is not scripture. And the verse itself provides no reference to unbelief
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Unbelief and darkness are one, Hence God delivers the elect from darkness/unbelief Col 1:13

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
 
brightfame52 said:
Unbelief and darkness are one, Hence God delivers the elect from darkness/unbelief Col 1:13

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
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Sorry that is a fallacy. There are many forms of darkness
 
TomL said:
Rather no evidence you are able to prove your presumptions
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There's plenty of scripture evidence for them who have spiritual ability to see it. Christ redeems them He died for from all iniquity which includes iniquitous disobedience and unbelief Titus 2:14

14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
 
brightfame52 said:
There's plenty of scripture evidence for them who have spiritual ability to see it. Christ redeems them He died for from all iniquity which includes iniquitous disobedience and unbelief Titus 2:14

14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
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Nothing about unbelief there
 

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