brightfame52
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Yes it is, there is no faith without first being justifiedThere is no justification without faith
Yes it is, there is no faith without first being justifiedThere is no justification without faith
Oh yes it isAll men is not all the elect
You twisted scripture yet againYes it is, there is no faith without first being justified
No the just shall live by Faith, being just comes firstYou twisted scripture yet again
You twisted scripture yet againNo the just shall live by Faith, being just comes first
The just shall live by faithYou twisted scripture yet again
You twisted scripture yet againThe just shall live by faith
Show me where ἐκλεκτός is equated with ‘all men”! ἐκλεκτός is never used in connection with “all men”. God chooses those who believe in the gospel. God foreknows who will believe, he does not predetermine who will believe.Yes it is, all men means all the elect from all nations
We are justified by faith and we continue to walk by faith in our justification.No the just shall live by Faith, being just comes first
Says the guy who cannot answer a simple question?You know what he means! It must be difficult to argue when you’re backed into a corner.
Doug
Yes, and Brightfame52's position ignores many verses.We are justified by faith and we continue to walk by faith in our justification.
Gal 2:15“We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles 16know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
If I were to say ‘I went to McDonalds that I might eat lunch’, you wouldn’t think that I had already eaten lunch when I went into McDonalds.
Paul says “we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ…” (ἡμεῖς εἰς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐπιστεύσαμεν, ἵνα δικαιωθῶμεν ἐκ πίστεως Χριστοῦ)
Notice the “ἵνα δικαιωθῶμεν”, the ‘hina’ clause, “in order that we might be justified”
“We have put our faith in Christ Jesus in order that we might be justified” by the faith we have put in Christ.
Faith comes before being justified. Faith precipitates being justified. δικαιωθῶμεν Is an aorist, subjunctive, passive verb. This never refers to an indicative state of being, an already established fact. It always indicates a cause and effect scenario. We do A in order that B can occur. The language cannot mean anything else! You do yourself no favor by insisting otherwise.
Doug
What was the purpose of dying for those He knows will never believe? To save them?If you can’t demonstrate why it means that, it is fool’s gold! Nothing in scripture says that Christ died only for the few, the elect, as opposed to everyone else.
Christ died for all men, especially for those who believe.
Doug
Luke 15:27–32 (NASB95) — 27 “And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has received him back safe and sound.’ 28 “But he became angry and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and began pleading with him. 29 “But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends; 30 but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’ 31 “And he said to him, ‘Son, you have always been with me, and all that is mine is yours. 32 ‘But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.’ ”Answered all ready. He was dead to him. Dead means absense of life.
Yup, he was dead to him. Keep repeating yourself.Luke 15:27–32 (NASB95) — 27 “And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has received him back safe and sound.’ 28 “But he became angry and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and began pleading with him. 29 “But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends; 30 but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’ 31 “And he said to him, ‘Son, you have always been with me, and all that is mine is yours. 32 ‘But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.’ ”
Why do you not address his point?What was the purpose of dying for those He knows will never believe? To save them?
If you can’t demonstrate why it means that, it is fool’s gold! Nothing in scripture says that Christ died only for the few, the elect, as opposed to everyone else.
Christ died for all men, especially for those who believe.
You ignore itYup, he was dead to him. Keep repeating yourself.
I did. Now, since you feel the need to interject yourself, give it a shot.Why do you not address his point?
Doug stated
Go back and read.You ignore it
If you continue denying that spiritual death could be a matter of separation from God and not a parallel of physical death your comment is of no value.Go back and read.