Not very detailed and saying much. So, I guess I can say, welcome back to Calvinism?God by His grace draws us to Himself, opens up our eyes to see the truth and we respond
Nope, I did not choose to be birthed in the Spirit...and God even drew me to Jesus and also to believe in Jesus.God chose you first by His grace and you responded by choosing to believe in the gospel for your salvation.
...no one can birth themselves into the Spirit....that is a supernatural act that only God can do......we must be Born Again.....that is a mind blowing act, that God does through the Holy Spirit, he his the one who testifies with our spirit that God exists..as he’s indwelling us, ...that is my testimony 100%....he’s the one who opens our hearts , perfect timing.........how else would one know they are Born Again.
Amen to that!
And, Amen to that!You are welcome to voice your opinion, which you have just done....you were not there, when I was birthed in the Spirit...that was just your opinion.
oh I'm not arguing for or against your experience.Nope, I did not choose to be birthed in the Spirit...and God even drew me to Jesus and also to believe in Jesus.
You are welcome to voice your opinion, which you have just done....you were not there, when I was birthed in the Spirit...that was just your opinion.
I was just saying that Jesus calls man to follow Him, to choose to deny themselves, take up their cross daily and follow Him. Its the call to discipleship, obedience to Him. That is a matter of the will, the mind, the heat, the soul. The first command to obey- to love the Lord your God with all of your heart, mind , soul and strength. Jesus said this is the greatest commandment and to love your neighbor as you do yourself. On these two rest all the law/commands. Its an act of the will.
Amen! This is after regeneration, of course.oh I'm not arguing for or against your experience.
One must be Born Again for God to recognise us as his children...we can’t follow the Lord, not until we have been birthed in the Spirit, that’s also biblical.oh I'm not arguing for or against your experience.
see my previous postAmen! This is after regeneration, of course.
Exactly...none of this can happen..not until we have been birthed in the Spirit.Amen! This is after regeneration, of course.
see my other post on Gods chosen/elect people
Brother, it’s biblical...we must be birthed first, before we can follow Jesus....I’ve made my point ,so I will leave it at that,see my other post on Gods chosen/elect people
I did, and I see you agree.see my previous post
were the Jews regenerated, Gods chosen and elect people Israel ?Brother, it’s biblical...we must be birthed first, before we can follow Jesus....I’ve made my point ,so I will leave it at that,
No offense brother. But, who wants to go back and look? This post is IA (In action) so its good to repost something here, causes less confusion.see my other post on Gods chosen/elect people
coming back to the reformed faith? You do have a good sense of humor brother.No offense brother. But, who wants to go back and look? This post is IA (In action) so its good to repost something here, causes less confusion.
But I am impressed with you
I’m talking about now, Jesus had to die, before we could be birthed permanently in the Holy Spirit...the Holy Spirit permanently indwells his children....
So no one in the OT was regenerated ?
They weren’t permanently indwelled, how could they be?
God chose the Jews to bring his salvation through Christ.
For what I just stated.
Because not all the Jews of national Israel are spiritual Jews.
I think you can see why by what I wrote. Though God does keep a remnant.
Of course.
If they are elect (not talking about the nation of Israel), they will be saved. Or, it would be God who fails.
Of course. Even dispensationalists believe that.
Sister, you're on the right track. Everyone who is saved or was saved we saved the exact same way. OT or NT.
