The true doctrine of Jesus Christ is provable by scripture. All the blah blah blah of man cannot hold up to the infalliable word of God,
Volition and free will are different. You can make choices within your slavery (WHETHER SLAVES TO SIN OR SLAVES TO RIGHTEOUSNESS) that you will be accountable for making whether in sin as to how you sin and within grace as to how you heed the Lord in specifics but you are not free to determine your own fate! You are either saved and have eternal life and are being conformed to the image of Christ, being a slave to righteousness or you are a slave to sin as an unsaved person not of your own will but because you have a sin nature. You sin because you are a sinner but you choose the kind of sins you desire to walk in. Where is your free will in all this great scheme of things...you have none. you do not make the plans but God does!
Saving faith is a gift! In Heb 11:1 we indeed read a Biblical definition of faith: "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen". This verse tells us that faith is a conviction that we have regarding something that allows us to be able to act on it as if it were assured of happening. But where does such assurance come from? faith comes from. Heb 12:2 says "...Jesus, the author and finnisher of faith". And Rom 12:3 says " ... God has given to each man measure of faith." These two verses clearly tell us that faith is not something that we do or a presence of mind that we develop, but that faith is a gift from God.
Rom 10:17 says " ... faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God." So faith is a gift from God that we receive from the word of Christ (rhema) which in this dispensation we get from the Bible rather than from a burning bush. So in His time He will alot faith to us as needed from the word of the Bible. In 2 Cor 10:15 we see that faith can grow, so as we study the Bible God add to our faith and we grow in the grace of God by the grace of God.
Yes, we can make choices as I said in how we respond to God but this, as Calvin has said it is volition which is the act of making a conscious choice or decision but not having a will outside of Gods divine will. Do you get the difference. You cannot will to be a teacher if God has not called you nor can you will to be rich if God has not called you.
People can only do what God allows and even the unsaved have limits.
God allows the cup of iniquity to be full with some and he alone determines that measure. Many people teach that they can control God such as word faith doctrine among others but this is not so! Jesus is Lord and no other. Also scripture does say that God has mercy on whom he will have mercy and who he wills he hardens. God raised up Pharaoh to show his mercy to his elect.
If you are a slave to righteousness by being born again then you will be in submission to God. If Christ is really living in you then you are in the Spirit and abiding in Christ. Many claim to know the Lord when in fact they do not. If one lives like the devil then he belongs to the devil.....a good tree cannot produce evil fruit and neither can a bad tree produce good fruit. Gods will is that you produce fruit if you are a real Christian and that is why he said to check out the fruit. If there are no fruits of righteousness in a persons life then they are probably not saved! Christians can sin as it says in the book of John but if any one is truly born of God then they cannot live a habitual life of sin for Gods seed lives in them and they cannot live a life style of sin.
I Thess. 4:3-5
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God
Saving faith is given as a gift from God. You cannot in anyway earn it. Your faith is limited and not able to comprehend the gospel let alone receive it. It is through the preaching of the word that Gods faith is released by his will and not of your works...which in effect your own faith would be works. Therefore, you could boast that it was your faith that saved you when in fact it was not! God grants repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. You can of your own self do nothing as Jesus said. As born again Christians we are called to preach the word of God and the holy Spirits job is to convert the hearer to the gospel. Many including the devil have intellectual belief of the gospel but they are not saved.
Faith is a gift of God and comes from God. In Matthew Chapter 16 Peter had made his confession of faith in Christ and said, “ Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God .” The Lord Christ answered him and said, “Simon, son of Jonah, flesh and blood hath not reveal this to you; but my father in heaven.
And also in John chapter 1 “To as many as received him to them gave he power to become thwe sons of God, born notof the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but by the will of God.”
The Lord builds his church, he alone adds numbers. All the so called flock in churches may or may not be born again by the holy Spirit.
Many only have intellectual conversion and others are converted to a false gospel so these may think they are saved when in fact they are not. Easybelivism and a quicky sinners prayer does not constitute salvation! The fruit is what is to be tested, If they believe heresies then they are not saved.
Acts 2:47
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
1 Corinthians 3:6,7
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase
Acts 13:48
And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed
Ordain- To order by virtue of superior authority; decree or enact. To prearrange unalterably, predestine
Romans 8:29,30
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Predestinate
To destine or determine in advance, foreordain.
Matthew 22:14
For many are called, but few are chosen
John 15:16
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Psalm 135:4
For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
Acts 9:15,16
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
Isaiah 41:8,9
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
2 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Acts 1:24,25
And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
2 Thess. 2:11-14
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Haggi 2:23
In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts
John 60-71
Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
Chosen
Selected from or preferred above others: the chosen few.
Having been selected by God; elect.
Matthew 24:31
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Titus 1:1
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
Isahiah 65:9
And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
1 Peter 1:2
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Mark 13:22
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect ( BUT IT IS NOT POSSIBE TO DECIEVE THE ELECT OF GOD PRAISE THE LORD...THOSE WHO BELIEVE FALSE DOCTRINE WILL EITHER COME TO THE KNOWLEGE OF THE TRUTH WHEN PRESENTED WITH IT IF GOD WILLS OR STAY DECIEVED AND GO INTO PERDITION)
2 John 1:1,2
The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever
Elect
To pick out; select: elect an art course.
3. To decide, especially by preference: elected to take the summer off.
4. To select by divine will for salvation. Used of God.
Chosen deliberately; singled out.
One that is chosen or selected.
5.One selected by divine will for salvation.
6. An exclusive group of people
Volition and free will are different. You can make choices within your slavery (WHETHER SLAVES TO SIN OR SLAVES TO RIGHTEOUSNESS) that you will be accountable for making whether in sin as to how you sin and within grace as to how you heed the Lord in specifics but you are not free to determine your own fate! You are either saved and have eternal life and are being conformed to the image of Christ, being a slave to righteousness or you are a slave to sin as an unsaved person not of your own will but because you have a sin nature. You sin because you are a sinner but you choose the kind of sins you desire to walk in. Where is your free will in all this great scheme of things...you have none. you do not make the plans but God does!
Saving faith is a gift! In Heb 11:1 we indeed read a Biblical definition of faith: "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen". This verse tells us that faith is a conviction that we have regarding something that allows us to be able to act on it as if it were assured of happening. But where does such assurance come from? faith comes from. Heb 12:2 says "...Jesus, the author and finnisher of faith". And Rom 12:3 says " ... God has given to each man measure of faith." These two verses clearly tell us that faith is not something that we do or a presence of mind that we develop, but that faith is a gift from God.
Rom 10:17 says " ... faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God." So faith is a gift from God that we receive from the word of Christ (rhema) which in this dispensation we get from the Bible rather than from a burning bush. So in His time He will alot faith to us as needed from the word of the Bible. In 2 Cor 10:15 we see that faith can grow, so as we study the Bible God add to our faith and we grow in the grace of God by the grace of God.
Yes, we can make choices as I said in how we respond to God but this, as Calvin has said it is volition which is the act of making a conscious choice or decision but not having a will outside of Gods divine will. Do you get the difference. You cannot will to be a teacher if God has not called you nor can you will to be rich if God has not called you.
People can only do what God allows and even the unsaved have limits.
God allows the cup of iniquity to be full with some and he alone determines that measure. Many people teach that they can control God such as word faith doctrine among others but this is not so! Jesus is Lord and no other. Also scripture does say that God has mercy on whom he will have mercy and who he wills he hardens. God raised up Pharaoh to show his mercy to his elect.
If you are a slave to righteousness by being born again then you will be in submission to God. If Christ is really living in you then you are in the Spirit and abiding in Christ. Many claim to know the Lord when in fact they do not. If one lives like the devil then he belongs to the devil.....a good tree cannot produce evil fruit and neither can a bad tree produce good fruit. Gods will is that you produce fruit if you are a real Christian and that is why he said to check out the fruit. If there are no fruits of righteousness in a persons life then they are probably not saved! Christians can sin as it says in the book of John but if any one is truly born of God then they cannot live a habitual life of sin for Gods seed lives in them and they cannot live a life style of sin.
I Thess. 4:3-5
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God
Saving faith is given as a gift from God. You cannot in anyway earn it. Your faith is limited and not able to comprehend the gospel let alone receive it. It is through the preaching of the word that Gods faith is released by his will and not of your works...which in effect your own faith would be works. Therefore, you could boast that it was your faith that saved you when in fact it was not! God grants repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. You can of your own self do nothing as Jesus said. As born again Christians we are called to preach the word of God and the holy Spirits job is to convert the hearer to the gospel. Many including the devil have intellectual belief of the gospel but they are not saved.
Faith is a gift of God and comes from God. In Matthew Chapter 16 Peter had made his confession of faith in Christ and said, “ Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God .” The Lord Christ answered him and said, “Simon, son of Jonah, flesh and blood hath not reveal this to you; but my father in heaven.
And also in John chapter 1 “To as many as received him to them gave he power to become thwe sons of God, born notof the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but by the will of God.”
The Lord builds his church, he alone adds numbers. All the so called flock in churches may or may not be born again by the holy Spirit.
Many only have intellectual conversion and others are converted to a false gospel so these may think they are saved when in fact they are not. Easybelivism and a quicky sinners prayer does not constitute salvation! The fruit is what is to be tested, If they believe heresies then they are not saved.
Acts 2:47
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
1 Corinthians 3:6,7
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase
Acts 13:48
And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed
Ordain- To order by virtue of superior authority; decree or enact. To prearrange unalterably, predestine
Romans 8:29,30
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Predestinate
To destine or determine in advance, foreordain.
Matthew 22:14
For many are called, but few are chosen
John 15:16
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Psalm 135:4
For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
Acts 9:15,16
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
Isaiah 41:8,9
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
2 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Acts 1:24,25
And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
2 Thess. 2:11-14
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Haggi 2:23
In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts
John 60-71
Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
Chosen
Selected from or preferred above others: the chosen few.
Having been selected by God; elect.
Matthew 24:31
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Titus 1:1
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
Isahiah 65:9
And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
1 Peter 1:2
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Mark 13:22
For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect ( BUT IT IS NOT POSSIBE TO DECIEVE THE ELECT OF GOD PRAISE THE LORD...THOSE WHO BELIEVE FALSE DOCTRINE WILL EITHER COME TO THE KNOWLEGE OF THE TRUTH WHEN PRESENTED WITH IT IF GOD WILLS OR STAY DECIEVED AND GO INTO PERDITION)
2 John 1:1,2
The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever
Elect
To pick out; select: elect an art course.
3. To decide, especially by preference: elected to take the summer off.
4. To select by divine will for salvation. Used of God.
Chosen deliberately; singled out.
One that is chosen or selected.
5.One selected by divine will for salvation.
6. An exclusive group of people
