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Yes, there is only one people of God. Jesus calls them ONE FLOCK, with one shepherd who leads them Anyone who says there are two separate people groups of God disregards Christ's teaching. They should examine their beliefs and see what is going on wrongly with them. John 10 15 As the Father...

God's love is towards us, John in writing to the saints, which is why you are His saints. 1 John 2 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God...

Good set of scripture resources about our individual calling and election. And it is personal not national or corporate. We are individually called by the Lord to be His saints. And it's for those God has chosen. We did not love God, God loved us first, then we loved God. 1 Corinthians 1 Paul...

Galatians 3 29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. Galatians 4 28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. And what was the promise? That Abraham would have a son. Through Isaac, you seed shall be called... This is a very...

Here it is Ephesian 2 Brought Near by His Blood 11 Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands— 12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and...

Paul tells us about the two covenants in Galatians 3 Both saved Christians and saved Jews are one new man in Christ (Ephesians 2:14-18) and are of the covenant with the new Jerusalem from above which is free. You do know the sons are free of this world having their citizenship in heaven, so why...

Titus 3 3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 not by works of righteousness which we have...

People are elect and so they believe as they are taught by the Spirit to come to Christ. One reason is that God creates in them a spirit teachable by His Spirit. God opens their heart to the gospel. The work of God is that you believe in Christ. IF you do not believe, then God was not at work in...

God foreknows what He will do before the world was, and God makes sure it will happen. Acts 15 12 Then all the multitude kept silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul declaring how many miracles and wonders God had worked through them among the Gentiles. 13 And after they had [c]become silent...

God commands all people every to repent and believe in Christ, But God has already foreknown and chosen His people before they were born. You do not have the mind of God who knows all things. God determines all things before they happen according to His will and purposes. Those God foreknows as...

Of course not, but only the elect whom He foreknows as His people will have faith. Are you an open theist? Open theism, also called free will theism and openness theology, is the belief that God does not exercise meticulous control of the universe but leaves it "open" for humans to make...

1 Timothy 4 I charge you [a]therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead [b]at His appearing and His kingdom: Well, you cannot have the wicked judged unless resurrected, therefore their resurrection occurs before the judgment at his appearing. All this...

For even further proof that the dead in Christ have not yet been resurrected, but are with Christ in heaven right now is 1 Thess 4 13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen [b]asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe...

Seems some here still believe in 2 judgment days as shown by they believe in 3 separate resurrections (Christ, His saints, the wicked). Christ is the first resurrection from the dead, to be resurrected means to have been given a living glorified body. The resurrection of all people living and...

Christians do not cast the devil and his angels into the lake of fire, Holy angels do that. Matthew 13 The Parable of the Tares Explained 36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”...

She says they have a huge tax burden of 50% of her paycheck and the care they get is awful, slow, and nobody cares about the patients, nurses screaming. Patients are treated badly. I almost never get a bill, being on Sentara Medicare advantage SNP. Worst thing is I have to pay $185 out of my SS...

That verse does refer to the elect who will obtain salvation, 'longsuffering to us-ward', the subject are the elect. HE is not willing that any of US, His elect perish, Jesus said the same things Peter was writing about and to the Beloved Elect, those God has saved and will save in the future...

Jesus did say this, Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. The parable of the Minas teaches us Christ judges the world and His servants on the Day of Judgment at His return. Both His servants and the ones who hate...

Colossians 2:12 11 In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body [a]of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised...

Ephesians 2 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus...