logabe said:
What a God! What a Plan!
Logabe
Heb 2:8, well of course we don't see everything subject to him. Only God is omnipresent. This has nothing to do with the GWT.
logabe said:
By the way, who is the Lost sheep? It is people that God has dealt with in the past generations like David,
Moses, Abraham, but most of the people in those days failed God, such as Israel itself. Is God going to
throw Israel away because of their disobedience. No... but He will raise them up and correct them for
their unbelief @ the G.W.T. Judgment because He still LOVES THEM.
You're stating two different types of people here. People existing in the OT without the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and Jews in Israel. God will judge those before Christ resurrection and after Christ resurrection differently. Logabe exists after Christ resurrection. In regards to Jews, regardless if they are Jews or not they must be born again
in this lifetime. ALL people existing after Christ resurrection must be born again to enter the kingdom of God. Consider John 3:10 NIV.
John 3:1-10 NIV Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.” 3Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God
unless they are born again.” 4“How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!” 5Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘
You must be born again.’ 8The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” 9“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things?
logabe said:
If you look that word world up in the Greek, you will find Jesus actually was talking about the AGE they were living in.
He came on the 4th day to bring resurrection to Lazarus, so we could have a second chance to accept Him now, but
if we don't accept Him now, He established a way for the rebellious to come into the Kingdom through the G.W.T. by
His resurrection.
But when Lazarus was resurrected, he had a second chance
on earth, not the GWT.
The root of your belief is false. You need to fix your root in order to understand this.
logabe said:
Why? God was telling us that as Christians we all know that God is real, but if we neglect so great a salvation in
this Age or any age that a person is living in, God will turn us over to a reprobate mind. Why? Because we know
better, but the lost don't know because they are already made subject to this vanity because of Adam's sin.
Actually, the word "reprobate" doesn't apply to believers..
The definition includes the word "wicked". -
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/reprobate?s=t
And as we all know, believers will not be thrown into the Lake of Fire..
Rev 20:15 NIV Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary -
http://biblehub.com/revelation/20-15.htm
After the events just foretold, the end will speedily come; and there is no mention of any thing else, before the appearing of Christ to judge the world. This will be the great day: the Judge, the Lord Jesus Christ, will then put on majesty and terror. The persons to be judged are the dead, small and great; young and old, low and high, poor and rich. None are so mean, but they have some talents to account for; and none so great, as to avoid having to account for them. Not only those alive at the coming of Christ, but all the dead. There is a book of remembrance both for good and bad: and the book of the sinner's conscience, though formerly secret, will then be opened. Every man will recollect all his past actions, though he had long forgotten many of them. Another book shall be opened, the book of the Scriptures, the rule of life; it represents the Lord's knowledge of his people, and his declaring their repentance, faith, and good works; showing the blessings of the new covenant. By their works men shall be justified or condemned; he will try their principles by their practices. Those justified and acquitted by the gospel, shall be justified and acquitted by the Judge, and shall enter into eternal life, having nothing more to fear from death, or hell,
or wicked men; for these are all destroyed together. This is the
second death; it is the final separation of sinners from God. Let it be our great concern to see whether our Bibles justify or condemn us now; for Christ will judge the secrets of all men according to the gospel. Who shall dwell with devouring flames?
The definition also includes the word "condemn". -
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/reprobate?s=t
And as we all know, believers are no longer condemned because they have been forgiven of past, present and future sins.
Rom 8:1 NIV Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
John 3:18 NIV Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.
- ATP
