God has in His infinite wisdom used a donkey (won't use the KJV word as to avoid being flagged); and even said the rocks would cry out ( Luke 19:40) if those offering praise were silenced.
When we consider that God sees HIMSELF in all those who come to saving faith we understand that truly we are not our own.
Without Him intervening and living in us as John 16:8 states we are all literally toast.
What this does NOT mean is that we attempt to figure out who is called and chosen and who is not; and that we love our enemies as Jesus did with Judas Iscariot or there wouldn't have been the prophecy of a beloved friend betraying Him ( Psalm 41:9). If things are Predestined why does God bother to rain on the just and the unjust? Things like this are beyond our understanding.
So in one hand we can confidently say that God loves us even in our sin but comes to reveal to us the truth and that is by exposing our dreadful plight. We should consider our own situation when coming to faith and warn others as well. Let them call us what they may; we dare not water down the Gospel to make anyone feel good. This doesn't contradict the dignity of man but it is the love of God which grabs the heart and changes a man and that kind of love only comes from repentance granted by the Lord that causes a person to fall to their knees and confess with their mouths and believe in their hearts as Romans states.
We could say that is is necessary due to God's character to offer salvation; as we are His creation. Rather than saying "limited atonement" we should say that such a lifeline is clearly only taken by some; so it isn't affectatious for those who reject such truth; and that explains their condemnation. We can say that we were needed to complete His plan according to His purposes and He always loves us. He isn't dependent ultimately on success or failure; as Revelation 3:11 warns us we can forfeit our reward to another.
God has in His infinite wisdom used a donkey (won't use the KJV word as to avoid being flagged); and even said the rocks would cry out ( Luke 19:40) if those offering praise were silenced.
When we consider that God sees HIMSELF in all those who come to saving faith we understand that truly we are not our own.
Without Him intervening and living in us as John 16:8 states we are all literally toast.
What this does NOT mean is that we attempt to figure out who is called and chosen and who is not; and that we love our enemies as Jesus did with Judas Iscariot or there wouldn't have been the prophecy of a beloved friend betraying Him ( Psalm 41:9). If things are Predestined why does God bother to rain on the just and the unjust? Things like this are beyond our understanding.
So in one hand we can confidently say that God loves us even in our sin but comes to reveal to us the truth and that is by exposing our dreadful plight. We should consider our own situation when coming to faith and warn others as well. Let them call us what they may; we dare not water down the Gospel to make anyone feel good. This doesn't contradict the dignity of man but it is the love of God which grabs the heart and changes a man and that kind of love only comes from repentance granted by the Lord that causes a person to fall to their knees and confess with their mouths and believe in their hearts as Romans states.
We could say that is is necessary due to God's character to offer salvation; as we are His creation. Rather than saying "limited atonement" we should say that such a lifeline is clearly only taken by some; so it isn't affectatious for those who reject such truth; and that explains their condemnation. We can say that we were needed to complete His plan according to His purposes and He always loves us. He isn't dependent ultimately on success or failure; as Revelation 3:11 warns us we can forfeit our reward to another.
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