Eph. 1:11 ...[W]ho [God] worketh all things after the counsel of His will.
Q. If God works all things after the counsel of His will, how much
does He work to the will of you, me, Satan, etc.?
A. None.
B. 20%
C. 50%
D. 85%
Is. 14:24 Jehovah of hosts hath sworn, saying , Surely, as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand.
Q. How much of what He wants to come to pass, doesn�t?
A. All of His thoughts will come to pass
B. Some of His thoughts will not come to pass
C. A few of His thoughts will not come to pass
D. A lot of His thoughts will not come to pass
Rom. 8:29 For whom He foreknew, He also foreordained to be conformed to to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many bretheren: and whom He foreordained, them He also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom He justified, them He also glorified.
Q. How many do you think have been called, justified, or glorified that He did not first foreknow or foreordain?
A. Write in your answer: ___________________
John 10:14 I am the good shepherd; and I know my own, and mine own know me, even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Q. Where does this scripture say that Jesus laid down his life for the sheep and the goats
A. It doesn�t
B. It doesn�t, but I just know He meant the goats, too
John 6:65 No man can come unto me, except it be given unto him of the Father.
Q. How many come to Jesus that were not first given to him by the Father?
A. 0
B. 5,000
C. 5,000,000
D. 10,000,000
John 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come unto me
Q. How many that the Father gave Him will not come to Him?
A. Two
B. A couple of thousand
C. A couple of million
D. Trick question, it says they will all come unto him
John 10:28 I [Jesus] give unto them the (true followers, or �sheep�) eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father�s hand.
Q. How many sheep do you think have been snatched from either God�s or Jesus� hands?
A. None
B. 50,000
C. 500,000
D. 1,000,000
Rev. 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Rev. 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Q. Considering this, and other related scripture, God having to blot out a name from the book of life would mean:
A. God makes mistakes.
B. Some have been snatched from Jesus� hands?
C. God didn�t know that some of His sheep were really goats.
D. None of the above.
Q. Could a person whose name was written in the book of life from the foundation of the world not have become a Christian (or have saving faith in God if born before Jesus)?
A. No
B. Yes
C. This confuses me, but I�m going to believe the Bible.
D. This confuses me, and I�m going to pretend this isn�t in the Bible (be honest).
Matt. 13 10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Q. Jesus himself declared that one of the reasons why He spoke in parables was that the truth might be concealed from whom it was not intended. Is this fair?
A. No.
B. Yes.
C. Who are we to question God?
D. I�m going to pretend I didn�t see that verse.
Rom. 8:28 To them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to His purpose.
Q. How many things do not work for the good of those who love God?
A. 10% of all things
B. 40% of all things
C. 85% of all things
D. Trick question, the Bible says all things work for the good of those who love Him
Mark 14:30 And Jesus said unto him (Peter), Verily I say unto thee, that thou, today, even this night before the Rooster crow twice shall deny me thrice.
Questions:
A. Could Peter not have denied Jesus three times before the Rooster crowed twice?
Answer here: ____________________________
B. Did Jesus make Peter deny him, or did Peter do it of his own free will?
Answer here: ____________________________
Exodus 4:11 [God Himself asks the rhetorical question] Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or dumb? Who gives him his sight or makes him blind? Is it not I the Lord?
you are so wrong.I came out of the Luthern Church. Then I became pentacostal.
No a true Christian never loses their faith.
If Jesus did not die for the sins of the world but only those who he wanted to he would have said that.
There are only followers of Jesus and unbelievers.
It is one or the other.
No Pope, no man has the authorty to say he is right.
All men are liars, only God is truth.
I made a statement earlier, about a true Christain,
You see the ones that will fall never were true believers.
They were the ones that showed up just for the show.
Plus, you said what I believe with out asking, I know what believe. So, does God. If what you said about me was true then my faith would only be a religion. It is not. Hell is filled with religous people. My faith is not a religion. it is a personal friendship with Jesus Christ.
read John 3:16 some time. Do not error here. God does not exist in our time line. he knew who would decide to follow him in the beginning. Why was the tree of knowledge put in the garden. to give us a choice. It is his will for us to make a choice. he does not need us to do his will. It will get done without us. Sin sent us all to hell. However, Jesus changed that, for who so ever believes in him, ( jesus) will have eternal life. That is a choice we all have to make.
Martin Luther, was a dedicated Catholic priest. We thought that he had to work his way into heaven. Then he read, The just shall be saved by grace alone. I believe tht the just and the elect are the same.Dennis
Last year I visited what turned out to be an extremely Calvinistic church. TULIP was the name of one of their classes. Several other classes were teaching the basics of Calvinism too. I had never come across what I heard in class the morning I visited, so I e-mailed the pastor and asked him to explain Calvinism. Here's part of his response:
"At this point, I would respond with two statements which I believe most people who take the Bible seriously would affirm. The first is that God in his holy will condemned all to judgment because of sin. Every being in the universe apart from God is created by God, including Satan and all human beings. God loves his creation. Yet for purposes that exalt him, he has declared all humanity under the curse of Adam's sin and liable to judgment for their own sin. If anyone does not receive the punishment due to sin it is because of the mercy of God. Where people disagree is the basis on which God shows mercy.
"The second statement is that, unless one believes that God will save everyone in the end, Jesus could not have died for all people in the same way. The Cross secures things for a believer in a way that is not true for all human beings. People disagree on how the death of Christ relates to those who do not accept his Sacrifice."
There were several things that bothered me about Calvinism, and several things that bothered me about his answer. That said, I also disagree with some Arminian teachings in their purest form. I don't think we're "saved" or "lost" minute to minute. Salvation is much firmer than that. I also don't believe that we have to repent, item by item, of everything we might have done wrong every day. I've heard that teaching in Arminian camps, but doing that would mean constantly second guessing ourselves and worrying about every breath we take. However, there are many staunch Calvinists, but there aren't many staunch Arminianists.
