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Preparing yourself for the study of God’s Word
Before we begin, only if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ (that is; you have believed [trusted] in Him for His promised gift of eternal life) John 3:16, John 6:47 as a few examples; it is very important to prepare yourself to learn God's Word so the Holy Spirit can teach you as to what your reading or hearing is true or false. To be taught by the Holy Spirit you must be filled with the Holy Spirit which means abiding in Christ. To place yourself in fellowship with God the Holy Spirit [also called abiding in the Christ], take a moment to simply name, cite or acknowledge [confess] your known unconfessed sins privately to God (i.e.; with your thoughts directed only to God the Father). Why? Because you cannot grow spiritually if you’re not abiding in Christ [in fellowship with Him] when you take in bible truth.
1 John 1:9, says: “If we confess [meaning to simply name, cite or acknowledge to God the Father] our sins [known unconfessed sins], He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins [known sins] and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [all unknown and forgotten sins];” NKJV (New King James Version); we call this REBOUND; read the full doctrine as to “why” we need to use 1 John 1:9 to grow spiritually. Left click the following link to learn more and fully understand the doctrine of Rebound; which answers the question, why do I need to keep confessing my sins all the time? REBOUND
If you have never personally believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior (that is, believed in Him for eternal life), the issue for you is not to name your sins to God; the issue for you is to believe by faith alone in Jesus, The Christ alone for eternal life [salvation] and you will be saved [receive Eternal Life] the very micro second you believe in Him:
John 6:47 says: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” NKJV
Notice again what John 6:47 says, “he who believes in Me [Jesus Christ] has everlasting life.” It doesn’t say, “will have”; it says, “has.” Therefore, the very moment you believe Jesus Christ’s promise of everlasting life, you have it (it’s really just that simple), and it can never be lost or taken away from you (John 10:28-29). Furthermore, the gift of everlasting life (also called eternal life in scripture) is available to every human being; there are absolutely no exceptions.
John 3:14-18 says: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness [Num 21:4-9], even so must the Son of Man be lifted up [the cross], that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” NKJV
Let us now bow our hearts and take a moment to prepare for learning God’s Word, if there is any known sin in your life, this is the time to just cite it privately to God the Father with your thoughts directed towards Him. With your head bowed and your eyes closed, you have total privacy in your mind and soul:
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NOTES
Unlike the bible study, these notes are not just for reading without watching the video. These notes are more designed to follow along during the sermon and to bring up the “hover pop-up scripture references;” if just hover doesn’t work, do a “control-left-click,” if that doesn’t work then look them up in your Bible when the Pastor asks everyone to turn to that passage in their bibles.
The Angelic Conflict - Part 45 - Point 12. - The Existence of Free Will in the Human Race Perpetuates the Angelic Conflict -
Calvinists (hyper-Calvinists) teach that man cannot choose God or the plan of God, and God must choose Him.
Many Calvinists hold to the doctrine of double predestination which is heresy and an attack upon the justice of God.
Psa 51:5 “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.”
Psa 58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth.
Rom 5:12 “Through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned -- when Adam sinned”
1Co 15:22 in Adam all die Eph 2:3 we were by nature children of wrath,
Every member of the human race has been born into sin without their consent, so if God sent them to hell because they were born sinners, He would be unjust in doing so!
Jn 1:29 The next day he [John the Baptist] saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”
All children who die before the age of mental accountability go to heaven and are given eternal life, 2Sa 12:23.
All people who have been mentally incapable of making a decision to believe on TLJC as their Lord and Savior will also go to heaven, Jn 4:11.
Rom 5:6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Rom 11:15 - God reconciled the world unto Himself.
2Co 5:19 God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them 1Jo 4:14 And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
1Ti 2:4 He desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 1Ti 2:6 He gave Himself as a ransom for all,
1To 4:10 - He is called the Savior of all men, especially of believers. Heb 2:9 TLJC tasted death for everyone.
1Jo 2:2 and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.
Rom 8:29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son,
Rom 8:30 and whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
1Co 2:7 but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God predestined before the ages to our glory;
Eph 1:5 He predestined us [believers only] to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will,
Eph 1:11 also we [believers] have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will,
“believe” = pres-act-part - pisteuon = mankind literally makes his own willful decision to believe in TLJC.
“has not believed” = perf-act-ind - pepisteuken = he has refused to believe in Jesus Christ!
2Pe 3:9 “The Lord is not willing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.”
Hyper-Calvinism says the only reason you ever believed in Christ was because you were elected.
“chosen” = aor-mid-ind - exelexasthe = God did not choose us based upon His volition only but also based upon our response to His initiation.
Many forms of Calvinism also promote the principle of limited atonement which says that Jesus Christ just died for some people’s sins but not everyone’s.
The mistake of many Calvinists is they don’t understand that the sovereignty of God and the free will of man coexist in human history by divine decree.
God is glorified when the free will of man executes the sovereign will of God.
The unbeliever goes to the eternal lake of fire after the last judgment because of unbelief (the use of his volition) not because of the determination of the sovereignty of God.
Unlimited atonement is the demonstration that the sovereignty of God desires that no one should perish.
2Co 6:2 for He says, “At the acceptable time I listened to you, And on the day of salvation I helped you”
If God chose us and we had nothing do to with it, it would be unjust for Him to send any member of the human race to hell since all of us were born in sin.
Free will in the human race perpetuates the angelic conflict in two areas: A. Evangelism.
B. In the PPOG for the Church-age.
Through rejection of Christ, mankind chooses the plan of Satan - religion, legalism, socialism, all forms of arrogance, emotionalism, atheism - any form of independence from God.
Because of the extension of the angelic conflict into human history, the sovereignty of God and the free will of man coexist by divine decree.
Whether we are positive toward Christ and the PPOG or not, no matter how we fail or suffer, there is no way we can hinder the glory of God.
Freedom guarantees inequality.
Some people use their freedom to succeed in God’s plan by using divine power and living a spiritual life; some choose to use human power and live independently from God.
Robert R. McLaughlin Bible Ministries
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Robert R. McLaughlin 2001
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