I believed that God knew who will be saved and who will not. But He wants everybody to be saved. He wants everyone to be chosen…
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That.is i.xeed what be says. But since not all.will go to heaven people wonder why one and not the other and thats where the arguing starts. God doesn’t say why just that its not the merit of one human ocmver another. Or a persons fee choice in any way because we have no cree will.when it come to God just enmity.
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The Bible says God desires all people to be saved & come to a knowledge of the truth.
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Romans 9:11-23
“Even before they had been born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose of election might continue, not by works but by his call) she was told, “The elder shall serve the younger.”
As it is written,
“I have loved Jacob,
but I have hated Esau.”
What then are we to say? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means!
For he says to Moses,
“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
So it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who shows mercy. For the scripture says to Pharaoh, “I have raised you up for the very purpose of showing my power in you, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.” So then he has mercy on whomever he chooses, and he hardens the heart of whomever he chooses.
God’s Wrath and Mercy
You will say to me then, “Why then does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?” But who indeed are you, a human being, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?” Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one object for special use and another for ordinary use? What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath that are made for destruction; and what if he has done so in order to make known the riches of his glory for the objects of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—“ -
Now we get to REAL discussion on the context behind predestination.
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He wants but he knows that many will not be saved
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” The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” 2 Pete 3:9
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God’s will is different from His decree and His permissive will..
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God commands us the teach that He is the saviour of everyone who believes and get born again. Calvinists go against God’s command by says God does the choosing. And He only chooses who He wants to save.
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