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It’s my understanding that individuals must decide for themselves to choose to be right with God. Can you imagine how many more would be saved if God caused everyone who was prayed for to be saved? I believe once one desires God enough to choose Him, He causes them to come to salvation; and He...

Hi, and appreciate your replies! To me, ordain just means foreknowledge of one who will be saved. God ordains salvation to all whom He knows will choose Him. Doesn't He ensure the salvation of the believer? This is a good point, for it say the majority of mankind will be lost. If we totaled...

Hi, and thanks for the reply! This of course is true, and He already knows all who will come to Him, which answers for the existence of the Book of Life.

Hi, and like your reply! I believe after we understand that God being omniscient knows everything, He would not need to put a name in the Book and then have to remove it. The phrase "blot out" has the same sense as the name was never in the Book. I think Gill's commentary explains it okay. John...

Amen, and true! Those who truly want to be saved will be saved, then after being saved they will learn to love and be obedient to God, manifesting their salvation.

Can you pray for others salvation? I believe one can pray in hope that one’s name is in the Book of Life. Actually, salvation is one thing you need not to pray for others, because “everyone that should be saved—will be saved!” Plus, the names of all who will be saved are already in the Book of...

The Jews who believes in God (“Ye believe in God” JN 14:1 - KJV), but not yet in Christ until they see Him, will be translated and restored in fellowship with Him later. These Jewish believers in God will inherit the new earth. But to inherit the new heaven one must believe in the Lord Jesus...

The opposition (self, Satan, society) has a right to attempt to “trouble” you, because God allows it so He can show us that He uses it for our “good.” Thus strengthening our faith. The issue here is how quick your resolution solves, and this is up to the believer! There is no reason to allow...

t’s obvious that some things written in the Word of God are more difficult to ascertain than others, requiring deeper understanding, especially concerning the eschatology of Israel. It’s my belief that God may have been a bit protective concerning teachings that relate to the end times of His...

Are you maintaining a clear conscience (1Ti 3:9)? If not, we are not giving the Lord Jesus the glory for it! There is no reason for a saint to allow the oppositions (self, Satan and society) to produce guilt in ones thoughts. God knows the believer’s objective is ever to “please” Him, because...

The most difficult thing within Christianity is the trials saints will bear; but God will not allow us to endure more than we are supposed to endure (1Co 10:13; Heb 12:4; 1Jo 5:3). Nevertheless, trusting God in all our “hardness” (2Ti 2:3) is the primary reason He takes us through every single...

Most believers are familiar with Romans 8:28, which is the most encouraging passage: “We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” It’s my suspicion that many Christians do not have sufficient understanding...

Our Father would have us to “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2Pe 3:18). He lovingly carries this out by delivering us “unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the Life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh” (2Co 4:11). The natural tendency of...

Hi, and thanks for the involved reply! Guilt is the primary result of not being reborn, but willful sin is the cause of guilt; and this shows we have yet to experience rebirth. Right! One cannot sin if void of the old man, which of course is an impossibility; as we are still learning God's...

Not a cloud of guilt, nor any evil power of control remains for the believer in the Lord Jesus! The "old man," at rebirth, has lost both its "condemnation" (Ro 8:1) and "dominion" (Ro 6:14) on the believer. The guilt is gone because Christ has taken its curse; and its power to cause the believer...