Advent Talk
Theology Category => Doctrinal Discussions => Topic started by: reddogs on June 20, 2008, 08:49:05 AM
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Does God Choose or does Man...
Can God, being omniscient, choose those who will be saved or does man out of his on free will choose to be saved.
2 Thessalonians 2:13
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
Prov 19;21 "many plans are in the hearts of man, but its the Lords purpose that prevails"
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Considering all the statements that God gave us in His Word that have to do with our making the right choices, such as loving Him, following Him, obeying Him, living for Him, seeking the prize, keeping our faith stayed upon Him, being Holy, etc., I would think it is pretty clear that it is definitely our own free choice to be saved or not.
“For many are called but few are chosen.” Matt. 22:14 From the beginning God chose those who would make the choice to love and obey Him and His truth and allow Him to sanctify them through His Holy Spirit. The ones being spoken to in 2 Thessalonians 2:13 are all of the ones who believe in Him and choose to allow Him to live out the same life in and through them that He lived while upon this earth.