Sentences with phrase «chosen for eternal life»

Is it all or some, and are some chosen for eternal life and some for eternal death?

Some Calvinists (though not all) hold to reprobation — which is the belief that God not only decided whom He would choose for eternal life, but also chose whom He would send to eternal damnation — while others flatly deny it.

To be sure, in his eternal wisdom, God elected those whom he chose for eternal life and banned the remainder to perdition, but the way he chose to make known his election was through his Word and Spirit, which created a relationship of covenant between himself and each of his elect; thus, the relation between God and the individual was grounded on covenant.

Jesus Christ, who chose me for eternal life with Him 2.

Not exact matches

The penalty of hell is unimaginably horrific, I have nothing but pity for those who willingly choose it over eternal life in heaven.

But if I remember correctly, there is no single verse in the Bible which says that God chooses someone for «eternal life.»

That is, every single person is destined for hell, and God chooses to rescue some of them and give them eternal life.

Though Genesis 12:1 - 3 does not contain the words «elect» or «chosen,» this passage is often cited as a defense of God's Unconditional Election of some individuals for eternal life.

It's what I choose to bank my eternal life and / or damnation on - TOLERANCE and appreciation for people who bring goodness to this world but I understand that won't work for everyone.

No, God chooses, elects, predestines, predetermines, decides, foreordains, commits Himself to make sure that every person who believes in Jesus for eternal life, will finally and ultimately be glorified into the image and likeness of Jesus Christ.

In other words, Jesus is saying that if someone wants to be chosen by God and given to Jesus, that person can simply believe in Jesus for eternal life.

For if, as Calvinists teach, God, in eternity past, chose some people to be the beneficiaries of His grace so that they, out of all the people of the world, might alone receive eternal life from Him, then Israel, as God's elect people, should all unconditionally receive eternal life from God.

Nevertheless, we can not ignore that in the context of Jesus» teaching about those whom He chooses for service, He mentions the fact that He gives eternal life to those who believe in Him for it (John 6:40, 47).

heavenspent you contradict yourself If they weren't christians in life, then they are burning in your cruel gods eternal lake of fire for choosing the wrong belief.

He has promised, He has chosen, He has decided that those who place faith in Jesus Christ for eternal life, these He will bring finally and ultimately into heaven.

God chooses certain individuals for a task, not for eternal life.

Before the foundations of the world, that's eons ago, God decided that every person who believed in Jesus for eternal life would be His chose servant to accomplish His work and His will in this world.

Neither is there anything about God looking ahead in time to see who would believe in Him for eternal life and then choosing them — as the Arminians teach.

But never to eternal life or eternal death; He chooses groups or individuals for certain tasks.

This means that if you are a believer in Jesus for eternal life, you too were chosen in Jesus before the foundation of the world.

«Remenber all scpritures are inspired words from God, my point is, Jesus wants us to be more than religious, but obedient.Jefferson is just stating that American Churches have become more corrupted with its religious practices that they have forgotten about jesus along the way.The church has taken scriptures and have use them according to what is pleasing to themselves.Jesus wants us to forget about what is pleasing to ourselves and follow him, be like him, love him (means be obedient to him) and ignore what we have known as religion.I define religion as jefferson is using in the video as an act of man pretending or decieving himself into believing that he know God and that he is better than others.He shows that by what he know / pratice not really whats in his heart and by serving how we choose which is pleasing to us, so we use God as a vessel praticing holy rituals teaching what we have made tradition and we have a eternal life with God.God created religion in order for us to remenber him and have a personal relationship with him through his son regardless of the many mistakes we have made in the past.We need to remenber God Forgets our past «he sperate our sins from us as far as the east is from the west».

In order to accomplish this salvation of those whom He had previously chosen, God sent Jesus to die specifically and only for the sins of those whom He had chosen so that they might have eternal life (Limited Atonement).

Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz

Gil if we only received one blessing in this life and that was eternal life in Jesus Christ that alone would be enough but we are blessed way more than that because we have been sent his holy spirit to help us overcome our old nature.He never leaves us nor forsakes us whether good or bad happens he strengthens us in our weakness.It says in the bible that the rain falls on both the righteous or the wicked God is fair to all whether they deserve it or not he can not be anything else than a holy righteous loving and fair God.I do nt need to convince you to believe about God he will reveal himself to you if you are seeking the truth as he is the truth.I do nt try and make others believe its pointless.I know without a doubt that i am saved and my sins are forgiven.As a christian it will a joy to be with the Lord there is no fear in death for those that love him.In the meantime i serve him with all my heart until he calls me home.I love talking about the Lord but each of us must walk according to what we believe.I trust my life to Jesus Christ and i choose to follow him who do you follow?

When God elects a sinner to eternal life (many are called but few are chosen) light floods in and utterly destroys the darkness «for it the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes».

But this was not exactly a failure in regards to her role as God's chosen nation, but was a failure she shares with all people on earth who do not believe in Jesus for eternal life.

They took the eighteen brothers, and sisters who had chosen for their part to confess God and inherit eternal life by becoming his sons and daughters, they bound their hands and feet, they attached them to posts surrounded with mats and they put them with the other prisoners.

Eternal Trinity, I intend by Your grace to celebrate Mass to Your glory, and for the benefit of all, both living and dead, for whom Christ died, and to apply the ministerial fruit for the choosing of a new Pope... At last they stepped out into the blank November morning.

As the person who chooses books for our local book club, I would choose Eternal Life for the lively discussion it would generate.