Glory to god for your channel. I was just thinking about why god allows for sickness, and somehow, i ended up here. Thank you. Just two things I wanted to ask: 1. I'm not saying I don't believe you. But I'm confused. You are saying before the heavens and the earth were mad, Christ had already literally died and resurrected? Outside of creation itself? I'm sorry if I didn't get it. 2. I'd love to see how you go about making a proper study session. My thing is, I want to dive and inquire in scripture, but I'm not sure as to where to start. Do I need to have an interlineal bible, concordance, know about hebrew and greek grammar, etc. I'd love a video about this. God bless you and thank you, praiss the Lord for what he has put in your heart to do for him. ✝️
Hello @ricardochiesa9829 First, it is biblical that you do not accept anyone’s teaching until you are absolutely convinced that the scriptures teach it, especially something you don’t quite understand at the moment. You can also check out my series titled “How to reveal that Jesus is the One True God using only the scriptures.” ruclips.net/video/D0LSOXJMHFU/видео.html Acts 17:10-12 Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES DAILY TO FIND OUT WHETHER THESE THINGS WERE SO. Therefore, many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men. Here are the scriptures to back up the teaching. God created the world through the Man Jesus Christ. This means that Jesus had to be alive with God in order to create the world. John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. Phil. 2:5-8 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. Col. 1:15-18 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. Heb. 1:2-3 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, Jesus was glorified by the Father before creating the world. John 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I HAD WITH YOU BEFORE THE WORLD WAS. Revelation 13:8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of THE LAMB SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. 2 Tim. 1:9-10 who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus BEFORE TIME BEGAN, but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, Daniel seen the coronation of Christ before creation in Daniel 7:13-14 “I was watching in the night visions, and behold, One like the Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, and they (the glory clouds) brought Him near before Him. Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom the one which shall not be destroyed. In Proverbs 8 beginning at verse 22 thru the end of the chapter, Jesus Himself explains this. 2. I'd love to see how you go about making a proper study session. My thing is, I want to dive and inquire in scripture, but I'm not sure as to where to start. Do I need to have an interlineal bible, concordance, know about hebrew and greek grammar, etc. I would recommend that you set aside a specific time each day to study the word of God. Invest in an electronic version with a minimum of two Bible versions (I recommend the MacArthur Study Bible, either the NASB or NKJV with Strongs concordance). This will allow you to look up almost every word in its original language either Hebrew or Greek. Most of these software programs give you several versions for free but not the study Bibles. Take a notebook as you systematically study each verse writing down the lessons taught, questions you may have for later research and cross references. The MacArthur Study Bible gives excellent commentary on almost every verse with many cross references. Ween yourself off listening to music while driving. Instead, listen to J. Vernon McGee thru the Bible program. His ministry has an app you can download. He is one of the best Bible expositors that I have ever heard. As you study the New Testament, listen to Dr. McGee go through the Old Testament. You can also listen to wonderful men of God like John MacArthur and Dr. John Barnett. Don’t forget about me. LOL. Finally, I do have several videos where I discuss how to study. You can search the playlists. One playlist I would recommend is titled “Laying the Foundations for proper Bible study.” There are 96 videos in this particular playlist which gives you the 15 things to know that will help you view the scriptures the way God wrote them through men. ruclips.net/video/2kSg3sck3PI/видео.html
@@treasureineveryverse69 First of all. Thanks for taking the time to quote all of these wonderful scripture verses. I'm really thankful for this. I suppose what still remains confusing to me, is, if in Revelation 13:8, this is referring to the idea that since God is omniscient, knowing the future, he knew his son ( Christ being an expression and person ofGod himself in the flesh of course) to as you say, reveal to us his attributes and the spiritual realities that he wants us to know to invite us to participate in his righteousness, or, if its meant to be understood literally as an event ( which doesn't feel right to me) as in the idea that Jesus died before time began? As for my second question, I do have a concern. Of course, I am new in the faith and I have to precisely, dive deeper into scripture, but as of now, I'm not a calvinist. I know the Mac Arthur bible inclined towards Calvinistic commentaries on the topics of predestination and these sorts of things relating to gods sovereign qualities. Do you feel that regardless, there is still value on it even if I'm not Calvinistic? In any case I will check out the playlist on how to the study as well as your videos. Thank you and god bless you.
@@ricardochiesa9829 This is understood and the natural response for us humans. We must be mindful that the LORD God wrote the scriptures from two perspectives therefore it must be read from both, or it will lead to confusion. The two perspectives are from God’s view without time, and our view within the capsule of time. From God’s perspective, the scriptures are history written in advance as there is no such thing as time with God. He is the great I am, not the great I will be, nor the great I was. The Lord sees all things from beginning to end, at once all the time, He inhabits eternity. Unfortunately, we have a limited view which limits our knowledge, wisdom, and understanding. Let me assist with the fact that God - Jesus, the Man, had to be offered prior to creation. Here are a few questions: 1. Is God holy? Yes 8 The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!” Revelation 4:8 2. Is God omnipresent? Yes 15 For thus says the High and Lofty One WHO INHABITS ETERNITY, WHOSE NAME IS HOLY: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. Isaiah 57:15 3. Is it possible for a holy God who is always present to create anything that has even the potential to sin then look thereupon? No 12 Are You not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, You have appointed them for judgment; O Rock, You have marked them for correction. 13 YOU ARE OF PURER EYES THAN TO BEHOLD EVIL AND CANNOT LOOK ON WICKEDNESS. Why do You look on those who deal treacherously, and hold Your tongue when the wicked devours a person more righteous than he? Habakkuk 1:12-13 Then how can this Holy God, who sees, hears, and knows all things, at all times, not see the evil and wickedness that is going on today, that has transpired since Adam and Eve, and that will happen in the future according to His own words? You and I see evil all around us and every time we look in the mirror. The devil and his minion of demons are committing evil every second of every day. Every human is sinning every second of every day. Then please explain to me how a Holy God whose very throne is the foundation of righteousness and justice can allow any of us to exist? 14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and truth go before Your face. Psalms 89:14 2 Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Psalms 97:2 If He simply overlooks evil and sins then He is not holy, He is not righteous, and He is not just but He constantly proclaims that He is all these things. Both cannot be true! Then how, someone please explain to me how can a holy, righteous, and just God allow evil and sin to exist in His creation, first in heaven where 1/3 of the angels sinned and here on earth where every single human being has sinned and continues to sin. Listen to the scriptures: 15 He who justifies the wicked (angels and humans), and he who condemns the just (Jesus), both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD. Proverbs 17:15 7 Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I (the LORD God) will not justify the wicked. Exodus 23:7 Wait a minute, didn’t God Himself do just that? Yes! 5 But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, Romans 4:5 Wait! What? How can that be? The LORD God did something that He declared to be an abomination to Himself. He justified the wicked and ungodly!!!! Do you know the answer to these things? God does and has given it to us in the scriptures. Here is God’s solution: 21 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 BEING JUSTIFED FREELY BY HIS GRACE THROUGH THE REDEMPTION THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS, When did this redemption take place? It could not be AFTER the angels and humans sinned. Why not? Because God is too holy to look upon sin without destroying the sinner. His righteousness and justice demands instant punishment. The soul that sin shall die. So when did this redemption take place? 25 whom God SET FORTH (set forth when? From the Beginning!) as a propitiation (satisfaction) by His blood, (The question is, when did this happen? 3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest,’” ALTHOUGH THE WORKS (what works? The death, burial, and resurrection of Christ) WERE FINISHED FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. Hebrews 4:3 34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom PREPARED FOR YOU FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD: Matthew 25:34 24 “Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me (because Jesus had already died for the sheep.) BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. John 17:24 Why does the Father love You, Jesus? 17 “Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. John 10:17 20 He indeed was foreordained (the cross happened) BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, but was manifest (became a reality in time) in these last days for you 1 Peter 1:20 When did God chose His children? 4 just as He CHOSE US (where?) IN HIM (when?) BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, Ephesians 1:4 Back to Romans 3. 25through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, (now the Lord explains how all this is became possible) BECAUSE IN HIS FORBEARANCE (how was God able to forebear evil? Through the redemption and propitiation of the blood of Christ! There is no other means for payment of sins. This allowed God to be patient and pass over sins until Jesus finally came and died in the fullness of time.) God had passed over the sins that were previously committed (previously committed by whom? The angels and humans prior to the cross.), 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness (God’s righteousness is fully on display when He allows sinners to live even though they should die for just one sin! This was made possible only by the shedding of the blood of Christ.), that He (God) might be just (maintain His holy and righteous standards) and the justifier (able to justly declare the sinner who is worthy of death, a pardoned sinner. What made this possible?) of the one who has faith in Jesus. Romans 3:21-26
@@ricardochiesa9829 You are welcome and it’s my pleasure to assist our Heavenly Father’s children to know their Father. With respect to your second question, I don’t believe in Calvinism or Arminianism. I only believe what the scriptures teach. No more, no less. As a created being, I understand that God is sovereign. What does that mean? Well, it’s very simple from a scriptural perspective. 9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear and say, “It is truth.” 10 “You are My witnesses,” says the LORD, “And My servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me. 11 I, even I, am the LORD, And besides Me there is no savior. 12 I have declared and saved, I have proclaimed, and there was no foreign god among you; therefore you are My witnesses,” Says the LORD, “that I am God. 13 Indeed before the day was, I am He; and there is no one who can deliver out of My hand; I work, and who will reverse it?” Isaiah 43:9-13 4 And at the end of the time I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever: For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation. 35 All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand or say to Him, “What have You done?” Daniel 4:34-35 Now this God, the God of the scriptures, not Calvin, MacArthur, myself nor any other human or angel, said this concerning salvation. 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead (in trespasses and sins) will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those (and only those) who hear will live. John 5:25 Now we know according to the scriptures that all humans are conceived in sin and dead in our trespasses and sins. The question becomes, how can a dead person hear anything? They can’t until they are given life by God. 1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, Ephesians 2:1 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), Ephesians 2:4-5 When did God make the dead sinner alive? After the sinner repented? After the sinner said a prayer? No, that is not what the scriptures teach. God MADE the sinner alive when the sinner was dead! By the way, dead people cannot repent, and they cannot pray. 8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God, 9 WHO HAS SAVED US AND CALLED US WITH A HOLY CALLING, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began, 2 Timothy 1:8-9 To explain further would take much writing but you can do a word search on “called, calling, elect, chose, chosen, and remnant.” What you will find is that God chose some to save some of the undeserving wicked ungodly sinners and the rest He leaves in their guilty state for judgment. All deserve hell but in His wisdom for the praise of the glory of His grace and the glory of His name, God has determined to be Savior to those whom He chose. 9 For God DID NOT APPOINT US to wrath, but TO OBTAIN SALVATION through our Lord Jesus Christ, 1 Thessalonians 5:9 13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord (Why are you giving thanks Paul?), BECAUSE GOD (who’s doing this? God!) (when did God do this?) FROM THE BEGINNING (do you mean when I prayed and repented? NO!) (okay, what did God do? God) CHOSE YOU FOR SALVATION (What? That’s right, God chose you, you did not choose God.) (how did God do that?) THROUGH SANCTIFICATION BY THE SPIRIT AND BELIEF IN THE TRUTH (how did God do that?) 14 to which HE CALLED YOU BY OUR (when one of God’s children told you the) gospel, (so what’s the purpose for God choosing us for salvation?) FOR THE OBTAINING OF THE GLORY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. (You can’t get it any other way!) 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 I did an eight part series on this topic titled Episode 69: Part 1_Does God predestine some to heaven and others to hell? If you listen to the entire series, I believe the Lord will open your heart to receive the truth as it is presented in the scriptures. Please do not believe me or any other human, believe the scriptures. ruclips.net/video/ti7yMzWqu-c/видео.html
Glory to god for your channel. I was just thinking about why god allows for sickness, and somehow, i ended up here. Thank you. Just two things I wanted to ask:
1. I'm not saying I don't believe you. But I'm confused. You are saying before the heavens and the earth were mad, Christ had already literally died and resurrected? Outside of creation itself? I'm sorry if I didn't get it.
2. I'd love to see how you go about making a proper study session. My thing is, I want to dive and inquire in scripture, but I'm not sure as to where to start. Do I need to have an interlineal bible, concordance, know about hebrew and greek grammar, etc.
I'd love a video about this. God bless you and thank you, praiss the Lord for what he has put in your heart to do for him. ✝️
Hello @ricardochiesa9829
First, it is biblical that you do not accept anyone’s teaching until you are absolutely convinced that the scriptures teach it, especially something you don’t quite understand at the moment. You can also check out my series titled “How to reveal that Jesus is the One True God using only the scriptures.”
ruclips.net/video/D0LSOXJMHFU/видео.html
Acts 17:10-12
Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES DAILY TO FIND OUT WHETHER THESE THINGS WERE SO. Therefore, many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men.
Here are the scriptures to back up the teaching. God created the world through the Man Jesus Christ. This means that Jesus had to be alive with God in order to create the world.
John 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
Phil. 2:5-8
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
Col. 1:15-18
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
Heb. 1:2-3
has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Jesus was glorified by the Father before creating the world.
John 17:5
And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I HAD WITH YOU BEFORE THE WORLD WAS.
Revelation 13:8
All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of THE LAMB SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.
2 Tim. 1:9-10
who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus BEFORE TIME BEGAN, but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
Daniel seen the coronation of Christ before creation in Daniel 7:13-14
“I was watching in the night visions, and behold, One like the Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, and they (the glory clouds) brought Him near before Him.
Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom the one which shall not be destroyed.
In Proverbs 8 beginning at verse 22 thru the end of the chapter, Jesus Himself explains this.
2. I'd love to see how you go about making a proper study session. My thing is, I want to dive and inquire in scripture, but I'm not sure as to where to start. Do I need to have an interlineal bible, concordance, know about hebrew and greek grammar, etc.
I would recommend that you set aside a specific time each day to study the word of God. Invest in an electronic version with a minimum of two Bible versions (I recommend the MacArthur Study Bible, either the NASB or NKJV with Strongs concordance). This will allow you to look up almost every word in its original language either Hebrew or Greek. Most of these software programs give you several versions for free but not the study Bibles.
Take a notebook as you systematically study each verse writing down the lessons taught, questions you may have for later research and cross references. The MacArthur Study Bible gives excellent commentary on almost every verse with many cross references.
Ween yourself off listening to music while driving. Instead, listen to J. Vernon McGee thru the Bible program. His ministry has an app you can download. He is one of the best Bible expositors that I have ever heard. As you study the New Testament, listen to Dr. McGee go through the Old Testament. You can also listen to wonderful men of God like John MacArthur and Dr. John Barnett. Don’t forget about me. LOL.
Finally, I do have several videos where I discuss how to study. You can search the playlists. One playlist I would recommend is titled “Laying the Foundations for proper Bible study.” There are 96 videos in this particular playlist which gives you the 15 things to know that will help you view the scriptures the way God wrote them through men.
ruclips.net/video/2kSg3sck3PI/видео.html
@@treasureineveryverse69 First of all. Thanks for taking the time to quote all of these wonderful scripture verses. I'm really thankful for this.
I suppose what still remains confusing to me, is, if in Revelation 13:8, this is referring to the idea that since God is omniscient, knowing the future, he knew his son ( Christ being an expression and person ofGod himself in the flesh of course) to as you say, reveal to us his attributes and the spiritual realities that he wants us to know to invite us to participate in his righteousness, or, if its meant to be understood literally as an event ( which doesn't feel right to me) as in the idea that Jesus died before time began?
As for my second question, I do have a concern. Of course, I am new in the faith and I have to precisely, dive deeper into scripture, but as of now, I'm not a calvinist. I know the Mac Arthur bible inclined towards Calvinistic commentaries on the topics of predestination and these sorts of things relating to gods sovereign qualities. Do you feel that regardless, there is still value on it even if I'm not Calvinistic?
In any case I will check out the playlist on how to the study as well as your videos. Thank you and god bless you.
@@ricardochiesa9829 This is understood and the natural response for us humans. We must be mindful that the LORD God wrote the scriptures from two perspectives therefore it must be read from both, or it will lead to confusion. The two perspectives are from God’s view without time, and our view within the capsule of time.
From God’s perspective, the scriptures are history written in advance as there is no such thing as time with God. He is the great I am, not the great I will be, nor the great I was. The Lord sees all things from beginning to end, at once all the time, He inhabits eternity. Unfortunately, we have a limited view which limits our knowledge, wisdom, and understanding.
Let me assist with the fact that God - Jesus, the Man, had to be offered prior to creation. Here are a few questions:
1. Is God holy? Yes
8 The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!” Revelation 4:8
2. Is God omnipresent? Yes
15 For thus says the High and Lofty One WHO INHABITS ETERNITY, WHOSE NAME IS HOLY: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. Isaiah 57:15
3. Is it possible for a holy God who is always present to create anything that has even the potential to sin then look thereupon? No
12 Are You not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, You have appointed them for judgment; O Rock, You have marked them for correction. 13 YOU ARE OF PURER EYES THAN TO BEHOLD EVIL AND CANNOT LOOK ON WICKEDNESS. Why do You look on those who deal treacherously, and hold Your tongue when the wicked devours a person more righteous than he? Habakkuk 1:12-13
Then how can this Holy God, who sees, hears, and knows all things, at all times, not see the evil and wickedness that is going on today, that has transpired since Adam and Eve, and that will happen in the future according to His own words?
You and I see evil all around us and every time we look in the mirror. The devil and his minion of demons are committing evil every second of every day. Every human is sinning every second of every day. Then please explain to me how a Holy God whose very throne is the foundation of righteousness and justice can allow any of us to exist?
14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and truth go before Your face. Psalms 89:14
2 Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
Psalms 97:2
If He simply overlooks evil and sins then He is not holy, He is not righteous, and He is not just but He constantly proclaims that He is all these things. Both cannot be true! Then how, someone please explain to me how can a holy, righteous, and just God allow evil and sin to exist in His creation, first in heaven where 1/3 of the angels sinned and here on earth where every single human being has sinned and continues to sin.
Listen to the scriptures: 15 He who justifies the wicked (angels and humans), and he who condemns the just (Jesus), both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD. Proverbs 17:15
7 Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I (the LORD God) will not justify the wicked. Exodus 23:7
Wait a minute, didn’t God Himself do just that? Yes!
5 But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, Romans 4:5
Wait! What? How can that be? The LORD God did something that He declared to be an abomination to Himself. He justified the wicked and ungodly!!!!
Do you know the answer to these things?
God does and has given it to us in the scriptures. Here is God’s solution:
21 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 BEING JUSTIFED FREELY BY HIS GRACE THROUGH THE REDEMPTION THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS,
When did this redemption take place? It could not be AFTER the angels and humans sinned. Why not? Because God is too holy to look upon sin without destroying the sinner. His righteousness and justice demands instant punishment. The soul that sin shall die. So when did this redemption take place?
25 whom God SET FORTH (set forth when? From the Beginning!) as a propitiation (satisfaction) by His blood, (The question is, when did this happen? 3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest,’” ALTHOUGH THE WORKS (what works? The death, burial, and resurrection of Christ) WERE FINISHED FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. Hebrews 4:3
34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom PREPARED FOR YOU FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD: Matthew 25:34
24 “Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me (because Jesus had already died for the sheep.) BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. John 17:24
Why does the Father love You, Jesus? 17 “Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. John 10:17
20 He indeed was foreordained (the cross happened) BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, but was manifest (became a reality in time) in these last days for you 1 Peter 1:20
When did God chose His children?
4 just as He CHOSE US (where?) IN HIM (when?) BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, Ephesians 1:4
Back to Romans 3.
25through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, (now the Lord explains how all this is became possible) BECAUSE IN HIS FORBEARANCE (how was God able to forebear evil? Through the redemption and propitiation of the blood of Christ! There is no other means for payment of sins. This allowed God to be patient and pass over sins until Jesus finally came and died in the fullness of time.) God had passed over the sins that were previously committed (previously committed by whom? The angels and humans prior to the cross.), 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness (God’s righteousness is fully on display when He allows sinners to live even though they should die for just one sin! This was made possible only by the shedding of the blood of Christ.), that He (God) might be just (maintain His holy and righteous standards) and the justifier (able to justly declare the sinner who is worthy of death, a pardoned sinner. What made this possible?) of the one who has faith in Jesus. Romans 3:21-26
@@ricardochiesa9829 You are welcome and it’s my pleasure to assist our Heavenly Father’s children to know their Father.
With respect to your second question, I don’t believe in Calvinism or Arminianism. I only believe what the scriptures teach. No more, no less. As a created being, I understand that God is sovereign. What does that mean? Well, it’s very simple from a scriptural perspective.
9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear and say, “It is truth.” 10 “You are My witnesses,” says the LORD,
“And My servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me. 11 I, even I, am the LORD,
And besides Me there is no savior. 12 I have declared and saved, I have proclaimed, and there was no foreign god among you; therefore you are My witnesses,” Says the LORD, “that I am God.
13 Indeed before the day was, I am He; and there is no one who can deliver out of My hand; I work, and who will reverse it?” Isaiah 43:9-13
4 And at the end of the time I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever:
For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation.
35 All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand or say to Him, “What have You done?” Daniel 4:34-35
Now this God, the God of the scriptures, not Calvin, MacArthur, myself nor any other human or angel, said this concerning salvation.
25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead (in trespasses and sins) will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those (and only those) who hear will live. John 5:25
Now we know according to the scriptures that all humans are conceived in sin and dead in our trespasses and sins. The question becomes, how can a dead person hear anything? They can’t until they are given life by God.
1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, Ephesians 2:1
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), Ephesians 2:4-5
When did God make the dead sinner alive? After the sinner repented? After the sinner said a prayer? No, that is not what the scriptures teach. God MADE the sinner alive when the sinner was dead! By the way, dead people cannot repent, and they cannot pray.
8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God, 9 WHO HAS SAVED US AND CALLED US WITH A HOLY CALLING, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began, 2 Timothy 1:8-9
To explain further would take much writing but you can do a word search on “called, calling, elect, chose, chosen, and remnant.” What you will find is that God chose some to save some of the undeserving wicked ungodly sinners and the rest He leaves in their guilty state for judgment. All deserve hell but in His wisdom for the praise of the glory of His grace and the glory of His name, God has determined to be Savior to those whom He chose.
9 For God DID NOT APPOINT US to wrath, but TO OBTAIN SALVATION through our Lord Jesus Christ, 1 Thessalonians 5:9
13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord (Why are you giving thanks Paul?), BECAUSE GOD (who’s doing this? God!) (when did God do this?) FROM THE BEGINNING (do you mean when I prayed and repented? NO!) (okay, what did God do? God) CHOSE YOU FOR SALVATION (What? That’s right, God chose you, you did not choose God.) (how did God do that?) THROUGH SANCTIFICATION BY THE SPIRIT AND BELIEF IN THE TRUTH (how did God do that?) 14 to which HE CALLED YOU BY OUR (when one of God’s children told you the) gospel, (so what’s the purpose for God choosing us for salvation?) FOR THE OBTAINING OF THE GLORY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. (You can’t get it any other way!) 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
I did an eight part series on this topic titled Episode 69: Part 1_Does God predestine some to heaven and others to hell? If you listen to the entire series, I believe the Lord will open your heart to receive the truth as it is presented in the scriptures. Please do not believe me or any other human, believe the scriptures.
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