Re: To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. Limited Atonement
bob young
old man joe wrote:
> in the context of Matthew 13:1-23 Jesus presents the long remembered
> parable of the sower. His disciples come to Him and ask... " Why do
> You speak to them in parables? "
>
> and then comes one of most wonderful passages in Scripture which
> compares to what has been called the Perseverance of the Saints, with
> the Son of God's reply... " To you it has been granted to know the
> mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. "
"Eeeeerm Excuse me, but, why did a god talk to people back then,
with the god's exact phrase recorded
but does not talk today with phrases recorded or otherwise.........?"
A clear cut explanation will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your kindness.
bob
>
>
> the unfathomable riches of the Word of God warms the heart of every
> true believer as he discover's, through the indwelling Holy Spirit,
> " what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know
> the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled
> up to all the fulness of God. " Ro. 3:14-19
>
> Praise be to our Heavenly Father to grace us with such understanding
> " to know the love of Christ " towards us, who believe by the will of
> God. Jn. 1:12,13; Acts 13:48.
>
> but the Savior goes on to say... " but to them it has not been
> granted, " and explains why it has not been granted in vs. 13-15.
>
> this being the case; this being the unchangeable purpose of God
> towards His creation, we are full of thankfulness that we were chosen
> out of the world by the Almighty's free grace and love from our
> rebellion against Him. Eph. 2:1-12
>
> yet, God has so purposed that not all shall be so chosen by Him.
> Jn. 10:11 cp. Jn. 10:26.
>
> how is it then that the Universalists teach that Christ died for
> everyone all the while the Holy Scriptures say to the contrary ?
>
> that God makes a wide and clear distinction between the saved and
> the lost throughout all of Scripture which these do not see nor
> acknowledge ?
>
> these are clearly the proponents of the devils gospel and their
> glamorous words appeal only to " itching ears. " seeing that the
> foundation of their gospel speaks of a Savior who failed at Calvary...
> of an impotent God who sent His only Begotten Son to procure salvation
> for everyone yet the pardon goes only to those who've made some
> decision of their own ' free ' will... a salvation for the smart
> only... placing conditions on free grace.
>
> these blaspheme the very God they pretend to worship with a belief
> system which is designed to give man the glory for his good work of
> self-redemption... they show their repulsion for God this way.
>
> ********************************************************************************
>
> " all who hate Me love death. " Pv. 8:38b
>
>
Andrew
> old man joe wrote:
>
>> in the context of Matthew 13:1-23 Jesus presents the long remembered
>> parable of the sower. His disciples come to Him and ask... " Why do
>> You speak to them in parables? "
>>
>> and then comes one of most wonderful passages in Scripture which
>> compares to what has been called the Perseverance of the Saints, with
>> the Son of God's reply... " To you it has been granted to know the
>> mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. "
>
> "Eeeeerm Excuse me, but, why did a god talk to people back then,
> with the god's exact phrase recorded
> but does not talk today with phrases recorded or otherwise.........?"
>
> A clear cut explanation will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you for your kindness.
>
> bob
Don't hold your breath Bob. OMJ is a drive-by poster. He doesn't engage
in discussion if he reads replies at all. I killfiled him a while back
because I don't think there's any point reading stuff from such people.
Andrew
Hi Andrew. Yes, most of us have OMJ killfiled for the above reasons.
I am writing this to apologize for any misunderstanding in that we
both have the same first name, and occasionally post on the same
NG's. Thank you. My name is Andrew H*****.
"Andrew" <andrew....@usa.net>
Andrew
No problem. Most folk, I find, are smart enough to read the whole name
in posts. Similarly, if my use of Andrew (Andrew Morton, by the way),
has caused you problems, I'm sorry.
bob young
Andrew wrote:
Noted - thanks
bob young
Andrew wrote:
"Hey ye canna harrrdly be a Scot we' a name like that !