For what it’s worth, here’s my current belief on the difficult issue of election versus free will. It’s both. It’s reflected in the Chafer Theological Seminary doctrinal statement: “Election: We believe Scripture reveals two clear and indisputable lines of evidence. One line shows God sovereignly choosing His own in Christ; the other shows man possessing the function of volition, able to receive or reject God's uniquely born Son (regarding sovereignty, see Job 42:2; Psalm 135:6; Isaiah 46:9-10; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 24:22, 24, 31; Luke 18:7; Romans 8:29-33; Galatians 1:15; 2 Timothy 2:10; 1 Peter 1:1-2; regarding human volition, see John 1:9-13; 3:16, 36; 6:47; 20:30-31; Acts 16:30-31; Romans 10:11-13; 1 John 5:9-13, as well as every command in the epistles).”
The Lord revealed to me my need to seek Him. I was the only very small child, about 6, living in extreme isolation on a farm with no neighbors nor churches. My parents were not Christian. Yet, the Lord pricked my heart and gave me A desire to seek Him. Finally I lay on my back in an alfalfa field looking up to the sun then I asked The Lord God to please send someone to teach me about the Lord. I immediately felt peace and I knew He would not forsake me. I got up so happy knowing He would send someone. And He did. Praise the Lord for His faithfulness.
I am not better than you or anyone better than someone. I am also a sinner like you but willing to choose to repent and believe Christ Yeshua for salvation. You can make that decision which Yahuwah ( God) give the choice to each man to make to repent and believe in Christ Yeshua for salvation instead of continue to sin for eternal death in hell. The Bible says we are saved by grace through faith in Christ Yeshua and that is not our work but the gift of Yahuwah (God). I praise and thank Yahuwah ( God) for His steadfast love, goodness and mercy and choose to be His watchman to share the truth base on Bible, history and what is happening. See Ezekiel 33 on watchman of Yahuwah ( God)
Thank you, Dr. Andy Woods, for this excellent teaching. Since I am a Jewish Christian, I see this event as illustrative of Isaiah 49 : 6.
Thank you so much Pastor Andy, looking forward to the next verses, in 2 weeks 🙏
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(at the 50:20 mark) ""Does God choose certain people unto salvation? Probably."
For what it’s worth, here’s my current belief on the difficult issue of election versus free will. It’s both. It’s reflected in the Chafer Theological Seminary doctrinal statement: “Election:
We believe Scripture reveals two clear and indisputable lines of evidence. One line shows God sovereignly choosing His own in Christ; the other shows man possessing the function of volition, able to receive or reject God's uniquely born Son (regarding sovereignty, see Job 42:2; Psalm 135:6; Isaiah 46:9-10; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 24:22, 24, 31; Luke 18:7; Romans 8:29-33; Galatians 1:15; 2 Timothy 2:10; 1 Peter 1:1-2; regarding human volition, see John 1:9-13; 3:16, 36; 6:47; 20:30-31; Acts 16:30-31; Romans 10:11-13; 1 John 5:9-13, as well as every command in the epistles).”
The Lord revealed to me my need to seek Him. I was the only very small child, about 6, living in extreme isolation on a farm with no neighbors nor churches. My parents were not Christian. Yet, the Lord pricked my heart and gave me
A desire to seek Him. Finally I lay on my back in an alfalfa field looking up to the sun then I asked The Lord God to please send someone to teach me about the Lord.
I immediately felt peace and I knew He would not forsake me. I got up so happy knowing He would send someone. And He did. Praise the Lord for His faithfulness.
I am not better than you or anyone better than someone. I am also a sinner like you but willing to choose to repent and believe Christ Yeshua for salvation. You can make that decision which Yahuwah ( God) give the choice to each man to make to repent and believe in Christ Yeshua for salvation instead of continue to sin for eternal death in hell. The Bible says we are saved by grace through faith in Christ Yeshua and that is not our work but the gift of Yahuwah (God). I praise and thank Yahuwah ( God) for His steadfast love, goodness and mercy and choose to be His watchman to share the truth base on Bible, history and what is happening. See Ezekiel 33 on watchman of Yahuwah ( God)