Don't be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people (Lk 2:10).
Mal 3:16 J. Vernon McGee
Does God Elect Everyone?
Bringing down Calvinism with one, all-permeating, bible verse
Response to
comment [from a Christian]: "Malachi 3:16: Then they that feared the LORD spake
often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of
remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that
thought upon his name."
Whether our names are written in a book or not--the book,
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Don't be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to
all the people (Lk
2:10).
Mal 3:16 J. Vernon McGee
Does God Elect Everyone?
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "If the book of life can be edited, then names can be added and later removed."
A name can be
added. Once added it cannot be removed--and God doesn't need a Mac or a PC.
See:
Once Saved Always Saved?
"So, how does Calvinism deal with names being blotted out from the book?"
The Calvinist
doesn't have to worry about these things. He's so special.
He can't do a thing to not save himself.
"The Lamb's Book of Life was written before creation, and named souls to be redeemed to inherit everlasting life are found therein."
It's a .doc
file (Wordฎ) not a .dot (Wordฎ template) file. God can edit it.
God has a plan (Mark
4:11; John
6:44 vs. 37,65.; John
6:45; John
17:4; John
18:11; John
19:2830; Acts
3:18; Acts
17:3; Rom.
1:16, 17; Rom.
10:39; Rom.
16:25, 26; 1
Cor. 1:2125; 1
Cor. 2:79; 2
Cor. 5:18, 19; Gal.
4:4, 5; Eph.
1:323; Eph.
2:410; Eph.
3:111; Eph.
6:19; Col.
1:1923, 26, 27; 2
Thess. 2:13, 14; 1
Tim. 3:16; 2
Tim. 1:9, 10; Heb.
2:9, 10, 1418; Heb.
6:1720; Rev.
5:25; Rev.
10:7). He is calling out a people for his
namesake. If you'd like to be one of those people, you repent and believe (Matt.
3:2; Matt.
18:3; Matt.
19:1621 Luke
18:1826. Matt.
24:13; Mark
1:4; Luke
3:8; Luke
14:2533; John
3:312, 1418; John
5:24; John
6:28, 29, 47; John
9:35; John
11:25; John
12:36; John
20:31; Acts
2:38; Acts
3:19, 23). That's all.
[Ex 32:33]
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "Since all men are sinners, and not all will be blotted out of the book of life, then something must be different about those whose names will never be blotted out. And I think we get the answer to who they are in Rev 3:5."
They are
sinners who have been saved by grace like all saints (Eph
2:8-9).
See:
Re 3:5 J. Vernon McGee
Bringing
down Calvinism with one, all-permeating, bible verse