Adam disobeyed God .. that is sin .. the penalty for sin is death .. that was the curse God placed on all mankind through Adam .. spiritual death, which means separation from God .. God planned to redeem man all along .. that is WHY he set Adam up ..
how did He do that ??? .. By telling Adam if you eat from the tree of Life you will die .. which is only 1/2 the data .. and satan exploited that saying you wont die (meaning physically) which Adam wouldn't .. because God meant spiritual death .. hence Jesus came to pay the price of our sin because being without blame, only He could ..
salvation is not a "free gift" per-say ..
that fact that he offers salvation is a "free gift" ..
to gain salvation we must "believe in God and the sacrifice made by Jesus who is God's son to redeem us" .. "try our best" to obey God .. and when we fail, repent sincerely .. this IS loving God with our ALL (Jesus said that is what is needed to gain salvation) and loving neighbor as self .. the whole idea behind His plan for man's failure and redemption, was so God could prove to us 1st the Greatness of His love for us .. so we in-turn would love Him back also with a Great love .. His covenant/pact with us, is a covenant/pact of Love ..
God Bless you ..
BTW: I am not a sinner .. I repent if I sin, and trust Jesus is righteous and forgives them when I do .. He IS the lamb that TAKES AWAY our sins, thus He makes me without sin through Him ..
nor is anyone alive on earth saved yet .. about 200 scriptures verses refute it ..
God knows that what I am about to say is not easy for me to say. And God be the judge of my heart and motivation regarding these things I say. You say some good things, but not all is well.
"Adam if you eat from the tree of Life you will die..." That is grave error. For God said "And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;
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you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” Genesis 2:9. So where does the Tree of Life come in? "The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food.
In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil." Genesis 2:16-17. The Tree of Life is Christ! "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the
life." John 14:6. We are to eat of that tree! "Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no
life in you." John 6:53. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is the wisdom of man. Not very wholesome stuff.
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Jhn 12:40 “HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART, SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND PERCEIVE WITH THEIR HEART, AND BE CONVERTED AND I HEAL THEM.”
Rom 11:7 What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened;
there, I exposed the eisegesis that Jesus died for everyone .."
Both verses you use are referring to Israel - not the issue of the world and the saved on a broad scale.
"Even after Jesus had done all these miraculous signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. 38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: "Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" 39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere: 40 "He has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, nor understand with their hearts, nor turn--and I would heal them." John 12:37-40. Who did Jesus come to first and do His many miracles among? The Jews! The blinding of eyes and the hardening of hearts here refers to the Jews. You can not expand that meaning to the whole of the unsaved world because God's Word here does not do that in the first place.
Romans 11:7 has the very word "Israel" in it. The first few verses of Romans 11 make it clear that this chapter is about Israel the nation. " I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don't you know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah--how he appealed to God against Israel: 3 "Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me" ? 4 And what was God's answer to him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal." 5 So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace. 7 What then? What Israel sought so earnestly it did not obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened" Romans 11:1-7. You can not expand this to include the elect from the Gentiles. You can not expand this into the scope of this discussion.
And if one must take verses out of context to the prove his point, then what he says is not of God.
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Christ is the Word. John 1:1. All Scripture is God breathed. 2 Timothy 3:16. To understand the whole Word we must look at the whole Word - not just select verses and individual words that get squabbled over. Does not that kind of behavior lead to confusion? And confusion is not from from God. 1 Corinthians 14:33.
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"I see someone dislikes God's word .. tisk tisknor did they even try and answer an honest question ..and not one iota of opinion was on that post ..very UNCHRISTIAN whoever you are .." This is not building up the Body. This is tearing it down. If one is wise he will know that "But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere." James 3:17.
And even if one has much knowledge - and they share it quite often - that can mean nothing. "And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing." 1 Corinthians 13:2.
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This is not a personal attack. God knows that is not the desire of my heart. I am saying what I know needs to be said. I hope you will consider it.
