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  I saw the blog post below after I posted mine 5 days ago.  I was encouraged to see that this writer, much more educated and fluent than I am, used a thought which I included in my post to show the error in the election doctrine.  Marcy says:   What is meant by, “ all who call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”  For the Calvinist there must be a subtext to that statement.  It must mean “ all who call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved; and only the elect will call upon the name of the Lord, and that by an irresistible grace and effectual call." (Stephen Marcy's post is very long so I only included relevant excerpts below. Marcy begins with a quote from Ryken.) “Billy Graham’s simple gospel message came down to human sin, and the fact that every single human being is a sinner and that our plight is absolutely impossible, except for the fact that God in Christ made atonement for our sins. … He pointed repeatedly to the historical...

There are a number of scriptures which use an inclusive noun when expressing God's love and forgiveness.  Examples are: all, anyone, whosoever. Revelation 13:8 states "And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him (the beast which is Satan) whose names are not written in the Book of Life of the Lamb (Jesus Christ) slain from the foundation of the world." KJV This verse  in Revelation states that Jesus was slain from the foundation of the world. It does not say names were written in the Lamb's Book of Life since the foundation of the world. "From the foundation of the world" modifies "Lamb" who was slain from the foundation of the world. Therefore, Revelation 13:8 cannot correctly be used to support the doctrine of election in which God chooses some for eternal life to the exclusion of others.  This verse does not say that  God only writes the  names of the elect in the Lamb's Book of Life. Of course He knows whose names will be there, b...

Revelation 13:8 KJV   "All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world."   I believe the ones in the tribulation time who have not accepted Jesus will be the ones whose names will not and can not be written in the Lamb's Book of Life. This is the only restriction. God knowing whose names are there is not a restriction on having one's name written there.  It is our choice to be part of the elect, but we MUST CHOOSE JESUS!  Repent today and ask Him to forgive your sins, and invite His Holy Spirit into your heart.  The Heavenly Father is waiting for you to come. He is ready to write your name in the Lamb's Book of Life. Come to the REAL JESUS today!  Isaiah 30:18 (NLT) But the Lord still waits for you to come to him so he can show his love and compassion. For the L...

Best as I can understand, Amir believes the wise virgins had the Holy Spirit. The foolish virgins did not. The foolish only had an outward appearance, but God did not know them personally.    The wise virgins were continually being filled with the knowledge of God because they had received His Holy Spirit. The foolish thought they knew God but they had not committed their lives to Him. They were only religious and not born again.    Wisdom, according to Amir, throughout the Bible stands for the Holy Spirit, God's wisdom. Amir did not say that you lose the Holy Spirit, he said some people don't have the Holy Spirit, just religion and this is not the same. This is evident in that there is no continual fellowship with God and there is no fruit of the Spirit in their lives. Therefore they had no oil when the Bridegroom, Jesus, came. See if you think this is what he said. It took him a while to build the background, but it seems to come together at the last pa...

    Behold Israel - A Non Profit Teaching Ministry Behold Israel https://beholdisrael.org Behold Israel is a non-profit organization. Our mission is to provide reliable and accurate reporting on developments in Israel and the region.     Amir Tsarfati (Behold Israel) Fact: Israel could wipe out Hamas & Gaza from the air without losing a single soldier. Fact: Israel has soldiers on the ground losing lives in order to protect the civilians in Gaza from consequences caused by Hamas. Fact: Media and terrorist supporters ignore facts 1&2 above.