Colossians 1:10-13
10 [And we pray this] so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully
12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.
13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,
For he has rescued us... God rescued us, period. Those in the dominion of darkness are there for a reason, they’re blind. Everyone is not only born blind, they are conceived blind. That is why it is called the dominion of darkness. It is not dark because there is no Light there, God is everywhere, even Hell and the Lake of Fire (Psalm 139:8, Revelation 14:10-11). Just as the physically blind live in darkness (NOT because there is no light), the lost live in darkness because they are spiritually blind (also NOT because there is no Light).
The lost don’t ask to be rescued from the darkness because they love it (John 3:19), they don’t understand what the Light is but they know what it would do - it would expose the evil they do. The lost man has an innate understanding that he shouldn’t be doing what he’s doing and he knows that Light will expose him. That’s why he hates the Light and he doesn’t want God to rescue him from the darkness (John 3:20). The lost never receive anything, and NEVER understand ANYTHING, from the Holy Spirit, no exception (1 Corinthians 2:14). The lost are unable to even understand the very words of Christ Himself (John 8:43).
The lost don’t ask to be rescued from the darkness because they love it (John 3:19), they don’t understand what the Light is but they know what it would do - it would expose the evil they do. The lost man has an innate understanding that he shouldn’t be doing what he’s doing and he knows that Light will expose him. That’s why he hates the Light and he doesn’t want God to rescue him from the darkness (John 3:20). The lost never receive anything, and NEVER understand ANYTHING, from the Holy Spirit, no exception (1 Corinthians 2:14). The lost are unable to even understand the very words of Christ Himself (John 8:43).
So I ask the Arminian, please quote me the Scripture that tells us how a lost man comes to know he is dead and wants to be made alive. Using the Bible as their source, “Please tell me where you get the idea of a man asking God to save him.”
Salvation is ALL up to God and LIMITED to those whom He chose BEFORE the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4). It’s a hard Truth, but Truth nonetheless. I’m sorry but the Bible is irrefutable, we did not choose Him (John 15:16). We become children of God NOT by the will of the flesh or human decision (John 1:13).
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