Dear Judy, thank you for your thoughtful reply. It would be wonderful, indeed if more could participate in this opportunity to encourage each other and ask sincere questions.
Without trying to be argumentative in any way, I would say that the word reasonable is not an unreasonable word to use. LOL See Isaiah 1:18 Acts 17:2 etc.
OK, humor aside, I am fully concordant with your choice of the concept of man’s free will. On one hand as you say, men who choose to believe God are saved. Men who refused to believe God condemn themselves to an eternity without God.
While that is true for all men of all ages, I was specifically referring to believing and understanding the revelation of the mystery given to Paul. This stands in contrast to the majority of pastors, teachers and other denominational teachings that do not recognize the mystery or Paul’s authority as the apostle of the Gentiles in this dispensation.
In light of the fact that Paul was referring to this, what does it say about the majority of Christian churches and their teaching today?
Again thank you for loving God and for your thoughts.
