God's Foreknowledge

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This is for those who hold to Foreknowledge being the basis of who God saves, as God looks down the corridor of time and history to see who would believe or not. Question for those who hold this position, If God foreknows who would not be saved, why doesn't God do all He can to save those too? Why do some believe while others do not? Do they have something the others do not? Are they better people, do good works, that the other do not? Why do you believe and your neighbor does not? Can any of you explain this???​
 
This is for those who hold to Foreknowledge being the basis of who God saves, as God looks down the corridor of time and history to see who would believe or not. Question for those who hold this position, If God foreknows who would not be saved, why doesn't God do all He can to save those too? Why do some believe while others do not? Do they have something the others do not? Are they better people, do good works, that the other do not? Why do you believe and your neighbor does not? Can any of you explain this???​
As you know...the concept of "God looks down the corridor of time and history to see who would believe or not." isn't in the bible.
I see this as pretty much as works salvation.

Christians have to keep in mind...history has already happened for God as God isn't confined to our 3 dimensions + time universe.
 
This is for those who hold to Foreknowledge being the basis of who God saves, as God looks down the corridor of time and history to see who would believe or not. Question for those who hold this position, If God foreknows who would not be saved, why doesn't God do all He can to save those too? Why do some believe while others do not? Do they have something the others do not? Are they better people, do good works, that the other do not? Why do you believe and your neighbor does not? Can any of you explain this???​
one word- freewill
 
As you know...the concept of "God looks down the corridor of time and history to see who would believe or not." isn't in the bible.
I see this as pretty much as works salvation.

Christians have to keep in mind...history has already happened for God as God isn't confined to our 3 dimensions + time universe.
Exactly, but are there're people in this forum who hold to this view, that our salvation is based on God's foreknowledge of who will believe or not. Not Biblical at all. Just trying to find anything in fallen man that he or she can offer God in exchange for his favor. This is called conditional salvation which is based on human efforts, which then removes the merits of Christ as the ground of our Justification and replaced with human works. This is exactly what Paul argues against in Romans 4.
 
As you know...the concept of "God looks down the corridor of time and history to see who would believe or not." isn't in the bible.
I see this as pretty much as works salvation.

Christians have to keep in mind...history has already happened for God as God isn't confined to our 3 dimensions + time universe.
that is a distortion of Arminian belief

God does not look down the corridors of time and he does not learn for what he knows which is everything he always knew

No learned Arminian holds a belief that God looks down the corridor of time
 
This is for those who hold to Foreknowledge being the basis of who God saves, as God looks down the corridor of time and history to see who would believe or not. Question for those who hold this position, If God foreknows who would not be saved, why doesn't God do all He can to save those too? Why do some believe while others do not? Do they have something the others do not? Are they better people, do good works, that the other do not? Why do you believe and your neighbor does not? Can any of you explain this???​
That is an Adrian Rogers teaching and has no basis in scripture. God is omniscient and has no need to "look down through anything".
 
This is for those who hold to Foreknowledge being the basis of who God saves, as God looks down the corridor of time and history to see who would believe or not. Question for those who hold this position, If God foreknows who would not be saved, why doesn't God do all He can to save those too? Why do some believe while others do not? Do they have something the others do not? Are they better people, do good works, that the other do not? Why do you believe and your neighbor does not? Can any of you explain this???​
Are you asking; since Christ is no respecter of persons, why does he not go the extra mile to have a Damascus Road experience with All he Foresees will not Believe?
 
Are you asking; since Christ is no respecter of persons, why does he not go the extra mile to have a Damascus Road experience with All he Foresees will not Believe?
Consider that question in light of the fact that Paul (or Saul at the time) was a true seeker albeit swallowed up on the wrong path.
 
As you know...the concept of "God looks down the corridor of time and history to see who would believe or not." isn't in the bible.
I see this as pretty much as works salvation.

Christians have to keep in mind...history has already happened for God as God isn't confined to our 3 dimensions + time universe.
These days I prefer to call it a "Merit Based" Salvation; instead of a Works Based Salvation. God's Foreknowledge of their Merit, is definitely a Merit Based Salvation...
 
Consider that question in light of the fact that Paul (or Saul at the time) was a true seeker albeit swallowed up on the wrong path.
Saul needed the Efficacious Prevenient Grace of Jesus Christ stepping in the shoes of the Holy Spirit, and come to him for a face-off...
 
Saul needed the Efficacious Prevenient Grace of Jesus Christ stepping in the shoes of the Holy Spirit, and coming to face him...
Yes, but he could have rejected even that but chose not to because as a true seeker he knew whose presence he was in.
Then ignore it.


Speak for yourself.

Many Arminians use Rogers' statement to explain Conditional Election. They speak for themselves.
You don't know any actual Arminians to speak of
 
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