You carry on electing and adopting. And as for all times, they’ve been and gone or are yet to emerge from now.
It has been done, is being done and will be done, but not by me. But I have, am and will rejoice in confidence.
For us in linear sequential time, true. God’s omnitemporality is not something we can get our heads around, but it is a delightful mystery how he intervenes in his children’s lives in providence.
I’m confident too, that Jesus saves.
Which children? How? When? Apart from in Christ. And ineffably but orthodoxly by the Holy Ghost.
How do you know? Do you use the Bible?
How don’t you? Do you?
You didn’t answer my question: Why do you say it is “unjust, inadequate, nasty and illogical” for God to eternally remove someone from his presence?
You say the “elect” are “witless” . How did you come to that fascinating conclusion?
Sorry, I don’t understand your question. Please elaborate. For starters, what is “Biblicism”?
Er … yeah … right … got it.
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Uh huh. And you interpret these proof texts of God’s purpose how? And more importantly, why?
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So you get “omnitemporality” do you?
a) How can you ask such a heterodox question? I thought God was omnipresent? Which is faulty in itself of course as it implies He has extension. As He instantiates infinite creation from eternity, i.e. ‘thinks’ everything in to autonomous being, how can anyone be removed from His presence? Apart from all soully physical beings like ourselves now, pre-mortem, who cannot actually experience Him in our autonomy. It only works one way for now.
b) Are ‘the elect’ in any way responsible for their high and mighty calling?
There might be a connection between election and one’s humility before God.
You’re OK then. Good job God knew you were going to choose to be sooooooo very 'umble before him.
That term generally refers to the conviction that the Bible (and often even some special English version of it such as the King James) is the central foundation to Christianity and faith - and all answers to all questions should be rooted in scriptures - preferably with a direct reference if possible.
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Is the rescued and adopted foundling witless?
That is past tense. You don’t get it about God’s omnitemporality.
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No I can’t. It’s not rational.
Is that a rhetorical question?
And with as narrow a grammatical-historical hermeneutic as possible.
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Yes… For example, if there was no instance of such a practice in the Bible, a biblicist may say it is wrong to do it.
…theological method that attempts to derive Christian doctrine and practice solely from explicit biblical statements/precedents to the exclusion of extra-biblical sources such as tradition, reason, and experience.
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