Thank you. A good article containing nothing I would quibble over.
AMR
Sure, if clouding up "the faith OF Christ" with a doctrine asserting select automatons in its failure to understand that election is about and unto service after, and not about, nor unto salvation, if that is nothing to quibble over, that is.
Was Christ elected unto salvation?
Isaiah 12:
1. Behold my servant, whom I uphold;
mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
2. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
3. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
4. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
Isaiah 52:
13. Behold,
my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
14. As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
15. So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
1 Peter 2:
6. Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone,
elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
Israel:
We know that Jacob is Israel, and therefore that Israel is Jacob, thus, the one is a synonym for the other, and visa versa - as is often the case - a repetition is often repeated as a different phrase, that by that, the intended sense is twice asserted.
"For Jacob
my servant's sake, and Israel
mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me" Isaiah 45:4.
Romans 9:
4. Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and
the service of God, and the promises;
Romans 11:
28. As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but
as touching the election, they are beloved for the father’s sakes.
29. For the gifts and
calling of God are without repentance.
I'll stop there that I might comment on all of it without turning this into one more of my long winded threads, lol
You'll note I appear to be deducing my conclusion from a premise that is actually a rule of thumb.
Said rule of thumb, it self is based on induction - or gathering information and examining it towards identifying a general rule of thumb towards a working premise I might deduce a conclusion from said information's recurrent patterns.
Induction - Examination - Rule of Thumb - Working Premise - Deduction - Conclusion - Assertion.
Campbell's departure in this much, appears to have been the result of - Induction - Examination -
not towards a General Rule of Thumb - rather, straight to a Premise - he then Deduced - his Conclusion and its Assertion from.
His momentary departure [his particular Sovereignty conclusion] is where Mid-Acts People end up off when we do.
Ours is how Mid-Acts re-merged to begin with.
His momentary departure [his particular Sovereignty conclusion] is how everyone else out there arrives at practically their every conclusion, which is why they oppose us so, as well as, why the "not for us" tends to take forever, when it does achieve its desired intent.
And when it does have its desired effect, it turns out the person
partly stumbled into the above right process but may not necessarily be aware of it.
As is my desire, I am ever open to correction on all of the above as...
I LOVE THIS STUFF !!!
