Joel 191: Consciousness and Time. That’s Free Will. Predestinationalism has no place in the Bible.
We left off at Hebrews 10:19-31 and we go back to 23. So, open your TextBooks and get out your note taking devices. We find out that “He is faithful” is of the foremost understanding, because without that you’ll wind up careening into the ditch. Everything in the Bible refers back to Exodus 3:14. And there’s only one way to approach the Bible and that’s with the quantum phrase Entanglement. He intentionally hides Himself in Scripture. Do not throw out the whole Bible because you discover one verse you don’t understand. When He compiled His Book, why did he include human beings in the process? It’s free will. That’s why... Okay, the pastor explains that much better.
How can the Calvinists and the Armenians use Hebrews 10:23 to make their case for their doctrine? They have a simplistic why of looking at things. Now we get back to the question of time and consciousness. Christ says “Come!” and take the water of life FREELY. There is no infringement there. So, Total Inability is crushed by the words of Christ. Calvinists tell you that you’re inability has the power to thwart Christ. We might think God has a paradox, but there is no paradox with God. Freedom is in the consciousness. And, Time is felt. It’s subjective. And now we get further into quantum mechanics. He gives the answer as to how time connects to free will. What is imagination? Is time real or an illusion? Ecclesiastes 3:11 lays it out.
Is God capable of saving everyone? Why doesn’t He? Does that relate to time? Malachi 3:6... I change not. His goodness doesn’t change. Ezekiel 3:16-21 explains a lot. Predestinationalism has no place in the Bible.
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Notice: This is a very in-depth and fascinating study of Joel, Daniel, Revelation, Ecclesiastes, Job, and Genesis, by our pastor Stephen A. Chronister. You’re watching Lecture Number 191 in this series. Current and past lectures can be found at www.cliffside.org in the Media page, and Podcasts are available on iTunes, https://cliffside.podbean.com/, iHeart.com, and
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Hebrews 10:19-31, Exodus 3:14, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Malachi 3:6, Ezekiel 3:16-21