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Earth 3 flag Bible Trek Logo Our unending mission… To seek out new insights and applications from God’s inspired Word. And to boldly go wherever the Lord leads us… TBC logo small w letters rOMANS thru 2011 to 2012 WELCOME TO Chapter 8:14-8:38 http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KzE2zdO_bRA/TaIwddffBVI/AAAAAAAABN4/AaCoKedChaw/s1600/Romans+1+16.bmp http://whenyouwalkalongtheway.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/clothed-in-christ.jpg For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, Romans 1:17a http://mudpreacher.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/from-faith-to-faith.jpg a righteousness that is by faith from first to last Romans 1:17b abraham night sky.jpg just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” Romans 1:17c Sin Salvation Sanctification Setting aside Israel Service Salutation 1:1-3:20 3:21-5:21 6-8 9-11 12-15:13 15:13-16:27 Outline of Romans http://rlv.zcache.com/sinner_forgiven_tshirt-p2357635585054257683m1f_400.jpg Romans 3:10 (from Psalms 14:1, 53:1, 143:2) As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one;” Sin Salvation Sanctification Setting aside Israel Service Salutation 1:1-3:20 3:21-5:21 6-8 9-11 12-15:13 15:13-16:27 Outline of Romans Picture_150133231_std.jpg and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. Romans 3:24 3050307072_c298faf2d2.jpg For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. Romans 3:28 http://thefieldistheworld.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/sanctification.jpg?w=600&h=416 Romans 6: Principles of Sanctification Romans 7: Preventions to Sanctification Romans 8: Power and Person of Sanctification Flying dove.gif http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TsFVUxPiKgw/Te1hMFoX2EI/AAAAAAAAAKE/r4jIPEkCBbU/s1600/dead2sin.jpg In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. http://aaronyager.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/sin-kills.jpg For the wages of sin is death, Romans 6:23a http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Basics/gift_of_eternal_life.jpg but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23b http://www.turnbacktogod.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/jesus-christ-cross-0204.jpg So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, Romans 7:4a http://missionarymom.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/jesus20cross20salvation.jpg that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. Romans 7:4b http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_CSgmxqN3xE/Tec34e2AMKI/AAAAAAAAANA/-MJQ7HS1tV8/s1600/Donna+adultera. jpg But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law Romans 7:6a http://familychurchdevotionals.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/walk-in-the-spirit-logo.jpg so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. Romans 7:6b http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6eQ3uvVivf8/TK21of0ZbII/AAAAAAAAAC8/jGIwfERRNNg/s1600/Drowning2.gif What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Romans 7:24 http://www.utestify.net/addons/albums/images/545146616.jpeg http://www.utestify.net/addons/ albums/images/545146616.jpeg Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! Romans 7:25a http://www.christian-wallpaper.com/backgrounds/Therefore-there-is-now-no-condemnation-for-those -who-are-in-Christ-Jesus.gif http://www.smallgroupresources.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/romans8.jpg Emancipated Empowered Embraced Embedded Emboldened from the law of death by the Holy Spirit as sons and daughters in Eternal perspective by God’s Power 1-4a 4b-13 14-17 18-25 26-38 http://www.smallgroupresources.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/romans8.jpg Emancipated Empowered Embraced Embedded Emboldened from the law of death by the Holy Spirit as sons and daughters in Eternal perspective by God’s Power 1-4a 4b-13 14-17 18-25 26-38 http://www.bible-tencommandments.com/images/Man-law.JPG For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, Romans 8:3a I can’t possibly keep all these laws perfectly! http://dailyprayer.us/photos820/christ_crucified.jpg God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. Romans 8:3b http://matthewthrower.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/jesushand.jpg And so he condemned sin in sinful man, Romans 8:3c in order that… http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-16InxyJXPNU/TaVri8fq0GI/AAAAAAAAABI/OgQ07VT0uV0/s1600/M1-007.jpg the righteous requirements of the law, might be fully met in us, Romans 8:4a http://www.smallgroupresources.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/romans8.jpg Emancipated Empowered Embraced Embedded Emboldened from the law of death by the Holy Spirit as sons and daughters in Eternal perspective by God’s Power 1-4a 4b-13 14-17 18-25 26-38 http://guatspot.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/graveyard-zombies-evil-spirits.jpg Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on… What that nature desires Death Hostility to God Not submitting to God’s law Not pleasing God Romans 8:5-8 http://biblica.frih.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lifeinthespirit.jpg what the Spirit desires life and peace but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on… Romans 8:5-8 http://marcsmith.biz/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/zombie-psp.jpg http://loveheartministries.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Jesus_put_us_first.jpg You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature Romans 8:9a but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. http://www.jrflog.com.br/imgs/social.jpg Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation —but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. Romans 5:12 http://l2.cdn01.net/_gallery/0000023/0000738/00006xl.jpg For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; Romans 5:13 but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live http://www.smallgroupresources.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/romans8.jpg Emancipated Empowered Embraced Embedded Emboldened from the law of death by the Holy Spirit as sons and daughters in Eternal perspective by God’s Power 1-4a 4b-13 14-17 18-25 26-38 http://viswasolsavam2011.yolasite.com/resources/jesus-loves-children-colourful.jpg because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. Romans 8:14 http://www.smashinglists.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Phobia_by_norealityallowed-600x371.png For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to… Romans 8:15a Fear http://www.soundofanxiety.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/phobia.jpg http://api.ning.com/files/fwNzrwATtlpN49OoiS7c1GonNnm4KeF0R14JQHToOnXC6bqVQIzKJ9UNpduHxDvxbF4pk aN5XkPUHNQm7Y5s-LkCDBdSXVSB/clip_image001.jpg An intense, unrealistic fear, which can interfere with the ability to socialize, work, or go about everyday life, that is brought on by an object, event or situation. depression.jpg TV news.png 1. Fear of Snakes 2. Fear of Heights 3. Fear of Flying (on a plane) 4. Fear of Public Speaking 5. Fear of Darkness and Dark Places 6. Fear of Not being able to Escape 7. Fear of Spiders 8. Fear of Terror Attacks 9. Fear of Rejection 10. Fear of Getting Cancer 11. Fear of Small Confined Spaces Top Fears of Mankind THO-AT928693.jpg Snake eggs.jpg Fear of flying.jpg vertigo.jpg hall-McLane.jpg trapped 2.jpg ALAMY-A18J39.jpg spiderweb.gif Doctor patient.jpg outside the box.jpg 12. Fear of Failure 13. Fear of Vomiting 14. Fear of Intimacy 15. Fear of Poverty 16. Fear of Getting Hurt 17. Fear of Losing Good Health 18. Fear of Choking & Suffocation 19. Fear of Testing HIV Positive 20. Fear of Bridges 21. Fear of Ghosts 22. Fear of Clowns Top Fears of Mankind 23. Fear of Storms 24. Fear of Death 25. Fear of Drowning 26. Fear of Being Buried Alive 27. Fear of Needles 28. Fear of Mice 29. Fear of Lizards 30. Fear of Getting a Shot 31. Fear of Babies 32. Fear of Cockroaches 33. Fear of Being Raped Top Fears of Mankind 34. Fear of Deep Water 35. Fear of Strangers 36. Fear of Commitment 37. Fear of Insects 38. Fear of Wild Animals 39. Fear of Germs 40. Fear of Losing One's Job 41. Fear of Being Alone 42. Fear of Headaches 43. Fear of Sharks 44. Fear of Swine Flu Top Fears of Mankind 45. Fear of Growing Old 46. Fear of Crowds 47. Fear of Floods 48. Fear of Cats 49. Fear of Driving 50. Fear of Tall Buildings Top Fears of Mankind http://lovingspirituality.com/l/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/muslims-praying1.jpg Fear of God http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7IuhqRafde0/TVR4Xdpkv8I/AAAAAAAACJU/rJ26LcbyV74/s1600/gods-hands-hold ing-child.jpg but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father” Romans 8:15b http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TQt2G0hkYlY/SxSTEUbFWyI/AAAAAAAAAQg/cEUE22HXlYw/s1600/woman_reading_b ible_op_800x533.jpg The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Romans 8:16 Flying dove.gif Teaches us the Word of Truth (John 16:12-15, 1 Cor 2:14, 1 Thes 5:19-22) Assurances by the Holy Spirit that we are Children of God http://uofm621.files.wordpress. com/2010/12/man-reading-bible.jpg http://www.morrumc.org/getmedia /449a33f3-42d4-4e21-b89a-432017ffd0f9/Pastor-in-Chapel.aspx Wow, I never saw that before in that verse! How did I miss it? What he is saying doesn’t sound like the Jesus that I know and love. Teaches us the Word of Truth (John 16:12-15, 1 Cor 2:14, 1 Thes 5:19-22) Makes us able to truly call Jesus our Lord (1 Corinthians 12:3) Assurances by the Holy Spirit that we are Children of God http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yPOeBv-cAXM/ThvW5ZDucZI/AAAAAAAADPY/G Psg8dR9gi8/s1600/Jesus-Is-My-Savior.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0rtiKlp1vLs/THqVRHA6pwI/AAAAAAAACZc/ZnivUd1Tw1o/s1600/132574_7_11_200 9_10_35_31_PM_-_Bourbon_street_large_sign_partyers.jpg Teaches us the Word of Truth (John 16:12-15, 1 Cor 2:14, 1 Thes 5:19-22) Makes us able to truly call Jesus our Lord (1 Corinthians 12:3) Gives us a desire to please God & avoid things contrary to His law (John 14:15, James 1:27, 1 John 2:5, 15-17) Assurances by the Holy Spirit that we are Children of God I think I will just turn around before I get tempted to do something displeasing to my Lord! Teaches us the Word of Truth (John 16:12-15, 1 Cor 2:14, 1 Thes 5:19-22) Makes us able to truly call Jesus our Lord (1 Corinthians 12:3) Gives us a desire to please God & avoid things contrary to His law (John 14:15, James 1:27, 1 John 2:5, 15-17) Calls us to seek forgiveness for sin (Luke 18:9-14, 1 John 1:8-10), to be assured of forgiveness (1 John 2:1-2) and have victory over temptation (1 John 4:4, 5:4) Assurances by the Holy Spirit that we are Children of God http://quitsmokingonlinetips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Quit-Smoking-8.jpg Wow! I never thought I’d be able to quit this nasty habit. Thank you Lord! Arouses us to pray (Romans 8:26, 27) and recognize His answers (Matthew 7:16-20) Assurances by the Holy Spirit that we are Children of God http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B2JW- p9dJo4/Th3ONzo1wsI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/8LSgdzX9zEc/s1600/WomanPrayingCrop+%25281%2529.jpg I’m not sure why or just what to pray, but I feel I HAVE to get on my knees now and pray for Mary. http://richardmansel.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/womanprays.jpg Thank you Lord, for answering my prayer! Arouses us to pray (Romans 8:26, 27) and recognize His answers (Matthew 7:16-20) Causes us to love believers & delight in fellowship (1 Cor 12:13, 1 John 3:14) Assurances by the Holy Spirit that we are Children of God http://www.visualphotos.com/pho to/2x4520173/Young_women_talking_on_airplane_BLD002958.jpg We’ve only just met, but I feel like we are already the best of friends. She must be a fellow believer… Arouses us to pray (Romans 8:26, 27) and recognize His answers (Matthew 7:16-20) Causes us to love believers & delight in fellowship (1 Cor 12:13, 1 John 3:14) Makes the offerings of this world empty and the gifts of God satisfying (Psalm 63, John 4:13,14, 1 John 2:16,17) Assurances by the Holy Spirit that we are Children of God http://images.travelpod.com/users/bniester/1.1286001905.m-hat-and-new-friends-drinking-beer-sur prise.jpg I don’t understand it, this used to be my favorite pastime. Now it just seems like a big waste of time… Arouses us to pray (Romans 8:26, 27) and recognize His answers (Matthew 7:16-20) Causes us to love believers & delight in fellowship (1 Cor 12:13, 1 John 3:14) Makes the offerings of this world empty and the gifts of God satisfying (Psalm 63, John 4:13,14, 1 John 2:16,17) Produces Spiritual Fruit in each of us (Galatians 5:22) and gives us different Spiritual Gifts to be used for His Kingdom (1 Cor 12:8-11, 29,30) Assurances by the Holy Spirit that we are Children of God http://morechristlike.com/blog/ wp-content/uploads/2009/03/fruit-of-the-spirit.jpg http://kkilmer.files.wordpress. com/2010/01/spiritual_gifts.gif http://www.nickspics.net/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=28867&g2_serialNumber=5 Now where did this kind of patience come from? http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0g-Xw eKtpmI/TlFJEh2M0GI/AAAAAAAAAYU/5qDZwVoqN-k/s1600/volunteer-at-soup-kitchen-1.jpg And to think, I used to believe that serving the poor would be boring! Instead it just fills me with joy! 1. Administration 2. Apostle 3. Discerning of Spirits 4. Evangelism 5. Ekballism (exorcism) 6. Exhortation 7. Faith 8. Giving 9. Healing 10. Helps 11. Hospitality 12. Intercession 13. Interpretation of Tongues 14. Knowledge 15. Mercy 16. Leadership 17. Miracles 18. Missionary 19. Prophecy 20. Service 21. Shepherd 22. Teaching 23. Tongues 24. Voluntary Poverty 25. Wisdom SPIRITUAL GIFTS http://www.christianglobe.com/PPS/images/medium/00022962_h.jpg then we are heirs —heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, Now if we are children, Romans 8:17a http://www.wrightpenning.com/userfiles/cont9_2_600.jpg In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. John 14:3,4 http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GehyHLBagdU/TIWX50W4O1I/AAAAAAAAAXA/LK0A2Otd4vk/s1600/goodandfaithful servant.jpg http://www.2artgallery.com/gallery/images/The-Flagellation-of-O ur-Lord-Jesus-Christ-Flagellation-de.jpg if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. Romans 8:17b “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.“ Jon 16:33 http://www.smallgroupresources.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/romans8.jpg Emancipated Empowered Embraced Embedded Emboldened from the law of death by the Holy Spirit as sons and daughters in Eternal perspective by God’s Power 1-4a 4b-13 14-17 18-25 26-38 http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pkMMoNVkxzU/TMdQaew8CwI/AAAAAAAABrU/c-F98qkzhz0/S760/welcomechild%5B1 %5D.jpg http://rpmedia.ask.com/ts?u=/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Josep h_Martin_Kronheim_-_Foxe's_Book_of_Martyrs_Plate_I_-_Martyrdom_of_St._Paul.jpg/241px-Joseph_Mart in_Kronheim_-_Foxe's_Book_of_Martyrs_Plate_I_-_Martyrdom_of_St._Paul.jpg I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. Romans 8:18 100 years = 0 http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Health/Images/old-couple- 3.jpg jesus introduces us to father.jpg When we’ve been there 10,000 years Bright shining as the sun We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise Than when we’d first begun! drought2.jpg earthquake.jpg volcanoFireRiver.jpg katrina_050828-o-0000x-001.jpg earth.gif The creation waits in eager expectation… Romans 8:19a REVELATION-Jesus-Conquer-2-sd-Coming-703.jpg for the sons of God to be revealed. Romans 8:19b For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, Romans 8:20 adam and eve and apple.bmp To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,' "Cursed is the ground because of you; Genesis 3:17a j0227557 through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. Genesis 3:17b,18 hicksPeaceable The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but dust will be the serpent's food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain," says the LORD. Isaiah 65:25 in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. Romans 8:20b,21 star background4 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. Revelation 20:11 Rotating-Earth-Fine-black JOHN 2 Great white throne NewHeavenandEarth Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, Revelation 21:1a JOHN 2 Detail3 for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. Revelation 21:1b JOHN 2 http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jy0BRpWm_Wo/TTc_bB4fm5I/AAAAAAAAAE0/0cLU7GsoC6U/s1600/EARTH+Crying.jp g We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Romans 8:22 http://www.instablogsimages.com/1/2011/10/14/green_facts_hgmyc. jpg http://images.cafepress.com/image/18204846_400x400.jpg We don’t WORSHIP this Creation… Adam1.jpeg We STEWARD this Creation… http://www.extension.org/mediawiki/files/7/75/Silhouetted_elderly_man_in_wheelchair300px.jpg Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. Romans 8:23 GoingHomeComeUpHere 1 Corinthians 15:51,52 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed-- in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. GoingHomeComeUpHere 1 Corinthians 15:53,54 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory." Detail3 Detail3 ENTROPY=The tendency for all matter and energy in the universe to evolve toward a state of inert uniformity. “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” Why no seas? hope12.jpg For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? Romans 8:24 praying_man.jpg But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. Romans 8:25 http://www.kenoli.com/i/FS%20Wall%20Words/Eat_Drink.JPG for tomorrow we die http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UEV0dmHfhuc/TlPjAX8ZbEI/AAAAAAAAAvo/clmuTzNIG2o/s1600/The+Rapture+-+3 01+Blog..jpg Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 1 Thessalonians 4:13,14 http://www.smallgroupresources.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/romans8.jpg Emancipated Empowered Embraced Embedded Emboldened from the law of death by the Holy Spirit as sons and daughters in Eternal perspective by God’s Power 1-4a 4b-13 14-17 18-25 26-38 http://www.rikberry.com/fileadmin/Paintings_for_web/When_You_ve_Been_Broken.jpg In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. Romans 8:26 God’s Power to Intercede http://www.gerhardy.id.au/images/pray030507_01.jpg http://www.gerhardy.id.au/image s/pray030507_01.jpg And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will. Romans 8:27 http://mateo2d2.blox.pl/resource/tapety_3d0112.jpg God’s Power to Accomplish HIS WILL… http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UPMkXLWTxB0/S-sgQb2pmQI/AAAAAAAAE8A/QPQeVz_hohM/s1600/romans-8_28.gif http://l1.cdn01.net/_gallery/0000023/0000117/00005xl.jpg “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8,9 http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jskX4JHejy0/TKKnCTDKtbI/AAAAAAAAAK4/57K_vf-tO-I/s1600/Rom8_29-30crop. jpg God’s Power to Save Us http://cclf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/chosen.jpg http://cclf.ca/wp-content/uploa ds/2011/03/chosen.jpg http://cclf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/chosen.jpg Predestination (God’s irresistible election ) 3a22_1 3a22_1 John Calvin John Calvin John 6:37-39 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. Ephesians 1:4 "For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight“ Ephesians 2:8 "For it is by grace you are saved, through faith, and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God." http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=gen%2025:19-28&version=47 baloo-predestination “You know, predestination would sure speed up things on judgment day!” space Nicodemus night visit 2 Nicodemus night visit Rotating-Earth-Fine-black CrucifixGood2 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. http://bakersfieldchurchofchrist.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/02-jesus.saves_.jpg The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9 Isaiah scroll dead sea Deuteronomy 30:19,20a This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. http://www.theomag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/calvin-arminian-shirt.png http://paulwilkinson.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/predestined-to-have-free-will.jpg http://mohebban.burjalsaheb.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/no-gravity2.jpg How can we have both a free will to choose God and have an all knowing God who must know everyone who will come to Him? Or can both exist together? 42-15244276 It’s all a matter of Perspective Detail3 Detail3 Detail3 throne 2.jpg Time The Creation Our Universe Our past Our present Our future But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son… Galatians 4:4a The End In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 [He] emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, & being made in the likeness of men. Phil 2:7 dove.png Lamb that was slain 3.jpg babe in manger.png He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Phil 2:8 Lamb that was slain 3.jpg Eternity Jesus.png Flying dove Eternity Hebrews 8:1 We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, And the result of an all-knowing (omniscient) God But can free choice and predestination occur at the same time? Detail3 Detail3 “You are free to choose whichever food you want!” Is she free to eat the spinach? Is she predestined to eat the nuggets? Can you hold her responsible for the consequences of her choice? “This is good for you” “This is NOT!” Pearl Gate Enter freely all who believe Chosen before the foundation of the world This ONLY works for God! earthstargate This dualism is the essential nature of the universe! wave particle 10^-15 meters \Delta x \, \Delta p \ge \frac{\hbar}{2} proton Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Detail3 Now you understand it all! foxtrot foxtrot foxtrot