damien wrote on Mar 2
nd, 2013 at 9:33pm:
corporate_whitey wrote on Mar 2
nd, 2013 at 8:04pm:
Atheists are Godhating scum that were created for destruction in the eternal fires of hell, the bible could not be clearer on that...
Well in that case, I would like to see the references that you use to back that up.
Unless of course this is just you talking hatred?
Firstly, I am talking about hatred and enmity so lets get that out of the way right now. The Bible clearly teaches the doctrines of Grace - that is self evident...but here I offer a passage in which Jesus explains to his disciples that he speaks in Parables deliberately to hide the truth from the understanding of those for whom salvation, or healing is not intended for...
Quote: Matt. 13:11-15. “Unto you it isgiven to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearingthey hear not, neither do they understand. And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, by hearing ye shall hear, and shall in nowise understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall in nowise perceive. For this people’sheart is waxed gross, and their earsare dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn again, and I should heal them.”
So the mysteries of salvation are for some to whom God chooses to reveal them to, but not all...
In the next passage it is said that God tolerates those who are the objects of his wrath - ie artheists and antichrists only for the sake of the objects of his mercy...so that we would know that he is truly God who saves and gives life as he sees fit freely and reprobates those he selects as the objects of his wrath freely...God owes you nothing...Some have been selected in advance for Glory and some to destruction, this theme is throughout the Bible from righteous Abel and cursed Cain onwards...
Quote:Romans 9:22-24 New International Version (NIV)
22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction? 23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory—24 even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?