Joh 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Joh 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
Joh 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Gen 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Gen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Adam and Eve were the only two created living, breathing,( filled with the breath of God), humans which had free will. They knew no evil, they communed with the Lord. Adam was first instructed by the Lord God, to not eat of the tree “the tree of the knowledge of good and evil”. Actually Adam was informed not to even touch it!
Gen 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Gen 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Gen 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Gen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Gen 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Isa 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
Isa 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High
Eze 28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
Eze 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.Eze 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
Gen 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Gen 3:23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Gen 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
1Co_15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
1Jn_3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
Enoch: Heb 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Noah:Heb 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Isaac:Gen_21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Jacob & Esau: Rom 9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Rom 9:14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
Rom 9:15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Rom 9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Joseph: Act 7:9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, Act 7:10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
Moses: Exo_3:6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
David: 1Sa 16:1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.Rom 4:6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
Jeremiah: Jer 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
John the baptist: Luke 1:13-15
Mary mother of Jesus: Luke 1:28-31
The 12 Disciples, one was the son of perdition:Mark 3:13-19
Psa_4:3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Zec_4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
Joh_1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God
Heb 3:4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
Joh 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Joh 6:64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
Joh 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
Joh 6:66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
Joh_15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Joh_15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you
Eph 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Eph 1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
In His Eternal Love….
Excellent! In the GARDEN GOD PROVIDES ALL! In the field we have to work and toil and sweat. You see the Tree of Knowledge was never in the GARDEN, it was outside of the GARDEN and outside of GOD’s GRACE and MERCY. The TREE of LIFE was in the GARDEN. GOD BLESS
Thank you….
I never thought of about your statement in that manner……interesting……must look into it!
Lord bless you……
Thank you for speaking the truth about God’s choosing; you’re right that those who reject this clear Biblical teaching are exhibiting pride. By the way, I am very much a Calvinist, and what you wrote is 100% in line with it.
Thank the Lord for His Truth of His Word when given by the Holy Spirit to understand His Word through living revelation. I started to understand what I wrote back in the mid 90’s, but a further understanding came many years after that, I first wrote it in 2010, or there abouts.
I happy you were blessed with it, and confirm the truth of it. This revealed understanding came not from Calvinist’s writings, it came directly from the Holy Spirit and it was quite a moment in time when I understood. I do not call my self a Calvinist, because I’ve not read any of Calvin’s teachings/writings. I do know about him, and did read about some of his life story, but not much.
I only call myself a Disciple of Jesus Christ, and by no other name association.
Lord bless you…….
What version did you get Gen 2:17 from?
King James Version, I use the same Bible given to me on my B’day 43 years ago. I’ve done comparison’s since back in the mid-90’s. This is the only version I trust, the other’s are just perverted translations.
Why, which one do you utilize? So that I may see where you are coming from, would be greatly appreciated for my own reference….if you do not mind.
Thanks for asking……