Matt. 16: 13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" 14 And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." 15 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" 16 Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." 17 And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
Jesus tells His disciples, and us, that there is no illumination without divine revelation. This doesn't mean that we are to keep our "findings" to ourselves, we are still to "Go and make disciple of all the nations".
We don't seek unless we are given the ability to seek, we can't see w/o our eyes being opened by The Father, we can't find w/o Him leading us to the Truth, and yet we are still to "work out our own salvation with fear and trembling".
This shows the responsibility on man's side and the ability on God's. God gave it so Peter got it. If God has illumined us, we are to be "illuminating others" by your walk?
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Thanks for the post.
Last night we started to watch a 4 hour video called, "Amazing Grace: History & Theology of Calvinism/Study Guide (DVD)"
The first part of the DVD talks about God's sovereignty & human responsibility, and the history behind Calvinism....
It was good, and I am looking forward to watching it in full, and many more times. Much of the stuff that Higgins talks about is in this video....good food for the soul!
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