tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post181526491487042384..comments2023-10-12T04:35:07.994-07:00Comments on Well-Meaning Gentlemen With Different Ideas: God Didn't Save Noah Because He Was A Good Manhymns that preachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-82386293518056835892016-01-14T18:17:00.485-08:002016-01-14T18:17:00.485-08:00In another format, an unsaved friend of mine asked...In another format, an unsaved friend of mine asked, "Why did God save Noah?"<br /><br />I was happy to give him this answer:<br />That’s a great question, Robert, and I am going to give you a straight, no-nonsense answer. <br /><br />In the eleventh chapter of Hebrews (vs. 7) are these words; “By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared hymns that preachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-15308222024222543932012-08-14T22:22:32.934-07:002012-08-14T22:22:32.934-07:00Like you, I believe in FREE WILL too. I also belie...Like you, I believe in FREE WILL too. I also believe in FREE WILLY. Do you remember that movie? Let me remind you that I wrote about that Orca whale (read it at http://notallowed2laff.blogspot.com/2007/11/free-willy.html) which is an astonishing metaphor for man's supposed free will. We are free to sin because we are sinners. When God saves us, He gives us a new nature. Then we are free fromhymns that preachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14456829104120421972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-16069299696113507382012-08-14T15:52:26.087-07:002012-08-14T15:52:26.087-07:00I believe in free will, too. Unbelievers are free ...I believe in free will, too. Unbelievers are free to choose, consistent with their nature. A dog is free to "choose" to bark, but it is not free to "choose" to live underwater and breathe through gills. An unbeliever is free to choose to reject the Gospel, because it is his nature to do so. Every unbeliever makes such a choice until the magnificent grace of God intervenes.<br Ron Livesayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10685550197231995860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-48015649187996762332012-08-14T09:09:12.479-07:002012-08-14T09:09:12.479-07:00Much of what you say is beyond discussion, it is p...Much of what you say is beyond discussion, it is plain and obvious truth. We cannot save ourselves. We are "dirty, rotten, no-good sinners." Original sin is too real. Depravity is one of the great ignored facts of our world.<br /><br />Having said that I am afraid I still believe in free will. Your interpretation would invalidate verse 9, which you also quote. If your sequence is Pumicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05226427953642942426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-46704377125824179952012-08-13T20:21:36.542-07:002012-08-13T20:21:36.542-07:00I like the Hebrews 11 account of Noah. God tells N...I like the Hebrews 11 account of Noah. God tells Noah and in reverent fear he believes..faith.. leading to him becoming an heir in righteousness. <br /><br />It all starts with God and ends with God.<br /><br />Which brings to mind the catechism question: What is the chief end of man?Elleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05049801515205158071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612070267385431010.post-23467535491217988762012-08-13T20:13:55.393-07:002012-08-13T20:13:55.393-07:00You "hit the nail on the head." At the h...You "hit the nail on the head." At the heart of false doctrine is a faulty view of the sin nature. Man is utterly helpless and has no ability and no desire to seek God. Without the overwhelming grace of God, no one would be saved. <br /><br />Many would say that man is free to choose. Thank the Lord, he overwhelms man's "freedom" and draws us to Himself. Otherwise we wouldRon Livesayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10685550197231995860noreply@blogger.com