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Does God know the future? Ed Mabrie argues God knows our tendencies but not choices we have not made, and the hosts answer with Genesis 18:17-19.
Fridays Are For The Lord with Ed Mabrie (Faith By Reason), Matt Hepner and TopLobsta.

Ed Mabrie joins Matt Hepner and TopLobsta and shares his new book on the letters to the seven churches (Revelation 1-4) and his spiritual warfare course. The first hour covers being born again ("Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God," John 3:3), familiar spirits, the four voices, God's "still small voice" (1 Kings 19:12), the sword of the Spirit (Ephesians 6:17), and why the church is not a building.

Then the big debate. Ed says God does not know how faithful you are going to be, because you are an entity of free choice: "The choice I'm going to make tomorrow doesn't exist yet." He walks through the satan in Job 1, Abraham and Isaac (Hebrews 11:17-19), prophecy, and Calvinism and irresistible grace. The hosts push back with "Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do... For I know him" (Genesis 18:17-19). These are Ed's views; the hosts don't all agree.

It ends with hell as separation from the Father ("My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"), whether eternal punishment is just, the man who never heard ("Jungle Joe"), Cornelius and "in every nation he that feareth him... is accepted with him" (Acts 10:35), a calling into ministry, and David's lion and bear (1 Samuel 17).

Questions answered
- Does God know the future choices of free people? (42:50)
- Can you love without free will? (47:00)
- What about Bible prophecy? (43:49)
- What is irresistible grace? (55:16)
- What does "For I know him" in Genesis 18, Verse 19 mean? (1:05:55)
- What made the cross so hard for Jesus? (1:11:42)
- What about people who never hear the gospel? (1:21:55)

Next: Fridays Are For The Lord w/ Ed Mabrie (July 31): https://youtu.be/z-Kqj0wh9N4
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Chapters
0:00 Genesis 18, Verses 17-19: An Extra Clean Episode
1:05 Ed Mabrie and Matt Hepner Join
3:00 Ed's Book on the Seven Churches (Revelation 1-4)
5:08 You Must Be Born Again (Nicodemus)
6:02 Familiar Spirits Know Your Weak Spots
10:04 The Four Voices
11:02 God Speaks in a Quiet Voice
12:12 The Right What With the Wrong How
14:54 The Sword of the Spirit
16:05 The Wrong Definition of Church
19:52 Letters to Seven Churches and House Churches
36:44 Does God Know How Faithful You'll Be?
37:37 The Satan in Job
40:19 Abraham and Isaac
42:50 Choices That Don't Exist Yet
43:49 What About Bible Prophecy?
47:00 Love Requires a Choice
48:01 The Primordial Origin of Satan
52:55 The True Torment of Hell
55:16 Calvinism and Irresistible Grace
1:02:23 God Visits Abraham
1:05:55 Shall I Hide From Abraham? (Genesis 18, Verses 17-19)
1:06:46 The Parade and the Helicopter
1:09:03 Why Are the Prophets So Strange?
1:11:42 Separated From the Father
1:13:00 Is Eternal Punishment Just?
1:21:55 What About Jungle Joe?
1:23:50 Cornelius and Every Nation (Acts 10)
1:26:43 Called to the Ministry
1:30:56 A Lion and a Bear
1:34:04 Ed's Book and Course

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