Hi Lupac,
There is a Bible study 'Does All Mean All?' I think it would be a great help to understand the meaning of 'all' in the Scriptures.
transcript
http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,5605.0.htmlAudio
http://bible-truths.com/audio/09-02-07 Part 1.mp3
http://bible-truths.com/audio/09-02-07 Part 2.mp3
Also, a couple of verses back Paul calls grace a "free gift" and a lot of Babylon has twisted that into "you have to accept it. (Of your own free will.)" Which is totally unscriptural, but why is it called a gift? Thanks.
Here is an excerpt from the Bible study 'Saved By Grace thru Faith' that should help a bit.
http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,5417.0.html ---
Grace is a gift, you don’t have it. Now this is something you can’t conjure up, it’s a gift of God. It’s always the grace OF God, it comes from God, there is nothing you can do. You say, ‘well what about the faith we’ve got, that comes from us.’ No no no, it says in Eph 2: 8-10 “… faith; and that NOT OF YOURSELF, it is the gift of God;”
The faith it’s a gift, the grace it’s all a gift, everything is a gift. It’s all a gift of God. It’s all faith, it’s all grace, they are all one thing. Grace causes you to live rightly. What does faith do? If you believe God, you do what He says. It is virtually the same thing.
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We are saved by grace. It’s free, gratuitous gift from God, but it does something. It teaches - it chastens - it educates - it is divine influence upon the seat of our emotions - thinking - plans - purpose - goals - aspirations and everything else. It divinely influences that heart, you can’t help it, it does it.
This just smacks free will right in the teeth. According to true free will, God can’t make you do anything, you have to choose it on your own. How can you choose to do good unless God divinely influences your heart? You see, you can’t. But the second you say He does, you’ve taken away man’s free will. Now God is doing it. What an evil contradiction this thing of free will and free choices is.
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mercy, peace and love
Kat