Episode 14: Mailbag Stay Reformed

Today the guys answer your questions.



Question 1: “Can you explain the apocrypha? What it is, where it came from, why we don’t subscribe to it.”



Question 2: The topic of predestination causes me to question whether-despite the fact that I am a sinner saved by God’s grace alone-if I’m not one of God’s predestined elect, am I still saved despite believing that God has saved me through the reconciliation with Him through the death, burial and resurrection of His Son Jesus Christ? It also causes me to question about how I pray…I pray that those far from God, who either don’t know Him or who have rejected/denied Him would be convicted of their sin by God and that they would answer that call of conviction and thus turn from their sin and follow Christ. The topic causes me to think, should I alter my prayer to ask God to only convict those that He has predestined of their sin and not the unsaved as a whole?”



Scripture:

Luke 24:25-27, Ephesians 1:11, Ezekiel 36:26-27, Deuteronomy 30:6, Matthew 22:23-33, 2 Peter 3:39, John 6



Additional References:

The Second London Baptist Confession (1689): https://founders.org/library-book/1689-confession/

https://www.the1689confession.com/

Baptist Faith and Message 2000: https://bfm.sbc.net/bfm2000/

Dr. Michael Heiser Blog Post: https://drmsh.com/the-new-testament-writers-had-the-apocrypha-and-pseudepigrapha-in-their-heads/

Blue Letter Bible Apocrypha Article: https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/stewart_don/faq/books-missing-from-old-testament/question2-contents-apocrypha.cfm

John MacArthur Commentary on 2 Peter 3: https://www.gty.org/library/bibleqnas-library/QA0218/does-god-always-get-what-he-wants



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