Simplicity in Christ .
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For me After I heard about the message about Jesus ,properly for the first time it effected me . I responded to the Gospel until so much that I believed it . The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation. Thats what happened to me . Faith comes by hearing . I heard and I believed. It was that simple . After that moment I knew I had been saved . I knew the bible was true ,that Jesus was risen . Thats the simplicity. I didn't need to be granted the ' gift of repentence 'nor the ' gift of Faith ' . I simply believed . No work involved , I didn't need to list all my sins . The Gospel was clear to me that I was a sinner and I needed a saviour . The Gospel showed me I was lost and it showed me how to be saved . I don't need to look to my works now or my performance ,my obedience for evidence . I look to the word of God .
It seems like you have still never read the Bible. For your own sake -- since you will give account to God and Christ -- you should read the Bible without your Calvinist spectacles. Just two verses from Scripture thoroughly refute what you believe:
NOT A SINGLE NATION TO BE EXCLUDED FROM GOD'S GRACE
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: (Mt 28:19)
NOT A SINGLE PERSON TO BE EXCLUDED FROM GOD'S GRACE
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. (Mk 16:15)
Can you now see that you have made God a liar?
NOT A SINGLE NATION TO BE EXCLUDED FROM GOD'S GRACE
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: (Mt 28:19)
NOT A SINGLE PERSON TO BE EXCLUDED FROM GOD'S GRACE
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. (Mk 16:15)
Can you now see that you have made God a liar?
Sometimes ( and I hear from calvinists a similar testimony ) we can post hock rationalise our testimony later on .I have a friend who has done this . Before they started listening to calvinst teachers there Testimony was very simple . But then it changed to suit what he had heard calvinsts say ' should ' have occurred.
Im not Going to debate your testimony . That is personal and precious to you . I'm simply saying how the bible says we are saved. We only have a verse about the HolySpirit to do with reproving the World of the sin of not Believing on Jesus . ( of course the rest of the verse says ' of righteousness and judgement ' . But no verse after the cross where it says the Father or the Holy Spirit draws anyone . The Holy Spirit is Reproving the whole world of not believing on Jesus. They choose to not believe the truth so as to be saved .
Yes as I said . No verse after the major event of the cross and the giving of the Holy Spirit. John 10 is to the disiples and those hearing and learning from the Father , before the death , burial and resurrection( the sheep ) they can come , but no verse says in john 10 that all who are drawn the believe . But rather all those that are drawn can come and those that actually believe will be raised up on the last day . Being ,drawn and coming is not also ' believing ' . There are no verses at all after the cross about The Father nor the Holy Spirit drawing anyone. its why Paul in all those Epistles talks about the Gospel , how to be saved and the components of salvation . Be kinda redundant if all that was needed was the I in T.U.L.I.P to just zap the frozen chosen and thats it , the ' elect ' has been awakened . This is the issue with Calvinism and even some Arminism with ' previenient grace ' . Jesus actually says at the cross , he will draw all men to him .( ' attract )