Three Questions for Calvinists
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God kept Moses . Most male babies his age were murdered . There is Esau & Jacob, Isaac ,
Gen 30:22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
Gen 30:23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
Gen 30:24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
Jdg 13:3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. Samson
Samuel John the baptist .
Even the blind beggar
Joh 9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
Joh 9:3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
Rom_9:17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Seeing or reading things differently while in the boundaries of Christianity is not a bad thing.
I dont believe the interactions above happened by chance. All the factors around the birth of Jesus were His plan. From Caesar calling for the tax to the rooms at the inns all being full. Even ugly king Herod . The shepherds were not chance nor the wise men.
Gen 30:22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
Gen 30:23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
Gen 30:24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
Jdg 13:3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. Samson
Samuel John the baptist .
Even the blind beggar
Joh 9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
Joh 9:3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
Rom_9:17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Seeing or reading things differently while in the boundaries of Christianity is not a bad thing.
I dont believe the interactions above happened by chance. All the factors around the birth of Jesus were His plan. From Caesar calling for the tax to the rooms at the inns all being full. Even ugly king Herod . The shepherds were not chance nor the wise men.
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The fact that most of those examples are flat out Miracles, just tells me, many of these are Answers to Faith and Belief that God will make a way and God did.
Other Examples, like Moses, makes sense to know about because of the Role Moses fulfilled in God's Plan. Another similar example is Esau and Jacob.
But indeed, God is there, and always at the point of Creation.
Other Examples, like Moses, makes sense to know about because of the Role Moses fulfilled in God's Plan. Another similar example is Esau and Jacob.
But indeed, God is there, and always at the point of Creation.
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Someone actually told me that Romans 8:28-30 were Calvinist scriptures!
duhhh….
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
- Romans 8:28-30 (KJV)
Someone actually told me that Romans 8:28-30 were Calvinist scriptures!
duhhh…. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
- Romans 8:28-30 (KJV)
Every Christian has two options. Study and rightly divide the Word of Truth, or embrace man-made doctrines at the same time and try to reconcile the two. The Reformers failed to TOTALLY REJECT all the teachings of the Catholic Church, so they also allowed men like Augustine to influence their theology.
"John Calvin wrote, "Augustine is so wholly within me, that if I wished to write a confession of my faith, I could do so with all fullness and satisfaction to myself out of his writings."[3] "This is why one finds that every four pages written in the Institutes of the Christian Religion John Calvin quoted Augustine. Calvin, for this reason, would deem himself not a Calvinist, but an Augustinian. [...] Christian Calvinist, should they be more likely deemed an Augustinian-Calvinist?"[4] Cary concurs, writing, "As a result, Calvinism in particular is sometimes referred to as Augustinianism."[5] "
"John Calvin wrote, "Augustine is so wholly within me, that if I wished to write a confession of my faith, I could do so with all fullness and satisfaction to myself out of his writings."[3] "This is why one finds that every four pages written in the Institutes of the Christian Religion John Calvin quoted Augustine. Calvin, for this reason, would deem himself not a Calvinist, but an Augustinian. [...] Christian Calvinist, should they be more likely deemed an Augustinian-Calvinist?"[4] Cary concurs, writing, "As a result, Calvinism in particular is sometimes referred to as Augustinianism."[5] "
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There’s two clear paths that can be traced through the church’s history, the Augustinian and the Pelagian.
The Augustinian path leads us through the reformation to folks like RC Sproul and John MacArthur.
The Pelagian path leads us through the reformation to folks like Joyce Meyer and Kenneth Copeland.
Two paths, one narrow and one wide. One of grace and the other of man’s ability.
The Augustinian path leads us through the reformation to folks like RC Sproul and John MacArthur.
The Pelagian path leads us through the reformation to folks like Joyce Meyer and Kenneth Copeland.
Two paths, one narrow and one wide. One of grace and the other of man’s ability.
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