True belief in the Gospel is a fruit of the work of the Holy Spirit but there are many who have a spurious belief in the Gospel and are never saved. Heart knowledge is more important than head knowledge and a simple mental agreeance on certain facts of the Gospel without a supernatural change of heart does not equate to saving faith which is confirmed in the Scriptures.
Mike Winger's "Why I think Calvinism is Unbiblical"
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it is hard to take what you say seriously when you can not even spell correctly.
If you seriously believe that I am in error then you are commanded to correct me with the Scriptures for they are given for this reason (2 Tim 3:16) and failure to do so will prove that you do not really love me (1 Jn 3:17).
The core of this argument lays in the question whether man is spiritually dead after the Fall and if he is then what can such dead men do besides be dead?
If you seriously believe that I am in error then you are commanded to correct me with the Scriptures for they are given for this reason (2 Tim 3:16) and failure to do so will prove that you do not really love me (1 Jn 3:17).
The core of this argument lays in the question whether man is spiritually dead after the Fall and if he is then what can such dead men do besides be dead?
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Abraham was granted the gift of faith, it was accounted to him in the same way righteousness is imputed through the faith that God grants as an instrument to receive it.
Rom 4:9 Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.
Men are spiritually dead and first need to be born again by grace to be able to see the kingdom of God (John 3:3) let alone believe or choose it.
The process that God uses to grant this faith is though the Gospel being heard.
Act 16:14 Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God. The Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul.
Rom 4:9 Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.
Men are spiritually dead and first need to be born again by grace to be able to see the kingdom of God (John 3:3) let alone believe or choose it.
The process that God uses to grant this faith is though the Gospel being heard.
Act 16:14 Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God. The Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul.
God's judgement is not a mystery. Romans 1-3 and other Scriptures clearly state that God hands people over to the evil they love to make them more accountable, to fill up the measure of their sin, store wrath for the day of wrath and fatten them up for His just slaughter.
Romans 3:5 even states that the unrighteousness of men demonstrates the righteousness of God and Paul states in Acts 17:31 that God s judgement is coming upon those who are not in Christ and this is guaranteed by His resurrection.
Romans 3:5 even states that the unrighteousness of men demonstrates the righteousness of God and Paul states in Acts 17:31 that God s judgement is coming upon those who are not in Christ and this is guaranteed by His resurrection.
as I've already stated, the true Jew is not one who is circumcised of the flesh but of the heart regardless of their nationality (Rom 2:28-29) and in the New Covenant there is no longer any distinction nut all are one (Gal 3:28-29).
In the Old Covenant, God had a very small remnant among the nation of Israel who would not bow to idols. The promises of God were to the spiritual seed and not those of the flesh.
Rom_9:8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
Rom 9:27 Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel: "THOUGH THE NUMBER OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL BE AS THE SAND OF THE SEA, THE REMNANT WILL BE SAVED.
Rom 11:4 But what does the divine response say to him? "I HAVE RESERVED FOR MYSELF SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL."
Rom 11:5 Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
If you look though at the Old Testament through the lens of fulfilment of the New you will get greater clarity.
In the Old Covenant, God had a very small remnant among the nation of Israel who would not bow to idols. The promises of God were to the spiritual seed and not those of the flesh.
Rom_9:8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
Rom 9:27 Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel: "THOUGH THE NUMBER OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL BE AS THE SAND OF THE SEA, THE REMNANT WILL BE SAVED.
Rom 11:4 But what does the divine response say to him? "I HAVE RESERVED FOR MYSELF SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL."
Rom 11:5 Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
If you look though at the Old Testament through the lens of fulfilment of the New you will get greater clarity.
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Jud 1:4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Pe 2:8 and "A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE." They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.
Rom 9:22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
Pro 16:4 The LORD has made all for Himself, Yes, even the wicked for the day of doom.
God who is supremely sovereign, eternal and outside of time decreed all things that come to pass, even the entry of evil by the choice of man at the temptation of the devil to demonstrate His holy hatred for evil and His holy love in saving His people from that evil in Jesus Christ. If this were not so there would be no way for anyone to know and glorify His holy attributes.
Gen 50:20 But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.
1Pe 2:8 and "A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE." They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.
Rom 9:22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
Pro 16:4 The LORD has made all for Himself, Yes, even the wicked for the day of doom.
God who is supremely sovereign, eternal and outside of time decreed all things that come to pass, even the entry of evil by the choice of man at the temptation of the devil to demonstrate His holy hatred for evil and His holy love in saving His people from that evil in Jesus Christ. If this were not so there would be no way for anyone to know and glorify His holy attributes.
Gen 50:20 But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.
God has chosen a number which no man can number from all nations, tribes, peoples and tongues (Rev 7:9) to be His people and they are brought to Him through the preaching of the Gospel which to them is an aroma of life unto life but to many others the hearing of the Gospel makes them more accountable and ends up being an aroma of death unto death (2 Cor 2:15-16).
God indeed decrees all things that come to pass otherwise prophecy would be impossible. He being light and no darkness within Him (1 Jn 1:5) even decreed the evil that came into this world for His greater glory.
KJV Isa_45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Christ before His incarnation ministered through Noah to those before the Flood and after His death went to the abode of the dead in the bosom of Abraham and preached to those on the other side of Hades the righteous judgement they deserved.
KJV Isa_45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Christ before His incarnation ministered through Noah to those before the Flood and after His death went to the abode of the dead in the bosom of Abraham and preached to those on the other side of Hades the righteous judgement they deserved.
Abraham was imputed righteousness because the faith through which it is imputed was accounted/imputed to him to be righteous.
Faith is a gift of God's grace by which men are saved (Eph 2:8-9)
Jas 1:18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
Faith is a gift of God's grace by which men are saved (Eph 2:8-9)
Jas 1:18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
you have not yet told me why you know that you are going to Heaven and where do you look for assurance of this.
The Scriptures tell us to make our election and calling sure, to search our hearts to see if we be of the faith and to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. Are you afraid to test yourself with the Scriptures to see if you are truly saved or do you think you are saved because you repeated some prayer given to you?
The Scriptures tell us to make our election and calling sure, to search our hearts to see if we be of the faith and to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. Are you afraid to test yourself with the Scriptures to see if you are truly saved or do you think you are saved because you repeated some prayer given to you?
Scripture interprets Scripture and what Jesus said about parables reveals that these simple picture stories were given as judgement to prove the judicial blindness and hardness of heart of those who heard them in fulfilment of Isaiah's prophecy and Christ rejoiced in the goodness of this judgement in Luke 10:21.
Mat 13:10 And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"
Mat 13:11 He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Mat 13:12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
Mat 13:13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
Mat 13:14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: 'HEARING YOU WILL HEAR AND SHALL NOT UNDERSTAND, AND SEEING YOU WILL SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE;
Mat 13:15 FOR THE HEARTS OF THIS PEOPLE HAVE GROWN DULL. THEIR EARS ARE HARD OF HEARING, AND THEIR EYES THEY HAVE CLOSED, LEST THEY SHOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, LEST THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEARTS AND TURN, SO THAT I SHOULD HEAL THEM.'
Mat 13:16 But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;
Mat 13:10 And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"
Mat 13:11 He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Mat 13:12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
Mat 13:13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
Mat 13:14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: 'HEARING YOU WILL HEAR AND SHALL NOT UNDERSTAND, AND SEEING YOU WILL SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE;
Mat 13:15 FOR THE HEARTS OF THIS PEOPLE HAVE GROWN DULL. THEIR EARS ARE HARD OF HEARING, AND THEIR EYES THEY HAVE CLOSED, LEST THEY SHOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, LEST THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEARTS AND TURN, SO THAT I SHOULD HEAL THEM.'
Mat 13:16 But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;
God's choice or man's choice?
Psa 65:4 Blessed is the man You choose, And cause to approach You, That he may dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Of Your holy temple.
Eph_1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
2Th_2:13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth,
Psa 65:4 Blessed is the man You choose, And cause to approach You, That he may dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Of Your holy temple.
Eph_1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
2Th_2:13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth,
In your biblical scheme to ''adoption' then it is a matter of God's sovereignty because it is His foreknowledge. To the matter of obedience in following after Christ taking up our cross as He chose to do in obedience to the Father, [it] is a matter of 'desiring' and is an implied and undoubted choosing in the volitional meaning of 'to choose'.
Calvinism is the sovereignty of God part and obedience to Christ in our walks is our choosing to please the Father. That 'choosing' is predicated on a volitional direction in our own possession.
Calvinism is the sovereignty of God part and obedience to Christ in our walks is our choosing to please the Father. That 'choosing' is predicated on a volitional direction in our own possession.
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