Understanding God’s election
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He may be taking a nap which is a good thing for the rest of us.
FW means Free Will and he uses it derogatorily.
It beats being an idolater. At least I don't burn incense to or bow the knee to or sacrifice to your god Volition. So...there's that.
You're the one who HATES God's election and his effectual grace because you covet his glory. And what really sticks in your craw is that you still know that he's a JEALOUS God (I wonder if you think that makes him sinner?) who will not share his glory with anyone. What's even worse is that God does ALL things for his own Glory -- not man's! And that really ticks you off because you along with all worldly religious people desperately need to find ways pat yourselves on the back and take credit for your religious life. You clearly don't believe that God makes the difference between why one person believes and another doesn't. And yet you claim to be a Christian who loves God!? Why because he gave you an opportunity to save yourself? He gave you the opportunity to congratulate yourself for being so smart?
And by the way, "evil" isn't a thing! Evil is the deprivation of something. No one would know that shadows exist if it weren't for sunlight. And so it is with evil. It's the absence of good. No saint will ever know what evil is in the New Order. After all, God is going to "force" everyone to behave forever and ever, don't you know?
A free willer is someone who denies a lot of what Scripture says of the natural man, sweeping things
even Jesus said under the rug. They largely and without fail ascribe to the natural man qualities and
characteristics true only of the spiritual man according to Scripture. Many are Pelagian heretics.
They also seem to hate God's sovereignty, and disparage any idea that God could act unilaterally.
Pelagian heretics insist man is inherently good. From within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. Mark 7 verses 21-22 Every inclination of man's heart is evil from his youth. Genesis 8 verse 21b Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one! Job 14 verse 4 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Matthew 7 verse 18
That I know I just didnt know what FW stood for.A free willer is someone who denies a lot of what Scripture says of the natural man, sweeping things
even Jesus said under the rug. They largely and without fail ascribe to the natural man qualities and
characteristics true only of the spiritual man according to Scripture. Many are Pelagian heretics.
They also seem to hate God's sovereignty, and disparage any idea that God could act unilaterally.
Pelagian heretics insist man is inherently good. From within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. Mark 7 verses 21-22 Every inclination of man's heart is evil from his youth. Genesis 8 verse 21b Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one! Job 14 verse 4 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Matthew 7 verse 18
Well if your saved no matter what or not no matter what why are you here? You could be in a bar doing shots and shooting pool. I mean, why not?
I wonder if Paul thought shooting pool and doing shots would have been preferable to apologetics.
Where would any of us be now if that had happened? LOL
Anywho, just wanting to add that it seems not all of us were chosen to proclaim
the virtues of Him Who called us out of darkness into His marvelous Light.
Stick around and you may see what I mean. Or maybe not. Maybe some of those
truly foolish things that some used to say have fallen into the trash bin where they belong.
Things like, God is unfair if He reveals Himself in any way different from one person to the next.
Or, if God acts unilaterally, He is kidnapping people against their free will.
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.” Born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation. If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. You are chosen to proclaim the virtues of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. My soul will exult in my God, for He has clothed me with garments of salvation, and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness. Plus Isaiah 61 verse 10
Well, it boils down to the reason so many folks stumble at the doctrine of MFW but swallow a camel called TULIP is because Calvinism was popularized in America during the Great Awakening by a dynamic Calvinist evangelist named George Whitefield in the 1740s. While the Evangelical Revival united evangelicals across various denominations around shared beliefs, it also led to division in existing churches that is manifested on CC as the schism between TULIPists and MFWists.
I know next to nothing about the anthros. Why do you ask about them?
That I know I just didnt know what FW stood for.
You still don't. It would be advisable to ask a person who is a MFWist.
I thought I did. So lets try this. If a calvinist is guaranteed salvaton he has no worries. He can do what he wants with no fear of hell. And if not one of the elect he is doomed no matter how righteous he lives.
How is that an explanation for the meaning of MFWist?
FW=Free Will, I got that.
MFWist?
As to your post above, maybe read what Calvinists believe.
Your observation is like the one those who are opposed to ES=Eternal Salvation,argue. What some in their circle refer to as, OSAS. In thinking OSAS is a false doctrine they insist,those who believe this,that Eternal Salvation is license to sin.
Pure nonsense, of course. And yet,the argument persists among those who are an example to the rest of us as the enduring wisdom found in 1st Corinthians 2.
They're a way some deal with attributes like divine love and hate (under discussion, somewhat, in this thread), anger, etc. being very different with God than in men. The concept basically removes things like emotion and feelings and ties together all of His attributes (righteousness, justice, mercy, etc.) working in perfect harmony and functioning more like perfect, objective policy. So, His Word is describing Him in terms of characteristics to accommodate men who though created in His image are a far cry from being Him especially in our fallen state.