Calvinist Kitchen...stirring the pot

Is there a slight doubt in your mind that you could be interpreting scripture wrong? "Saved" in the Greek, means "delivered". There is an eternal deliverance, and there are many deliverance"s that we receive from God, as we sojourn here in this world, 1 Tim 2:4, being one of the timely deliverances.

When a regenerated, babe in Christ, comes unto a knowledge of the truth, he is delivered from the ignorance of that knowledge. That is when, usually, a child of God repents, and becomes converted to the truth.

Scripture proves scripture, and they all have to harmonize, before you can understand the doctrine that Jesus taught.

This is why Jesus told his Apostles to go and preach to the lost sheep of the house of Jacob, whose name is Israel.

I'm from the country so I know a little bit about sheep and goats. Goats are stubborn and won't listen. I always thought that is why the scripture used the reference of sheep and goats. A sheep will listen and obey, but goats are stubborn and will not.

Some people come to the light and others do not come to the light because they love darkness and don't want their deeds to be made manifest and reproved.

To me this is plain and simple, all have a choice to come to the light when drawn...some listen and obey and some choose not to.

Yes goats are rebellious and also very fearful creatures. I almost got murdered by a goat when I was 14 and I was saved by a rock from being killed by stones. (No nobody hurt the goat I got smacked) Crazy story...

And who is it "that could receive him". Those of his sheep that could hear and understand, not the natural man, who has not been regenerated, and does not understand the things of the Spirit.

Some listen and understand (his regenerated sheep), Some listen and do not understand, thinking it is foolishness (the goats)

And where is your scripture that says "our will saves us eternally"?

None whatsoever. When we take Gospel truth from Genesis to Revelation it is crystal clear that because all humanity came under the curse of sin and death through Adam, God made full provision for the redemption of the human race through Christ (the second or last Adam). Therefore none are excluded from His grace, until they exclude themselves. This is vividly brought out in the words of Christ in Matthew 23:37,38:

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

"And ye would not" means a deliberate and wilful rejection of Christ by the religious leaders of Israel, followed later on by the unbelieving mob before the crucifixion.
Yes salvation is indeed deliverance. For the sinner it is deliverance from (1) the penalty of sin, (2) the power of sin, and (3) the presence of sin. That is all covered by justification, sanctification, and glorification. Salvation is all of God, and from God, and through Christ and the Holy Spirit. Which does not exempt the sinner from obedience to the Gospel, or the saint from obedience to Christ.

The passage is clear that it was God's desire for Israel to obey His word and turn to Him as a nation, but hey would not. In turn, He allowed their destruction.

Have you been drinking? Your two sentences totally contradict each other.

I am curious why in verse 39 does Jesus say "till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord"?

Yes ... very much so.

So many in their signature line have quotes from famous Calvinists... their authority is other than scripture, like Catholics overly venerate human leadership (who are false teachers of course).

Notice, no one understands Calvinism (Reformed Theology) except Calvinites.

Also, they are walking contradictions and cannot even see it.

Ok. Let's talk about this for a moment.

Are all men saved?

If yes, then you must be a universalist. In which case I can just say you are wrong and I can give you many scriptures telling you why.

If no, then why not? Is He God or are peoples "free will" more powerful than God?


This is really the only way to reason with people who don't understand scripture. Because scripture is absolutely clear. It is God who shows mercy. It is God who chooses. It is God who draws people to Christ. It is God who saves.

It is not the "free will" of people that is the cause of anything except abomination to God.

Isaiah 64:6-8
6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.

8 But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.


I almost don't like bringing scripture into this seeing how you don't really understand it and then twist it to try and make it mean something else. But I'm hoping maybe you will see your error.

Maybe you just aren't following the conversation very well.

The only thing those two sentences contradict is the philosophy of those who still worship their own will instead of Gods.

And people can refuse/suppress the draw.

Jesus walked among the Jews, they had first hand experience and many rejected Him.

Strawman.

This however is not a straw man.
Those that follow the Augustine, Calvinism and Reformed Theology about predestination.... where group A is chosen for eternal life and Group Be is denied any chance at salvation.....

Do not worship the God of the Bible .. this is not His plan of salvation expressed in scripture.

I rather worship the one true God, the one who declares "whosoever"

And another cultish thing is how their God is far superior.

We are created unto good works, by being quickened unto a new spiritual creature. Obedience to the gospel and to Christ are not the cause of us being quickened to a spiritual life, but the results of us having already been born again.

Your first sentence acknowledges that people have a choice, and that goes completely against your heretical dogma.

WHY can we just not LOVE one another without 'counting' our differences???
this is what truly fills us our hearts, IF we can learn to do this,
to Love one another even as HE has LOVED us'...

We can love each other, and still discuss our differences. We are instructed to teach regenerated babes in Christ the knowledge of the gospel of Christ, telling us to feed his sheep.