Robert Pate
Member
The Bible teaches that we are saved and justified by faith, Ephesians 2:8. Mainly faith in God and his Son Jesus Christ. In the Old Testament God's people were saved and justified by God's promise of a savior, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness." Romans 4:3. The whole eleventh chapter of Hebrews is about faith. The only thing that God honors in both the Old Testament and the New Testament is faith.
The greatest love that you can show someone is to have faith in them. Hebrews 11:6 says, "Without faith it is impossible to please him". Paul said, "For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, "The just shall live by faith" Romans 1:17.
All false religions substitute works and obedience for faith. They don't talk much about faith, because they don't have faith in God and his Son Jesus Christ. Catholics have a lot of faith in the Catholic church. Calvinists have a lot of faith in Calvinism and John Calvin. The only thing that we are required to have faith in is Jesus Christ and his Gospel. Faith in a church or a religion is a form of idol worship.
Calvinism requires that you believe things about God and Jesus Christ that are not true. To be a Calvinist you must believe that God predestinates people to hell before they are born. This doctrine is unbiblical, unconceivable, unbelievable and unthinkable. It is not humanely possible to have saving faith in the God of Calvinism, it is self-defeating.
Calvinism also requires that you believe Jesus Christ did not atone for the sins of the whole world, and is not the savior of the whole world, even when Jesus said that he did, John 12:47. If Jesus did not atone for the sins of the whole world, then Jesus is not Lord. This is very serious, because no one can say Jesus is Lord but by the Holy Spirit, 1 Corinthians 12:3. Jesus is Lord because he sits in heaven as, "The King of Kings and the Lord of Lords" Revelation 19:16.
How can anyone have faith in a Christ that is a failure? To believe that Jesus failed to atone for the sins of the whole world is self-defeating. If we are saved and justified by faith, then we must believe that Jesus atoned for everyone's sins, so that.... "Whosoever that shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved" Romans 10:13.
The greatest love that you can show someone is to have faith in them. Hebrews 11:6 says, "Without faith it is impossible to please him". Paul said, "For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, "The just shall live by faith" Romans 1:17.
All false religions substitute works and obedience for faith. They don't talk much about faith, because they don't have faith in God and his Son Jesus Christ. Catholics have a lot of faith in the Catholic church. Calvinists have a lot of faith in Calvinism and John Calvin. The only thing that we are required to have faith in is Jesus Christ and his Gospel. Faith in a church or a religion is a form of idol worship.
Calvinism requires that you believe things about God and Jesus Christ that are not true. To be a Calvinist you must believe that God predestinates people to hell before they are born. This doctrine is unbiblical, unconceivable, unbelievable and unthinkable. It is not humanely possible to have saving faith in the God of Calvinism, it is self-defeating.
Calvinism also requires that you believe Jesus Christ did not atone for the sins of the whole world, and is not the savior of the whole world, even when Jesus said that he did, John 12:47. If Jesus did not atone for the sins of the whole world, then Jesus is not Lord. This is very serious, because no one can say Jesus is Lord but by the Holy Spirit, 1 Corinthians 12:3. Jesus is Lord because he sits in heaven as, "The King of Kings and the Lord of Lords" Revelation 19:16.
How can anyone have faith in a Christ that is a failure? To believe that Jesus failed to atone for the sins of the whole world is self-defeating. If we are saved and justified by faith, then we must believe that Jesus atoned for everyone's sins, so that.... "Whosoever that shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved" Romans 10:13.