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What?Rebecca is Reba.
She banned me for double spacing.
JLB
You know what forum I'm speaking of???
Reba is calvinist?
Join For His Glory for a discussion on how
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https://christianforums.net/threads/psalm-70-1-save-me-o-god-lord-help-me-now.108509/
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What?Rebecca is Reba.
She banned me for double spacing.
JLB
Right.Sorry about that. Thought I had a quote in there. You said Calvinists thought God was a monster. Seemed like a pretty strong accusation. I don't think they would worship and adore a God they thought was a monster.
What is off topic?It would help if we kept on topic.
Blessings to You.....Barnaby
Well Barnaby,,,"You know what forum I'm speaking of???"
Was off topic to "Shouldn’t we embrace Arminianism?"
We won't be changing each other's minds.So I will just say a couple of things. Not to change your mind, it is yours, and I have no desire to tamper with it or manipulate it. I only want to show you where you are misunderstanding me and Calvinism.
Huh?Adam and Eve had absolute free will. They made a very bad choice that now infects all of mankind, both all in everyone, and all our being, including our will. The will does not do anything on its own. We will to do one thing over another according to internal or external pressures. If it's raining, for example, we may decide not to take a walk when really we would like to take a walk. I'm sure you know this but we often overlook things when bias puts pressure on our will.
Regeneration before faith.The will that God gave to us as part of our creation still exists, Calvinisim nowhere says it was taken away. They merely say it fell like all the rest of our parts. The Bible says all of mans ways are continually wicked. We are bent that way now. The will was free in Adam and Eve, now it is enslaved and needs to be regenerated, reborn. Something only God can do. We cannot give birth to ourselves. That is the Calvinist view.
I've stated many times that Calvinism teaches that we are chosen UNCONDITIONALLY.I said regarding unconditional election that the conditions for God choosing us are in Him. Not in us. And that is what the TULIP means by it. It is not conditional upon anything we have done or said, not conditional on our goodness or badness, our race or nationality or religion. Not our hair color or where we live or how rich or poor we are. Not based on what we will or will not do. He, God, has a reason and we can't lnow what it is but it is none of the things, with etc. added, listed above.
NO. I would call that drawing...Have you ever gently coaxed a puppy or kitten to come to you, and because of your gentleness it came, and you took it in your arms and loved it, fed it, gave it a warm place to sleep beside you, cared for it gently and sweetly? Would you call that forcing?
Is this your first forum?I was wondering if, after so many posts, we answered Michelina's question: "Shouldn’t we embrace Arminianism?" Or is it unsolvable and part of the mystery that will be revealed when Christ returns?
I agree.wondering,
I find infants were baptised according to the writings of the early church fathers. However, I find no support for such a position in the NT.
Oz
No. It just seems like you don't understand about going off topic a little.No, it is not my first forum. In fact I worked as an online Moderator years ago. Is there any reason you seem so antagonistic about this?
were all aggressive as well as your aggressive going off topic is called chasing rabbits . this forum is mild compared to the other one i belong to lolYou are aggressive and don't bear the Fruit of the Spirit, wondering.
WRight.
I did say that Calvinists believe that God is a monster.
Pretty strong...right. God is NOT a monster and calvinism changes God' s character. No denomination has the right to change God's character.
I hope you realize that there was no such doctrine as the reformed taught for 1,500 years till the "calvinists" came along: Luther, Knox, Zilwig, etc.
Simply put, any god that would send his very own creation (and most of it according to the N.T.) to hell, based on NOTHING, except His will and desire
AND
that He does this to show us his GLORY!
would be a monster indeed.
Can't get around that Avigdor.
I DID explain WHY your comments were conflictual so I won't linger on the above comment by you.This comentary on my comments is so long, or it would be way to involved (not to mention useless and unnecessary) to try to clarify myself, but I am positive that I understand correctly what Calvinisim teaches and you obviously do not. Nothing wrong with that, just stating a fact.
the very moment we get saved by grace through faith we re justified and have peace through God. he allows us to say yes or no to him. i have rad the doctrine of irresistible Grace .its not Bible for years i rejected God knowing i should get saved . it took a trip to fed court 2 years probation thousand dollar fine . plus hatting the evang that was preaching / God spoke to me through the Holy spirit now or never i took the now . i am more than aware of calvinism teaching on salvation.Romans 5:1
1Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
It may happen like that, obviously it did and I am incredibly thankful that it did. And it , I think, is not really relevant how we view the process. Whether we think it was because we made the choice or God gifted our belief to us. Which way we view it no doubt changes how we understand other things down the line. But as long as it doesn't alter who Jesus is, those things critical to salvation, no big deal probably. (I use the terms "I think" and "probably" because since I'm not God I can't know for sure, I can only know how it looks to me.)the very moment we get saved by grace through faith we re justified and have peace through God. he allows us to say yes or no to him. i have rad the doctrine of irresistible Grace .its not Bible for years i rejected God knowing i should get saved . it took a trip to fed court 2 years probation thousand dollar fine . plus hatting the evang that was preaching / God spoke to me through the Holy spirit now or never i took the now . i am more than aware of calvinism teaching on salvation.
there aint no may about it !!!!It may happen like that,
no God allowed you to chose the choice is saying yes to the free gift. even though judas was condemned which was foretold a betrayal would take place never the less satan entered his heart . he opened the door he allowed him to come in.for 20 some years I believed I made the choice
I can tell you with full authority that I, and Calvinists, do not believe that God is a monster. It is your interpretation of what we believe. It is the way you would see God if what you think you know about our beliefs were true. What you state about Calvinists is not true, it is nothing more than your opinion. Not an opinion of whether we are right or wrong, but an opinion of what our beliefs are. And you are wrong about them. You determine what you consider facts by looking only through one lens, your opinion. You use inflamatory (with intent?) language to describe these beliefs of brothers and sisters, and maybe tone it down a bit?Right.
I did say that Calvinists believe that God is a monster.
Pretty strong...right. God is NOT a monster and calvinism changes God' s character. No denomination has the right to change God's character.
I hope you realize that there was no such doctrine as the reformed taught for 1,500 years till the "calvinists" came along: Luther, Knox, Zilwig, etc.
Simply put, any god that would send his very own creation (and most of it according to the N.T.) to hell, based on NOTHING, except His will and desire
AND
that He does this to show us his GLORY!
would be a monster indeed.
Can't get around that Avigdor.