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Comment on The will of God and the will of man: Biblical Balance by John Reisinger by tagesmuetter-lauenburg.de

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Comment on Calvinism finally proven false, once and for all by Melendy

Melendy — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:17:09 +0000

Jesus did not teach Calvinism, Calvin did. Jesus did teach eternal security, so I believe it, too. I’ve tried in the past to prove through scripture why a doctrine is an err or not but it’s exhausting and frustrating. The Holy Spirit has to reveal truth and that’s His job. If there is one God, one Bible, one Holy Spirit…there should be one truth, not many. Jesus said our faith should be as a little child’s and that a little child would lead them. Why do we want to make it so complicated? Ego.Ego and pride get in the way every time. My sister-in-law just jumped on the Calvinist band wagon and she’s so excited that she has learned something that so many don’t understand. She is an extremely intelligent women. It feeds her ego to try and convince everyone that she has figured out “the truth”. She is working on my mom and leading her astray. What is the fruit I have witnessed through my sister-in-law and now my mother? Arrogancy.The truth is you can take many scriptures from God’s Word and weild it into whatever belief you want and makes you feel like, “Aha, by george, I’ve got it. They are wrong and I’m right. They are mislead and I’ve received revelation” That is why there are so many cults and many false doctrines. I’ve asked God, “Why? why have you allowed so many different beliefs and doctrines to emerge from man when you are One. One God, One Word, One Spirit, and you yearn for unity in the body?” He wants us to be one and of one mind. Same reason He allowed Lucifer to make his choice and cast him from Heaven like a lightning bolt. He allows choice because it’s about a love relationship not loving robots. What gratifiacation is there in that unless you are a control freak, which God is not. He is transient, which means “other”. There is none like our God. His ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts. I did get this answer from the Lord, like it or not. He told me to “leave them alone. Leave ppl alone that want to go off on their own and create doctrines and churches because that keeps them out of the Holy Spirit filled churches where He is truly at work redeeming and rebirthing those who come to the knowledge that they are lost and need a Savior. Ppl that love to make God’s Word into something that it’s not will destroy a truly Holy Spirit filled church that is experiencing God and where He is truly at work. As a parent, I cannot imagine the Heavenly Father enduring the sight, sounds, smell, and torture of His beloved Son to pay the penalty for our sins so that we could be reconciled unto God….if He had already chosen those that would be saved and those that would spend an eternity in a devil’s Hell. There would be no reason to endure such a torture and death if we were not given the choice to freely receive salvation. That is not my God and that is not your God! We need to lay down our arrogancy, have faith as a little child, take God at His Word, and fulfill the great commission. Gospel means “Good news!” We need to share the good news that our God is big enough to save everyone! There is room in Heaven for All of us so I’m going to share the good news with as many as I can…that is the will of God!

Comment on “So if you’re a Calvinist, why do you pray if God has predestined everything?” by Joe Quatrone, Jr.

Joe Quatrone, Jr. — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:16:05 +0000

Amen!

Comment on The present writer by michael

michael — Sat, 11 May 2013 15:54:47 +0000

When I was in Seminary my favorite Systamatic Theology book was By Louis Berkhoff, Reformed Theology. I coined a phrase I found in it, Theological Anthropology, study of God, study of man and what is the relationship of the created to their Creator and what should it be. Only the Bible(KJV) would be used for study. Having been voted the most Calvinistic Preacher by my peers it is abosolutely made perfectly clear in Scripture that man is dead, dead, dead.dead, to his Creator. Therefore the necessity of the Quickening, i.e. new birth, made alive again in Christ Jesus and this is impossible for man, and a supernatural event is necessary that can only come from above. You must be born again is not a commandment but the necessity of regaining that relatiomship with our creator.
Not only was I voted the most Calvinistic but also the most evangelistic. I’m confused when I hear some say go make diciples as MT. 28:18-20 clearly say go teach whatsoever I have commanded you, Only God the Holy Spirit is making Diciples of Christ-”You have not chosen me but I have chosen you”Jn 15:16.
I have enjoyed your site and pray I wrote this in proper section. Lord Bless. Michael

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SLIMJIM — Sat, 11 May 2013 06:25:41 +0000

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Comment on Calvinism finally proven false, once and for all by Oksana Fesenko

Oksana Fesenko — Sat, 04 May 2013 18:31:13 +0000

I respectfully disagree with your interpretation. Paul’s warning to the church is to be aware of deceivers, yes. However, the warning here is for the church to be firm in their convictions and not be shaken from them. Which, I may remind, means having personally experienced the life-changing gospel and being in a devoted, immersed relationship with Jesus Christ.

In other words, just as an agent would be able to tell a fake Benjamin after having been exposed to the real thing continuously, the Christian would be alerted to a different gospel by the Holy Spirit. Which leads me to say that the responsibility is on the individual to stand firm and “work out your salvation with fear and trembling” (Philipians 2:12). As Paul says in verse 6-7:

“I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—7 not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.”

This distortion is one he feels adamantly about: circumcision, along with the rules of conduct of a proper Jew. It is quite plain why he is upset and it is also quite obvious the deception.

So, indeed, any man who is consciously attempting to lead others astray be accursed, but the focus is not to prove the man wrong but to firmly resist temptation. Therefore, my argument stands.

Comment on The present writer by michael

michael — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:37:07 +0000

I believe that the conclusion of John Calvin’ 5 points i.e.TULIP to be absolutely accurate of the Holy Scriptures but I’m a 6 pointer. There are 6 petals on a Tulip so I added an (S) TULIPS. S: Salvation is solely the act of a Soverign God and we find in MT. 1:21…”for He(Jesus Christ) SHALL SAVE His people from their sins. Now who are His people? Now then Rom.11:26,27. And so all Israel SHALL be SAVED. Israel the body of Christ, both Greek and Jew. Hebrews 8:10 …the covenant…and they SHALL be to me a people! This covenant was made before the foundation of the world by God the Father with His Son Jesus Christ and it is EVERLASTING Heb.13:20,21. So let all those that have been taken out of the bondage of darkness and placed into THAT ETERNAL LIGHT, Jesus Christ rest in that peace that surpasses all UNDERSTANDING-SAVED.

Comment on Calvinism finally proven false, once and for all by Jeff Peterson

Jeff Peterson — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:00:00 +0000

Thanks for stopping by.

Sure, go ahead. Not that I could stop you anyway, even if I wished to, right? :)

God Bless.

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