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1 | Who has the opportunity to be saved? | Job 38:1 | Brent Douglass | 1026 | ||
There is significant disagreement about this secondary issue between fully orthodox branches of Christianity. If, after examining the creed and explanations of your church, you can not be reconciled to their beliefs on this issue, it may or may not be cause for concern. Most congregations do not require and/or pressure for individualized adherence to every secondary doctrine. If you have come to respect and trust your leadership, there is probably no reason to leave over such a disagreement. However, if you are (or plan to be) teaching, I would expect most evangelical congregations to desire teaching that did not contradict their doctrine. You need to take this into consideration -- in your responsibility to honor and represent your leadership, as well as in any decisions about what leadership to put yourself under. In certain cases, secondary doctrines may well be important for your choice of denomination or congregation with which you choose to affiliate (and thus place yourself under their authority). However, I believe they should not be used to judge the salvation of a believer or the orthodoxy of a denomination or congregation; the Scriptures leave room for disagreement. Is there someone on the list who assumes/expects that either John Calvin or John Wesley will not be in heaven when you get there because of his views on this doctrine? These are probably the most well-known proponents of the 2 most common opposing views. |
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2 | Who has the opportunity to be saved? | Job 38:1 | RElderCascade | 1840 | ||
Concerning Calvin/Wesley I agree with your rhetorical question, I certainly expect that they'd both be there. But Charles Finney doesn't seem to affirm enough of the gospel to even be saved. Did you know that he (very focibly) denied the idea that justification is basically forensic in nature? He also strongly rejected the idea that Christs death is a substitution for us who are culpable? | ||||||
3 | Who has the opportunity to be saved? | Job 38:1 | Brent Douglass | 1845 | ||
I've never read a biography or any doctrinal statements by Finney. I think I may have seen 1 or 2 leaflets by him from Last Days Ministries, and I believe he had something to do with the odd modern definition of "revival" -- but that's about all I know about him. I figure he's in God's hands; I've never heard anyone refer to his teachings as a basis of denominational or congregational doctrine. Calvin and Wesley on the other hand.... | ||||||
4 | Who has the opportunity to be saved? | Job 38:1 | RElderCascade | 1847 | ||
If you were to read Finney's sermons as well as a biography you'd find that many of his methods are pretty recognizable today. But his influence is strongly there just not with his name attached to it--he was one of those fairly uncredited contributors. His theology also doesn't get credited with his name much either, but it is also there as a very real (corrupting) influence. One should read him some time. If you do, try this excersize, as you read his theology factor God out of each equation and you'll not have affected the teaching. It stands just fine in the flesh, therefore it is not Spirit-filled teaching! | ||||||