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6881 | Christ dying only for elect? | Rom 5:6 | Makarios | 6327 | ||
The knowledge of the truth is in the Bible, and that is where to find it, not in 'reformed theology'.. For I feel that it is YOU who are blinded by the truth and preach heresy if you hold that the Blood of Jesus did not pay for everyman's sins. This fact alone refutes all five points of Calvinism.. | ||||||
6882 | Dear InHzsvc, what do you mean by that? | Rom 5:6 | Makarios | 6326 | ||
Dear InHzsvc, what do you mean? The Lord has control over me and my emotions. He has not 'lost control' over me in any way, unless I decide to let my emotions rule over me. I am not full of pride, it is you who are dodging the very essence of what we are discussing. I feel that it is you and your Calvinist friends who are full of heresy, pride and everything else that discourages and leads away from the truth. And I am concerned of the heretics leading the church astray. | ||||||
6883 | Christ dying only for elect? | Rom 5:6 | Makarios | 6323 | ||
Hello Joe, you asked about Saul, Jonah and Jeremiah.. In each case, God in His sovereignty knew that each person that you mentioned would be 'set apart' for His service and accomplish a special mission for His purpose. However, God knew this BEFORE they ever came to a knowledge of salvation. I think that you too often are confusing salvation with election since salvation must come before 'election'. Jeremiah and Jonah both 'believed' God and accomplished their tasks through faith. But they gained approval by their faith, since God called them in a time when He dealt differently with mankind (before Christ). You see, they did not receive the promise that we now have in Christ when they gained approval of God by their faith (Hebrews 11:39-40). So therefore, it is hard to say that they were 'predestined' since they did not have the knowledge of Christ. However, in Saul's case, he was apprehended by God in a direct way, being led to salvation to Jesus Christ when the Lord appeared to Him (Acts 9). But in each case, Jeremiah, Saul and Jonah did not choose God to begin with, and this is a point that Calvinists continue to dodge. They each came to a point where they had to choose to follow Christ and be his 'chosen instruments'. They were not saved from conception. Saul made the decision to follow Christ after the Lord apprehended him (Acts 9), Jonah made the decision to finally go to Nineveh (Jonah 3:3), and Jeremiah followed the Lord's command at an early age, even though he objected to his calling because he was a youth (Jer. 1:6-8). In each case, it is clear that Jeremiah, Jonah and Saul had to each make a decision to fulfill their calling in the Lord. This conscious acceptance of God and their adherence thereof is what caused their salvation, not because they were predestined to make those choices..Actually, I am concerned about the chuch dying out in a Calvinistic worldview. So I will do all I can to help people realize that Calvinism is flawed and 'found wanting' in areas where Arminianism is sound. Thanks Joe, for your questions. | ||||||
6884 | Christ dying only for elect? | Rom 5:6 | Makarios | 6320 | ||
Hello Mike! Wow, it sounds like you have quite a testimony to share! The Lord has blessed you and I am thankful for you as a brother in Christ! Thats Ok, sometimes I put in 5 dollars, sometimes a penny.. :-) If you'd ever like to e-mail me off the forum (maybe we could share our testimonies) then you can at archangel76@crosswalkmail.com. I'll will try to surf over to your webpage and give you some feedback! yours in Christ, Nolan! | ||||||
6885 | Christ dying only for elect? | Rom 5:6 | Makarios | 6319 | ||
Not necessarily.. | ||||||
6886 | Christ dying only for elect? | Rom 5:6 | Makarios | 6318 | ||
The first option, "Christ paid for the sins of all men" does not imply that all men will go to heaven because their sins are paid for, since Christ's work on the cross makes it possible for all people to come to salvation (John 12:32) and judgment to fall on those who reject Christ (John 12:48). 1 Timothy 2:4 expresses God's desire that all be saved, but does not promise that all will be. This divine desire is only realized in those who exercise faith in Christ (Acts 16:31).So the first option would be the correct reasoning after all. | ||||||
6887 | What is 'justification'? | Rom 3:24 | Makarios | 6316 | ||
What is the theological doctrine known as "justification"? | ||||||
6888 | Why are Christians called 'saints'? | Rom 1:7 | Makarios | 6315 | ||
According to Romans 1:7 and Philippians 1:1, why are Christians called 'saints'? | ||||||
6889 | Different ranks and hierarchy of angels? | Col 1:16 | Makarios | 6314 | ||
After reading Colossians 1:16 and Ephesians 1:20,21 can we deduce that there are indeed ranks and a heirarchy of angels? | ||||||
6890 | Capitals? What was your question Ray? | Is 9:6 | Makarios | 6313 | ||
Yes, this is where we can find agreement: That Christ was both fully human and fully God. Praise the Lord that we have a High Priest that is able to relate to and understand all of our sufferings! I'm willing to look at specific passages with you in the New Testament to see if the Greek specifically 'capitalizes' each noun that refers to the person of Christ. I don't know what end that this would serve, except to help understand why certain translators decided to capitalize here or there and some didn't. I do not have a complete copy of the Hebrew here with me, so I would be ill-suited to help you with Hebrew. But I would be willing to look at the Greek. | ||||||
6891 | Will there be degrees of judgment? | Matt 11:22 | Makarios | 6312 | ||
I disagree with you here, Steve. If God killed all the men, women, children and babies, then wouldn't this be a reflection of God's wrath upon the inhabitants of the city instead of on the cities themselves? Does this mean that inanimate objects such as buildings, streets, lamp posts and firehydrants will all be subjected to God's judgment instead of those who sin? I think that you misunderstood what Jesus was trying to point out in this passage.Blessings, Nolan | ||||||
6892 | Will there be degrees of judgment? | Matt 11:22 | Makarios | 6310 | ||
Yes, it is conceivable to conclude that one's degree of punishment is in direct relation to one's sin compared to the amount of Truth that one has received (or rejected). Luke 12:47,48, Matthew 10:15, 16:27, and Revelation 20:12, 13, 22:12 all point to 'degrees of punishment' or 'judgment'. | ||||||
6893 | Nebuchadnezzar a true believer? | Dan 2:47 | Makarios | 6308 | ||
The closest King Nebuchadnezzar ever came to a 'true believer' would be in Daniel 4:28-37, where God humbles him in plain view of the entire kingdom. | ||||||
6894 | Capitals? What was your question Ray? | Is 9:6 | Makarios | 6306 | ||
Ray, I don't understand what you are asking or saying here.. Please clarify for me so that I can give you an informative response. As for translating Jesus as 'son of man' (lower capitals) this is done usually to focus on Jesus' humanity. Is this what you are referring to? As for the translators and why they chose to or not to capitalize certain things, that is probably best answered by the translators themselves. | ||||||
6895 | Why require faith to perform miracles? | Matt 13:58 | Makarios | 6305 | ||
Without faith, it is impossible to even please God! (Hebrews 11:6) If we expect to perform miracles in Jesus' Name, we must believe that God exists and is a rewarder of those who seek Him. If those who were the 'object' or 'beneficiary' of Jesus' miracles did not have faith to begin with, then it would render Jesus' miracles powerless, since miracles in and of themselves are the 'evidence' that Jesus was sent by His Father (John 10:25,32,38). If those who asked Jesus for healing didn't first believe that He was sent by God and have faith that He could heal them, then it would have been pointless for Jesus to perform miracles for them, since they did not come to Him on the basis of faith. | ||||||
6896 | How can words justify or condemn us? | Matt 12:37 | Makarios | 6303 | ||
I believe that this verse, along with many others, runs in correlation with what Jesus was teaching in Mark 7:18-23 and the teaching of James 3:3-12..It is what 'comes out' of us that makes us 'unclean' (by our actions, thoughts and words) since it is out of our hearts that we do the things that we do, say the things that we say and think the things that we think. Our words can both bring us to salvation (Romans 10:9,13) and be 'the very world of iniquity' (James 3:6). So we must be self controlled and watch what we say (Matthew 5:37) and build up each other in Christian love. | ||||||
6897 | Does God endorse polygamy? | 1 Kin 11:3 | Makarios | 6206 | ||
Absolutely not! :-)In the Old Testament, we read that David (1 Sam. 25:39-44) and Solomon (1 Kings 11:1-3) had many wives. However, God forbade polygamy (Lev. 18:18) when He gave the law to Moses and the Israelites. In Deut. 17:17, we read that a king 'shall not multiply wives for himself, or else his heart will turn away' which foretells Solomon's ultimate undoing (1 Kings 11:4). In the garden of Eden, God gave to Adam one wife and not several, and the one man and one woman would join together and become 'one flesh' (Gen. 2:21-25). This is a relationship that is exclusive between one man and one woman, not shared between one man and several women. So God does not look favorably on polygamy nor did He ever endorse it.In the New Testament, we read in Titus 1:6 and 1 Timothy 3:2 that a man should be the husband of but 'one wife'. So God remained steadfast against polygamy in the New Testament as He does today. Scripture does not give us room to interpret this any differently. It is clear that God intends marriage to be between one man and one woman, since marriage itself is a reflection of God's relationship to His church, whom He will rejoice over (Isaiah 62:5). Will God have many brides? Absolutely not! Scripture is clear that God will be married to His one and only bride, the church. And the church is the only bride of Christ (2 Corinthians 11:2, Revelation 19:7, 22:17). In this way, we can see that polygamy is soundly denounced by Scripture and that God does not look favorably upon it. | ||||||
6898 | Are you serious? | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 6154 | ||
Dear Lionstrong and Cephas, In my answer to Cephas' original question, "Does God have a free will", I believe that our God in heaven is the Master Orchestrator, the Divine Diety that is in control of everything in existence in His sovereignty. Therefore, I feel that it would be a 'moot' point to even discuss the idea of God having a 'free will'. With God, there is no such thing as 'free will' since everything that exists is because of God's own will. Therefore, God's will prevails over everything! The only part of all of God's creation that has any type of 'free will' is man, since we have the awesome choice of accepting Jesus into our hearts or rejecting God for all eternity. If you say that either the Father, Jesus the Son, or the Holy Spirit has a 'different will' from each other, then you are undermining the very idea of One God in Three persons, the blessed Trinity. If you believe in the Trinity, then you know that there is One God who is made up of Three distinct Persons. And these Persons are never apart or separated from each other, since all three retain the characteristics of God and all three are omniscient and omnipotent. Therefore, if God cannot be separated, then neither is His will separated into three wills. If you read John 17, the part where it talks about the Father and the Son being 'one' and the believers being 'one' as God is 'one', then you will see and understand where I am coming from when I say that God's will cannot be divided amongst the Trinity, and that the idea of God having 'free will' is absurd, since the nature of God is revealed throughout the Bible as 'never changing'. | ||||||
6899 | Christ dying only for elect? | Rom 5:6 | Makarios | 6146 | ||
Thank you Mike for a well thought out and Spirit filled note to this debate! Yes, we are all Christians and I also believe that it is time to focus on other discussions that are about the Bible and not so 'belief' centered, since all Christians should believe in Christ as their own personal Savior! I thank you as a brother in Christ for your participation and I encourage you to contribute more to the Forum. I have sent Joe a message and if he would like to continue this Calvinist/Arminianist discussion any further with me, then it can be done away from the Forum through e-mail. That way, we will not make a mockery of ourselves in the view of (possibly) any unbelievers out there who are watching the Forum. Thank you kind sir, and I am looking forward to more interaction with you!your brother in Christ, Nolan | ||||||
6900 | EveryHome, are you back? | Bible general Archive 1 | Makarios | 6144 | ||
Dear brother charis, I'm sorry to say it, but it appears after 8 days of this posting that EveryHome has not returned. We would have all enjoyed their participation!Your brother in Christ, Nolan | ||||||
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