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1 | Is God omnipotent? | John 3:16 | Hank | 89407 | ||
John Reformed: Some few days ago I vowed to myself that I would never again be a party to any of these dreadfully repetitive debates on Calvinism. Then I read such statements as you continue to make and my resolution takes wings. ..... In a recent post to you I made the statement that I did not consider Calvinism an enemy of Christianity and I stand by that statement. Hyper-Calvinism of the sort that you promote on this forum is another matter, and I do not consider it in such a favorable light at all. I quote from your post #89380 "After all, it is not a foregone conclusion that the jailer was seeking salvation. In fact the narrative seems to say that he was seeking to be saved from the ire of his superiors." Now, John, let's look at what the text actually says and cast from our thoughts what it "seems to say." In Acts 16:30 the jailer asked Paul and Silas, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" In Acts 16:31, they said to him in direct answer to his question, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved." Now, John, if you are right, then Tim is wrong and I am wrong and, most importantly, Paul and Silas were wrong too. The passage doesn't "seem" to say anything. It says it in clear, plain language that a child would be able to understand. ..... You make another curious observation in your post, to wit: "Saving faith is the evidence of regeneration, not its cause." If you are right, Paul and Silas are again mistaken about the sequence. They answered the jailer, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved..." Notice please the order in which they placed the words 'believe' and 'saved.' Now I'm satisfied that you will be able to parse some words, analyze some syntax to suit your purposes, and manage to wiggle your way out of your web in much the same way that you've told us over and over how 'all' doesn't mean 'all' and 'world' in John 3:16 means 'the elect' and all that sort of other fancy dance and nimble foot work with which you have tried to persuade forum members that hyper-Calvinism is the only show in town. I've asked it before and I ask it again, when is enough enough? I've reviewed a large quantity of your posts and discovered that you really haven't said anything new about Calvinism on this forum in two years, more or less, but you have said essentially the same things over and over. If you insist on continuing to post the same things over and over, why not save yourself a lot of unnecessary typing by simply copying your old posts? I really don't think anyone would know the difference. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Is God omnipotent? | John 3:16 | John Reformed | 89420 | ||
Hank, for your information, A hyper-Calvinist is someone who either: Denies that the gospel call applies to all who hear, OR Denies that faith is the duty of every sinner, OR Denies that the gospel makes any "offer" of Christ, salvation, or mercy to the non-elect (or denies that the offer of divine mercy is free and universal), OR Denies that there is such a thing as "common grace," OR Denies that God has any sort of love for the non-elect.(Phil Johnson) If, at any time, I have been guilty of any of the above, show me my fault and I will, by God's grace, correct it and apologize myself. John Reformed |
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3 | Is God omnipotent? | John 3:16 | EdB | 89441 | ||
John I flabbergasted, A hyper-Calvinist is someone who either: Denies that the gospel call applies to all who hear, OR Denies that faith is the duty of every sinner, OR Denies that the gospel makes any "offer" of Christ, salvation, or mercy to the non-elect (or denies that the offer of divine mercy is free and universal), OR Denies that there is such a thing as "common grace," OR Denies that God has any sort of love for the non-elect.(Phil Johnson) If, at any time, I have been guilty of any of the above, show me my fault and I will, by God's grace, correct it and apologize myself. John unless your talking “Calvinese” where all doesn't mean all. You have repeatedly said unless your elected you are without hope God’s mercy and grace is simply not offered to you. You have repeatedly used the passage where God said He hated Essau as justification for His decision not save the non elect. You have repeatedly said that unless your elect you can not hear the call of salvation. You have repeatedly said a sinner can not have faith since he doesn't know what to have faith in. You have repeatedly said God’s grace is only offered to God’s elect. I think you have clearly violated every one of the points on your list so I think that does in fact make you a Hyper Calvinist. I know that is what I have classified you as. I have shown many of our threads to my Calvinist friends and they have simply dismissed you as a hyper Calvinist. Now your saying your not????? Well shut my mouth!!!! EdB |
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4 | Is God omnipotent? | John 3:16 | John Reformed | 89465 | ||
EdB, "Well shut my mouth!!!!" That will be the day! :-) Love, John |
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