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1 | Difference backsliden or not saved? | 2 Cor 13:5 | koscheiman | 173452 | ||
We are regenerated thru baptism. The Holy Spirit operates only thru the Word in conversion and sanctification. The Calvinistic teaching of total depravity was the mother of the direct operation of the Holy Spirit. Calvinists' teaching that the inner is dead and could do nothing, called for the direct operation of the Spirit in conversion. The claim of the direct operation of the Spirit led men in all directions and their feelings and moods became evidence of pardon. Emotional experiences were offered as proof that the Holy Spirit was working in sanctification and conversion. Thus, each one was led by his feelings not the Bible. The sinner was told he could not understand the Bible when he read it. The Christian was told he was being guided directly by the Spirit, so he had no need to study. If one read the Bible the Holy Spirit gave him his understanding and thus all rules of Bible study and interpretation were ignored. The Work of the Holy Spirit in Redemption by Franklin Camp |
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2 | Difference backsliden or not saved? | 2 Cor 13:5 | Hank | 173464 | ||
Dear Kosch -- The views expressed in your post #173452 may possibly reflect in a vague sort of way the position of some errant off shoots of Calvinism -- those who have been called extreme or hyper Calvinists -- but they don't quite do justice to the soteriology of John Calvin. No Calvinist that I have ever known in the flesh or by his written works has ever remotely hinted that there is no need to study Scripture. The author quite obviously needs to brush up on his Calvinism because it is easy enough to infer from his piece that he knows little about it and understands even less. --Hank | ||||||