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1 | Is there any practical difference? | Bible general Archive 1 | Bill Mc | 20132 | ||
Dear Tim, Thanks for posting your question. As I have been 'labeled' as having no 'label' in the C and A debate (this forum, ya gotta luv it!), this is not an answer to your question. If both C and A listed their core beliefs, as implied in anothor post, I would probably line up more closely with one over the other. But as this is not the goal of this string, I thought that I would offer some 'practical' areas for this question. How does your belief in Calvinism or Armenianism affect: Your personal relationship to God? How accepted you feel that you are to God? Your prayer life? Your Bible study? Your worship of God? Your ability to share the gospel with others? Your efforts to disciple others? Your fellowship with other believers? Your involvement in the local church? Your involvement in missions? Your manifestations of the gifts of the Spirit? The fruit of the Spirit in your life? Thanks for the opportunity to ask these questions. In Christ, Bill Mc |
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2 | Is there any practical difference? | Bible general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 20250 | ||
Thes are indeed good questions. Let me take a couple in the brief time I have right this second. 1. My personal relationship to God? He is my adopted Father, and also my Lord. This is solely on the basis of His mercy toward me, and in no way based on any clever decision on my part to "accept Him." He changed my wicked disposition, despite the fact that I didn't deserve it in the slightest, and he is the one who preserves my reconciled state with Him. In other words, Christ is the Author and Perfecter of my faith. In addition, there is the core idea that I was chosen by God for a purpose beyond my own going to Heaven. 2. Accepted? I don't see much difference here between C and A here. We are both accepted solely on the basis of Christ's subsitutionary death and resurrection. More later... |
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