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1 | Is Limited Atonement Bibical? | NT general Archive 1 | Makarios | 35469 | ||
Greetings Hank! I couldn't agree with you more, my friend.. Of course, we must not lose sight of what you are really trying to tell us by what you say, since you were among the very FIRST handful of people who ever stumbled upon and logged onto this Forum! You are truly one of the very few, my friend, who truly know and have experienced what it could mean and what kind of consequences that another extended, unresolvable debate could have on this fledgling Forum, and if Lockman and any of the rest of us would like to see its continued prosperity rather than its virulency, then we would do well by heeding the wisdom that you have to share, my friend! Hank, you were here when the Forum first ever began its correspondence on election. You were here and present when the Forum first ever discussed eternal security. You were here when the first ever post was written about Cain's wife or angels sleeping with women or Trinity vs. Oneness! You were a witness to all of this, and more than once you saw and forecasted the Forum taking a turn for the worst, generously providing us with your timely wisdom where it eventually proved to aide and guide us in the best way! Your posts are a testimony to all of this, and your influence and touch on this Forum was and is vital to its growth, nursing this Forum through a year, and touching many lives and souls in the process! You know and have witnessed what these arguments do, and there is hardly anyone else on the Forum who is better suited and more respected than you are, my friend, when it comes to giving these newcomers a bit of advice on how to treat this Forum than you are, my friend. You have been and always will be a tremendous asset and steward to this Forum! All of the "veterans" alike respect you, and all of the newcomers would do very well to take notes from your most excellent example! Blessings to you, Makarios |
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2 | Is Limited Atonement Bibical? | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 35470 | ||
Makarios, my faithful friend, whom I love as a brother in the Lord and as father a son, with tears in my eyes I thank you from the bottom of my heart. --Hank | ||||||
3 | Is Limited Atonement Bibical? | NT general Archive 1 | Charlene the Mom | 35476 | ||
So Free will is "Satan's sovereign drug, which causes the soul to sleep in delusion, and the end of such delusion is death. "Free will," says Spurgeon, "has carried many souls to hell but never a soul to heaven." (from ARMINIAN ERRORS- From the tract, Another Gospel, by Rev. William MacLean, M.A.) Well, I guess this answers one of my questions on my previous note (Does Calvinism acknowledge any “free will” given to man by God?). You know, I really don't think free will and the Sovereignty of God are mutually exclusive. To me it is even more amazing that God knows, even orchestrates everything, and at the same time allows us free will. I mean who could accomplish something like this that is so far beyond our understanding? And I agree with the Rev. William MacLean in the article mentioned above on many points such as the fact that God can choose and reject whom He will, and that we all deserve NOTHING. He says "Arminians deny the total depravity of man, in that they hold that the will of man is free and has the ability to choose Christ and the salvation that is in Him. Well, (assuming that I am by association an "Arminian") I completely embrace the total depravity of man, and free will to choose Christ, but it is still God that gives the salvation which is in Christ. He appears to me to be jumping to conclusions that are not the only logical places to jump to. Well, even if no one reads this, I am more convinced than ever that God is everything He claims to be, even if it seems paradoxical to some. And if I go to Heaven or if I go to Hell, God is Sovereign. He is.(Exodus 3:14) |
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