Subject: Is there middle ground? |
Bible Note: Greetings Ed! I have seen many strange and wonderful things concerning salvation. I have been involved in amazing last minute salvations. I have seen people come to Christ out of the blue. I have been led by the Spirit to share Christ with people whom I thought were going to lash out at me physically they were so angry, but only minutes later were on their knees accepting Christ. I have talked with a man about his salvation, only to have his wife come in and ask if she too could accept Christ. A have had young children come to me because their parent's thought they were too young to accept Christ. I've seen almost 20 children come to the altar during VBS. But, I base my theology upon what Scripture says, not my experience. Does God seek and call? Or course, we know from Scripture (John 16:8) that the Holy Spirit convicts! But, that is not the crucial issue for me between C and A. The crucial issue to me is, "Does God desire all to be saved or not?" When I go out to evangelize, I do so with the full assurance that Christ died for all, loves all, and that He wants everyone to come to repentance. To me, this is the heart of Arminianism (or whatever label you want to attach)! So, what is so divisive or wrong about that? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |