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NASB | Romans 5:6 ¶ For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 5:6 ¶ While we were still helpless [powerless to provide for our salvation], at the right time Christ died [as a substitute] for the ungodly. |
Bible Question: Dear InHzsvc, what do you mean? The Lord has control over me and my emotions. He has not 'lost control' over me in any way, unless I decide to let my emotions rule over me. I am not full of pride, it is you who are dodging the very essence of what we are discussing. I feel that it is you and your Calvinist friends who are full of heresy, pride and everything else that discourages and leads away from the truth. And I am concerned of the heretics leading the church astray. |
Bible Answer: Joe knew what I meant. It was directed specifically to him. A true knowledge of "Calvinism" does not cause pride. It does just the opposite--it humbles. Knowing that salvation is of the Lord and that man has no part in saving himself exalts God and shows man to be the miserable creature that He is. How does it discourage? We still urge people to trust in Christ as their personal Savior and pray that God will enable them to do so. We tell them that Christ is the only hope of sinners and pray that God will open their heart to receive the truth by faith. You just don't have a clear picture of what the Doctrines of Grace are about. Perhaps you have been more involved with the hardshells than true Calvinistic people. |