Subject: Is Limited Atonement Bibical? |
Bible Note: 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) |