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Non-Calvinists and Eternal Security

Discussion in '2000-02 Archive' started by KenH, Aug 17, 2002.

  1. AITB

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    So are you saying Adam is an exception to this - because didn't he become a sinner by his own act yet he couldn't become righteous again by his own act...?

    I find Romans 5 tricky because it says "As in Adam all died so in Christ all are made alive"

    That sounds like universalism.

    (But, to be fair, that chapter has some awesome verses in it [​IMG] )

    Yes ... and sure it is. They don't want to do anything else. They are sinning of the own free will. They can do anything they want to do. </font>[/QUOTE]Yes but...the point is [Calvinistically speaking], God made them unable to want anything else but sin didn't He?

    And I have a problem with seeing that as 'good'.

    Because we are not buying cars; we are talking about sin against God. People have a moral inability to not sin. They sin freely and willfully. That is what they want to do and that is why punishment is appropriate.
    </font>[/QUOTE]I think my point still applies which is that if God makes it so you can only do one thing, why is it appropriate to punish you for not doing something else?

    I suppose it comes down to - I think it's fundamentally inconsistent to say that people who cannot not sin yet freely choose sin. Whereas you see no inconsistency there.

    But your position has the same problem as Ken pointed out. You responded to him something along the lines of the "comfort of your thinking." I suggest that is a bad way to do theology. It is not our prerogative to align God with our thinking. We must align our thinking with God.</font>[/QUOTE]Yes but I find that way of thinking scary. To me it seems like saying "turn your brain and heart off if they don't seem to agree with what someone else says God says".

    And once my brain and heart are turned off I have turned off my 'danger warning' systems against what is evil so I cannot do that. I have to contend with what they seem to be saying to me because God gave them to me. I can't just set them aside...even if they are fatally affected by sin, so I must be careful about what they seem to be saying to me...

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  2. Pastor Larry

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    Adam was the only totally "free" person. Yet when he sinned, the consequences were built in ... he would die. There was nothing he could do about that. So yes, Adam was the only exception to that.

    It can be a little bit tricky but is very ahrd for arminians to deal with because "all" doesn't really mean "all." It throws a monkey wrench in it. I posted a lenthy post on this some time back. Perhaps you can find it by searching. The point of Rom 5 is the modus operandi of sin and righteousness. The "all" refer to all in Adam and all in Christ. All who are in Adam are made sinners in the same way that all who are in christ are made righteous ... by imputation, not action.

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    No. Their inability to want to do anything else is because of sin.

    Because sin is sin. The motivation or reasoning behind it does not change its nature. Furthermmore, God did not make it so that they could only do one thing. Don't blame that on God.

    It is not about what someone else says God says. It is about what God said. Our understanding is consistent with everything that God said. I would urge you not to trust what man says. I tell my church all the time to study it for themselves. Do not take my word for it. Check up on me. I have seen many change their beliefs. I have never had one come to me and try to change mine.
     
  3. KenH

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    AITB wrote:
    "But I find it easier to think about God knowing but yet He still gives them a real opportunity to choose otherwise - the Arminian position - than that He never gave them any choice but hell forever."

    Sister AITB,

    Everyone, and I mean everyone, has the opportunity to choose to obey God. Anyone who damns themselves to hell does so by their own choice. No one, and I mean no one, is prevented from coming to Christ except by his own sin. :(

    Opportunity is not an issue to be debated between Calvinists and non-Calvinists. We all agree that everyone has the opportunity. [​IMG]

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    But how can that be since in Calvinism, Jesus only died for certain people.

    So how can the rest be thought of as having an opportunity to come to Him?

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    But if God didn't make it that way, who did?

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    But if God didn't make it that way, who did?

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    </font>[/QUOTE]Adam sinned and his nature was confirmed in sin as a result.
     
  7. KenH

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    AITB wrote:
    "But how can that be since in Calvinism, Jesus only died for certain people."

    Sister AITB,

    How does that stop anyone from repenting and believing who wants to do so? :confused:

    Please remember, both Calvinists and non-Calvinists are pleading with everyone to repent and believe the gospel. Our disagreement is about why does one person accept and another person reject the gospel. But we all are telling lost sinners the same message of repentance and faith. [​IMG]

    Ken

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