Matthew 7:21, Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
The condition is to do the will of God the Father.
1 John 5:9-13.
Jesus does NOT say, “the elect are those that do the will of My Father”
The “condition” of doing the will of the Father refers to entering the Kingdom of Heaven.
God elects some, unconditionally, for salvation and enables them to do the will of the Father through the power of God Holy Spirit, and they will, without fail, enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
@canadyjd you have accused me of not understanding calvinism so these are serious questions. What I see in your post is your opinion but what is the biblical bases for it?
I have wondered how you as a calvinist can actually know you are saved? By your own words God made you believe or I would say at least you think He did. Even the faith you say you have had to be given to you.
Even Calvin said people could think they were saved but it was just a false faith that God gave them. How does one know that he is regenerate? The only true test is to persevere to the end. If one fails to persevere, that person only reveals that while he may have thought his faith was real, it was only a case of self deception, or even worse, divine deception.
Just to be clear, @Silverhair, I have no idea why you want to turn this thread into a personal conflict. Your statements come very close to denying I’m a believer.
Your own words prove you don’t understand the doctrines of grace or what I believe.
God didn’t “make me believe” and I have NEVER stated that God made me believe.
So your statement is a fabrication, an untruth, a gross distortion of what I believe and what I have said which reflects your bias and hatred of the doctrines of grace.
God enabled me to believe by the power of God Holy Spirit. God gave me faith. Even the disciples recognized this truth when they asked Jesus to increase their faith.
If you understood reformed beliefs, you would understand that I know I am saved because God Holy Spirit indwells me and testifies with my spirit that I am a child of God. That is biblical, but I’ll let you look it up so maybe you will remember it.
Finally, I have absolutely no need for a lecture on theology from someone who believes “many are saved having never heard the gospel”
John 6:40 - For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.
Again, you don’t have a clue, you continually distort what I say or simply fabricate beliefs and then expect me to waste cyber space correcting your nonsense.
Last chance. Question my salvation one more time and I’ll report you.
@canadyjd asking you to give a basis for your theology is not questioning your salvation. You say to just trust you and when I say give some evidence of your theology from scripture you get defensive. You should be able to provide it.
I point out the errors of your theology using your own DoG and you get upset. Get over yourself and grow up. You seem to think that no one should question what you say. Wrong.
When you claim views that do not align with scripture then expect to be challenged on it. Perhaps you have lived in your calvinist echo chamber to long. You do not even seem to recognize things that your calvinist view claim and then stomp your feet when I point out the logical outcome of that view.
When did I do that @canadyjd? You want me to accept your version of salvation and when I ask you to provide biblical support for it you claim I am saying your not saved.
If someone asked me for biblical support for my view I could provide it and would not think they were saying I am not saved although that has been suggested more than once on this board.
I used your own calvinist theology as the basis of my questions.so if you have a problem then it is with your theology not me. Why do you think your theological views are beyond being questioned?