Is this not the theology that says man can choose God without the Holy Spirit? In the past I have preached this lie because I was ignorant of what I was saying, I was influenced by Arminian like Norm Geisler and Mark Cahill, and I was in error. I will admit that I am not perfect and have not arrived. But thee days I clearly see that man it TOTALLY DEPRAVED and cannot choose God without the Holy Spirit. God brings his converts and man cannot by his own will choose the Holy Spirit.
I appreciate it when people show me grace and show me through strong arguments of my error. I do not like it when christian condemn me to the fire for being in error in these kinds of matters. I also do not like it when Christians condemn me because I have books by some Arminian. Some on Facebook have been quick to condemn me and I do not appreciate it. This board seems to have more grace and more argumentation over Facebook where I can get unfriended and quickly condemned.
Pelagianism
Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by evangelist6589, May 20, 2013.
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evangelist6589 Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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I pray you do receive grace here, but I will not hold my breath since Calvinism is considered a bad word on this site. God Bless.
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This is non-sequitor because none adhere to Pelagianism on here....or at least I haven't seen one who does.
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BTW, many things are attributed to the error of Pelagius' teaching. I was challenged to find any of his work supporting these charges. All I have found were third hand sources saying what he believed. -
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Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Hey, here is a thought. Study the Bible for yourself, follow after the doctrines of God and quit following after the doctrines of men. That ends all the discussion about who follows who and what kind of influence any of them had.
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1. Was the Gospel inspired by the Holy Spirit?
2. Has the Gospel been perserved over the years by the Holy Spirit?
3. Is the Gospel today still carried by Holy Spirit indwelled people to the world?
If you answered yes to all these questions, then how can you conclude that someone confronted by this same Gospel is 'acting on his own' or 'without the Holy Spirit?' -
preachinjesus Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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I believe Pelagius has been, and continues to be completely misrepresented by his opponents, especially Calvinists. I doubt that many Roman Catholics have ever heard of Pelagius, while I do not know of one Calvinist who does NOT KNOW of Pelagius.
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evangelist6589 Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Some books
Conversational Evangelism
One heartbeat away
Norm Geisler and Mark Cahill are Arminian and who think that human efforts, methods, evidences, and such are what brings people to salvation. They do not believe in the sovereignty of God in salvation. -
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evangelist6589 Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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I am not sure I understand your question. All I know is from what the Bible teaches and that is that God brings the converts and man responds. No I do not believe in hmm.... I am running a blank but the doctrine taught by Hyper Calvinists that God forces people to believe in him? Whats the name of that doctrine? I am running a blank. Quite simple man has some free-will but God takes responsibility for bringing people to salvation. -
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