As a pastor you have seen people resist the outward call you provided. The ones who receive the inward call receive a new nature and will come forward.
Saving Faith: God’s Gift to Sinners or Sinners’ Gift to God?
Discussion in 'Calvinism & Arminianism Debate' started by Protestant, Feb 16, 2015.
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Those who believe it is a process believe salvation is by works and not of grace.
There was four days between the the angelic vision that Cornelius had and the time that Peter came and preached the gospel. Four days. When Peter preached the gospel, then Cornelius believed, at which time he was both regenerated and saved, sanctified and justified.
We don't have regenerated but unsaved people wandering around in this world. That concept is unheard of. Yet that is precisely what is being taught here by some Calvinists. -
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He had faith in the wrong God. The wrong God won't save you.
Only Jesus saves. This is post-cross, not pre-cross. The Jews had rejected the Messiah.
This is the first time the gospel went to the Gentiles.
Jesus went to the Jews. Far and few between did a few Gentiles come to him. One woman he addressed as a "dog."
The early church preached only to the Jews. There were only Jews present at Pentecost. Acts 10 marks the first time that the gospel went to the Gentiles. -
robustheologian Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
To get into [a theme park <—> heaven] you need [a ticket <—> justification]. You're [broke <—> spiritually dead] so you can't [afford <—> obtain] it. Your [older brother <—> Jesus] purchases the [ticket <—> justification] for you. He plans on [sending <—> giving] you the [ticket <—> justification] by way of [the postal service <—> grace]. There is just one problem...you don't have [a mailbox <—> faith] since you're [broke <—> spiritually dead]. Your [older brother <—> Jesus] than gets you [a P.O. box <—> faith]. Now, you have a way of receiving this [ticket <—> justification]. -
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You're slow....errr slowly coming around...
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robustheologian Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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By this one statement DHK has revealed his Pelagian theology.
I call on Pastor DHK to repent, praying the Lord for forgiveness, as well as for spiritual understanding as to why we need regeneration by the Spirit in the first place. -
There are many passages demonstrating that faith is a faculty that must be exercised. People are rebuked for not exercising it, and others rewarded for exercising it. The idea of rewards/penalties for exercising/not exercising faith is foreign to most of the passages that deal with it if it is simply God decreeing this one to exercise faith and that one not to exercise it, in which case it is simply God rewarding himself for the faith he decreed one to exercise, and God punishing himself for the faith he decreed one not to exercise, which is self-contradictory.
Matt. 8:10 “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!"
Does Jesus commend the centurion because God gave him more faith than other men, or because the centurion exercised his faculty of faith to a greater proportion than others?
Matt. 9:2 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you.”
Does Jesus forgive the paralytic's sins because of God's faith, or because the friends and the paralytic exercised their faith in Jesus?
Matt. 9:22 “Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well.”
The woman's faith . . .
Matt. 9:29 **Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.”
Again, Jesus responds to the exercise of faith.
Matt. 15:28 **Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.”
Ditto.
Mark 4:40 But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?”
Is their lack of faith because God didn't grant them the ability or faculty to have faith at that moment? If so, then Jesus is deluding them by asking them the question.
Mark 10:52 **Then Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road.
The blind man's faith . . . -
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LOL, I guess there's not a 10-page limit in this forum?
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As for the page limit issue, there is a lot of leniency given in this forum compared to others concerning the page limit. -
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Robert William MemberSite Supporter
The natural man serves self and is his own god, and he does not want anything to do with God, because he hates him.
Watch this short video called "does God love everybody"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxZKJSNVgqM
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