I dont recall saying you believed in free grace, not since you've made it very known that you do not. I do not think you believe in free grace,just the opposite. So where I would have mistaken you for believing in free grace I do not know. But that is not a lie. And you are being very ungracious Angela. Why would I lie about you? In all my time here why would I now just want to lie about you?! Funny,you seem to have the same insult your new buddy has for me. Never had a cross word with either of you but now Im just itching to lie about what you believe. Seriously,you need to get over yourselves.And yes,it is in the Bible.
No,its not heresy,its in the Bible and I dont agree with WOF. The early church fathers believed in free grace years before Calvin ever came along.
We all got it,you dont believe in free grace. And I never lied about you or your beliefs. And you know what if you were THAT offended and you were my friend why didn't you PM me and ask why I was lying about you? Because you never had an issue with me until you and Lynn became Bffs. smh
Link me to the post please so I can see what I said. I dont remember ever accusing you and lying about you believing free grace. Why would I care what you believe Angela?! Much less lie about it?
No I dont believe you dont want to hurt anyone.I believe you want to defend Lynn,who's blasting away at everyone who disagrees with her and hardly needs you for back up. This is so high school "mean girls" it isn't even funny.
Ah, right! You also mentioned how jealous you were in that post of Lynn. I've been friends with Lynn for a long time. But, I confess, she is the one who approached me, which you have not done. But, partly because I disagree, in love, with you on both Arminianism and the charismatic gifts, I didn't feel we would be a good fit as friends. Of course, if you were friendly, I would be friendly in return.
I remember, it was the thread where you took me to task for not reading the looonngg copy and paste. Sorry, if it had been in your own words, I would have read it. I have given up on copy and pastes, unless it it the Bible, and not the KJV. I don't have time or energy to read something I can google, or in the case of the KJV, trying to make sense of all that 17th century English.
Oh, and if that article was by Wesley, I would not be wasting my time on it. I was reading a Wesley daily devotional a while back. All of a sudden, out of the blue, he starts railing about people losing their salvation. So, no, I won't read him. There isn't enough time left in my life to waste it reading Wesley. I know you have a BIG copy and paste on page 11 of "what a Sovereign God cannot do..." by Wesley.
Well, that was a search - page 19 for me. But I do have a lot of people on ignore right now, so it might be a different page for you.
Here is the whole thing:
First, I want to answer your claim that Lynn has talked behind your back. That is a complete and total lie. Lynn and I have become fairly good friends. I can show you reams and reams we have written to each other about gardening. Even when I asked her a while back for some good books on Reformed theology, she gave me one book and some generic names like John Piper (I already have at least 10 of his books!)
As someone following these discussions with interest, Lynn and several others have said the same thing over and over in every thread, which you somehow don't seem to understand. It is very simple.
Lynn (and others!) are tired of you saying:
"This is what YOU believe and I don't agree with it!"
This is the equivalent of building a straw man of rumour and innendo, and then knocking it down. It is also the WRONG way to conduct a debate!
The right way is to say, "This is what I believe, what do you believe?" Then the other person states what they believe. There may be some clarifications, and certainly disagreements about the nature of what the other person believes, hopefully using the Bible, rather than 50 copy and pastes, like you have done, KG.
I'm new to this game, but I am getting resentful of you stuffing words in people's mouths about what they believe. We are diverse people, we have different angles in things. But we do believe God is sovereign.
I personally find the entire title of this thread to be appalling. What kind of God do you serve who is not Sovereign, KG? I cannot believe it is Jesus Christ that you are serving at all!
Or would that be putting words in your mouth? Not sure, since it seems like you do not serve the same God I do, after reading a lot of the pages of this thread!
Oh my word Angela!! You're turning on me because you've now become friends with Lynn?! Is this high school!? Lynn has NO trouble defending herself. You dont need to go to bat for her.You of all people Angela.smh I thought better of you. But I guess this is the game you all want to play as I see the three amigos have hit like on your post. What Lynn and I have between us is between us,period.I'd thank you to let us pound it out rather than stirring up more resentment.
I started a thread where I ASKED what was believed. Then I told them where I was stuck and then I was called a liar. You are contradicting yourselves.You CANNOT say you believe in free grace if you are elected! That is common sense. Thats not free will! You all can repeat,repeat,repeat,both cannot be true! Im NOT lying about what you are saying. You are not understanding Scripture,and you are contradicting yourselves. You have been asked again and again by others and you give the same answer "we believe in free grace" but you cant believe in both election and free choice! Ive asked and been called a liar,so either you cant answer or you dont want to,Im not sure which.
This is a discussion forum,people seem to forget this. If its within CC rules its not wrong. All the horrible things preacher has said,and Lynn, {your new buddy} and not a word from you that they are wrong.But me,Im wrong huh? Well I guess Im not one of your amigos so I its ok to tear apart everything I say. Very mature.
No one is stuffing words in your mouth Angela. You are contradicting yourself. You cannot say you believe in election and free grace at the same time. Its like saying you are pro-abortion and pro-life,its a contradiction in terms. No one is putting words in your mouth.You're not making sense.
Quote "I personally find the entire title of this thread to be appalling. What kind of God do you serve who is not Sovereign, KG? I cannot believe it is Jesus Christ that you are serving at all! "
So now I know for sure that you're only here to defend your new buddy and haven't read the OP. The article was saying God cannot go back on His Word,He cannot lie etc. Or do you think God can lie? See had you read the OP instead of running to Lynns defense you would have known how silly your statement is. But I wont hear an apology for that because Lynn is the only one that deserves defending around here.
Quote "Or would that be putting words in your mouth? "
Nope,just means you didnt read it and rushed to defend poor Lynn who believes what you believe and therefore deserves your defense.
Quote "Not sure, since it seems like you do not serve the same God I do, after reading a lot of the pages of this thread!"
If you believe that Christ did not die for ALL,no we do not serve the same God. If you do not believe the blood of Christ can save ALL who believe on His name,no we do not serve the same God. If you believe God elected a chosen few and left the rest for destruction and they cannot or will not call on His name,no we dont believe in the same God. And I have news for you,you dont believe in the God of the Bible either. Because He says Hes willing that none should perish, that He does not take delight in the death of the unbeliever.He said Jesus was sent to the whole would and that all who call,come,believe can be saved. And if you dont believe in that God sister,I'll pray for you,because you are not believing in the God of the Bible and that is the God I believe in.
ps. If you believe differently feel free to explain. So far I see nothing but contradiction.
So, where in this post, which fortunately includes my post, did I say I believe in free grace??
No one is stuffing words in your mouth Angela. You are contradicting yourself. You cannot say you believe in election and free grace at the same time. Its like saying you are pro-abortion and pro-life,its a contradiction in terms. No one is putting words in your mouth.You're not making sense.
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As I said, the only thing I know about free grace is what a googled a few weeks ago. Perhaps you have a different meaning, but for sure, I NEVER said, I believed in election and free grace. Ever! Find the post! I would NOT say it.
So if you are not lying, you certainly were confused. You specifically called me by name. I did not say I believed in any kind of free anything.
Christ did die for the ones he came to save. That is the "all." This requires another thread, not going to get into it. I'm too tired, it is late.
I'm sorry for this fight between us, I have always appreciated your passion for the Bible and for the lost. But, I see so much pettiness, in an attempt to prove that your ministry was not pointless. And yet NO ONE SAID IT WAS!
The gospel must be preached. You were faithful in that. But, this petty jealousy, this attempt to slander me for being friends with Lynn, saying I believe things I do not, which you will not find anywhere in this forum, that is a big issue. As for Lynn, you said she was going behind your back. She did NOT go behind anyone's back. I would say that whether she was a friend or not. I would say that whether I agreed with her theologically or not. She just did not. You are confused, again!
So, I will forgive you in love. I hope I have not hurt you, either. I do believe initially you were sincere in your first posts about trying to understand what Reformers believe. But the third thread, was total attack, and yes, at least for me, you lied about what Reformers believe, and specifically you lied about me by name, and what I believed.
I'm done. I'm out.