For Calvinists: Do you skip evangelizing because God chooses?

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For Calvinists: Do you skip evangelizing because God chooses?

  • Yes.

    Votes: 2 8.7%
  • No.

    Votes: 21 91.3%

  • Total voters
    23

trofimus

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I do not understand what you say,

you say every very action you make is predermined, Who predetermine you every action? God or your free will?
There is no free will.

You can either be lifted up by God or falling down by your sinful inclination. And all this is in harmony with the predetermined plan of God.
 

Jackson123

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we do evil because of what we are. we are dead in trespasses and sins. eph2.1

But only those come to God who are chosen by Him before the foundation of the world. eph 1.3ff
So you believe our evil action is not predermined by God, is that mean you do believe our free will cause evil action?
 
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Jackson123

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There is no free will.

You can either be lifted up by God or falling down by your sinful inclination. And all this is in harmony with the predetermined plan of God.
you say there is no free will, mean every action you make is not you will, all your action is predetermined by God, it mean when you kill, is because God determined not lift you up so you free to be a killer, or not free but force to be a killer. Is that what you believe?
 

trofimus

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you say there is no free will, mean every action you make is not you will, all your action is predetermined by God, it mean when you kill, is because God determined not lift you up so you free to be a killer, or not free but force to be a killer. Is that what you believe?
I believe what I said I believe.

Its hard to say "yes" or "no" to your proposed answers because you frequently mix more of them into one and so making them partly right and partly wrong.

Like "you(sic) free... or not free, but forced" - which one should I respond to?
 
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There is no free will.

You can either be lifted up by God or falling down by your sinful inclination. And all this is in harmony with the predetermined plan of God.
temptation is the tempting of a person's free will to choice what is right and wrong.

If you don't have free will and your will is from God,

are you a perfect human and do no wrong?
 
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God is not in control of who gets saved. He wants all men to be saved (1 Tim 2:4). He is not willing that any should perish (2 Pet 3:9).

People have free will, and once they hear the gospel, they can choose to believe it, or not.

I'm not sure where people get the idea that babies are automatically saved... If someone knows of a verse, please post it. There is this:

1 Cor 7:
14) For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

That could be understood to say that the children of unbelievers are not saved ("unclean").
Whoa,now you are on the lines of blasphemy with that first phrase"God is not in control of who gets saved" now that is completely false,how does one get saved?
through Jesus whom is God's son,and whom is one with him,so this means God is in control of who gets saved,just because we have a will of our own doesn't mean that we just come about being saved on our own,we have to come to "Realization" we don't simply decide"ok I'm going to get saved today" it is only because we come to into "Realization" that God has been in our lives that we come to him through Jesus christ,it's not a simple choice that we just make,God guides us,we have a choice in asking for and then accepting salvation from God through Jesus,but all is apart of what God has planned before hand,he knows our hearts,and can see if we desire to trust in him and be a worker for him,God doesn't lead someone to be saved if they are not "already willing" to be a worker for him,and so he does have control over one's salvation because he determines if he will "lead us to be saved" we don't just come to salvation of our own accord without him guiding us toward him,salvation is not of ourselves but through Jesus and by God's grace that we come to salvation,the choice is ours to make in the end but,our salvation is through Jesus,not just the one decision of ours,he doesn't force people to be saved,but he guides us to salvation,so "He is in control of "Everyone's salvation" for we make a decision to accept or reject it but without Jesus,there is no salvation lest one must abide by God's old law or die to it.
 

trofimus

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temptation is the tempting of a person's free will to choice what is right and wrong.

If you don't have free will and your will is from God,

are you a perfect human and do no wrong?
No creation is perfect and every creation does something wrong (because it is not perfect).

The rest of your post is quite unclear to me, try to formulate it more precisely.
 
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joefizz

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No creation is perfect and every creation does something wrong (because it is not perfect).

The rest of your post is quite unclear to me, try to formulate it more precisely.
careful with that line of no creation is perfect,God makes many creations that are perfect,we just through sinning are not perfect,just clarifying.
 
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How many of the elect here believe in double predestination?

Could any of you also clear up confusion on the topic of babies and kids that die and go to hell if they are not elect. Is this true or not?
Feel free to start your own poll for that one.
 

trofimus

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careful with that line of no creation is perfect,God makes many creations that are perfect,we just through sinning are not perfect,just clarifying.
No creation is perfect in the ideal meaning of the word.

Bird can be perfect for flying, fish can be perfect for swimming, but no creation is perfect as such, only God is.
 
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Who clicked the other Yes?

Do you have the strength in your commitment to answer honestly?
24 hours later, and no one claims this one.

As I thought, someone thought it was more important to lie about Calvinists than worry about lying as a Christian. Not only was that not chosen by a Calvinist, it was chosen by a Christian either.
 

shrume

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Whoa,now you are on the lines of blasphemy with that first phrase"God is not in control of who gets saved" now that is completely false,how does one get saved?
By hearing the gospel and choosing to believe it.

through Jesus whom is God's son,and whom is one with him,so this means God is in control of who gets saved,just because we have a will of our own doesn't mean that we just come about being saved on our own,we have to come to "Realization" we don't simply decide"ok I'm going to get saved today" it is only because we come to into "Realization" that God has been in our lives that we come to him through Jesus christ,it's not a simple choice that we just make,God guides us,we have a choice in asking for and then accepting salvation from God through Jesus,but all is apart of what God has planned before hand,he knows our hearts,and can see if we desire to trust in him and be a worker for him,God doesn't lead someone to be saved if they are not "already willing" to be a worker for him,and so he does have control over one's salvation because he determines if he will "lead us to be saved" we don't just come to salvation of our own accord without him guiding us toward him,salvation is not of ourselves but through Jesus and by God's grace that we come to salvation,the choice is ours to make in the end but,our salvation is through Jesus,not just the one decision of ours,he doesn't force people to be saved,but he guides us to salvation,so "He is in control of "Everyone's salvation" for we make a decision to accept or reject it but without Jesus,there is no salvation lest one must abide by God's old law or die to it.
God does not determine who will be saved and who won't.

He wants all men to be saved (1 Tim 2:4). He is not willing that any should perish (2 Pet 3:9). He wants the wicked to turn from their evil ways so they might live (Eze 33:11). We have the ministry of reconciliation: we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God beseeches people through us to be reconciled to God (2 Cor 5:18-20).
 
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careful with that line of no creation is perfect,God makes many creations that are perfect,we just through sinning are not perfect,just clarifying.
God was specific when he did his creating.

"And God saw it was good." <--------said after five days of creating.

"And it was very good." <--------- said after creating Man.

He intentionally didn't do perfect. He did good or very good.

And, even after that, "very good" failed, so he cursed us. Making us less than even good.
 

preacher4truth

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The elect can become the Unelected real quick, look what happened to satan and the others that followed him and they all went against God, and got thrown out of heaven for their mischievous pride.
Sooooo...now Satan was once elect? Lol! Ridiculous and false.

Here's the problem and it's shown in my signature even...people cannot stand God being God and His electing grace. Some loathe all this about God and will NOT have this God rule over them. So they create their own little God to their liking and make up false teachings like Satan being elect. Shameful. Lots of Romans 9:20 people that's for sure.
 

shrume

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I think this has some other meaning for sure...Maybe that they receive better instruction if both parents are saved or something, but I definitely don't think it means they are lost and would go to hell if they die.
But the verse does not say anything about "receiving better instruction". It says the children of believers are not unclean, but holy (set apart).

I mean it isn't even saying what age the child is there so with that theory you could say a 30 year old is unclean just because their parents are...
Every single human on the planet is born unclean because of the sin of Adam (Rom 5:12). ALL men need saving.

Even in the Old testament God says that he will not punish the Children for their parents mistakes.

Ezekiel 18:20
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
That's talking about individual sins, not the sin nature we all inherited from Adam.
 
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joefizz

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God was specific when he did his creating.

"And God saw it was good." <--------said after five days of creating.

"And it was very good." <--------- said after creating Man.

He intentionally didn't do perfect. He did good or very good.

And, even after that, "very good" failed, so he cursed us. Making us less than even good.
I was speaking on the lines of not creatures but certain creations of his like things in heaven etc.
 

Jackson123

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I believe what I said I believe.

Its hard to say "yes" or "no" to your proposed answers because you frequently mix more of them into one and so making them partly right and partly wrong.

Like "you(sic) free... or not free, but forced" - which one should I respond to?
correct me if I misunderstood you,

1. You believe no free will, it mean if you believe in Jesus, it because predestine by God, and if you are killer and robber is because God predetermine you to be. Is that your believe?

2. It mean our evil action is predetermined by God. Is that your believe?

so whether your good action or bad action not come from your free will, all predestine by God.

You better ponder under why you do not believe that there is no free will brother.

you end up to accuse God responsible of all evil action.
 

trofimus

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I was speaking on the lines of not creatures but certain creations of his like things in heaven etc.
What do you mean exactly? What creation is as perfect as God?