Calvinism is Gospel !
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1 Corinthians 2:14
But a natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
The gift of faith is nowhere included in the “things of the Spirit” and cannot be because those SAME THINGS OF THE SPIRIT the CHRISTIANS in chapter 3 STILL COULD NOT RECEIVE.
#ContextDissolvesTULIP!!
But a natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
The gift of faith is nowhere included in the “things of the Spirit” and cannot be because those SAME THINGS OF THE SPIRIT the CHRISTIANS in chapter 3 STILL COULD NOT RECEIVE.
#ContextDissolvesTULIP!!
Yes, through faith in Jesus as Lord, which opens God’s gift of the Holy Spirit.
There is no mention of sheep nations or goat nations anywhere in the Bible, as far as I know.
He came to seek and to save that which was Lost. to seek and to save are infinitives, aorist active infinitives which denotes a strict, unalterable purpose and design. He came for the explicit purpose of seeking and saving. which would mean "trying to seek" or "attempting to save."
- The aorist tense means the seeking and the saving are viewed as a single, fully achieved reality.
- In the legal mind of God, when Christ came, the rescue of the lost was as good as done. It signifies an effective purpose, not a wishful desire. [1, 2, 3, 4]
3. Destruction of the "Offer" Framework
Just as we saw with exaireō in Galatians 1:4, the infinitives of purpose in Luke 19:10 shatter the idea that salvation is merely an "offer" left up to human choice.
- Christ did not come to make salvation possible if the lost choose to be found.
- He came to seek and to save.
- If a single person whom Christ came to save ends up eternally lost, then Christ failed to achieve the very purpose denoted by the infinitive. Because His power is sovereign, the purpose clause guarantees that every single elect person who was legally lost in Adam will be vitally found and saved by His life. [1, 2, 3]
The infinitives in Luke 19:10 denote the sovereign intent and guaranteed execution of Christ's mission. He came with a specific legal mandate from the Father. The text proves that Christ’s arrival in time was the direct outworking of the eternal decree to find the elect, break their permanent veil, and bring them safely into vital union. [1] AI
This is the problem when you have a lens, I know that it almost impossible to see outside of that lens.
In addition to what I already stated,
Paul is reassuring them that they are legitimate members of God’s holy people.
He wants them to know that they are not guilty of “being uninvited guests” in God’s kingdom; they had been graciously invited in by Christ Jesus himself.
Paul is saying, “God has granted you Philippians, as representatives of the Gentile nations, entry into the Messianic hope of Israel.”
He is not saying each of you as individuals have been granted salvation to the exclusion of other individuals.
You see the main flaw of people who have let the tenets of TULIP come into their mind is they read scripture as being highly individualized, that is a real problem .
I know that there are a series of proof texts that are cycled through over and over again.
The verse is written to a corporate body and the church is caught in the Jew/Gentile controversy.
I could go into the grammar but probably not worth the effort.
We can see that Paul is communicating the same thing he did to the Gentiles in Ephesus, “But now in Christ Jesus you who were once far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ” (Eph. 2:13). “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God” (Eph. 2:19).
You know I bet if you spent, say a year and went through all your proof texts and really did your due diligence, you would come out the other side and forsake TULIP!But I am a realist, I am doubtful.
Yes, and I have shared their prooftexts in context on the Resolving thread, showing how they all support MFW.
Well, they attribute that to God not willing that they should come Jesus and, since They are one, Jesus doesn't want them. But the gospel adds up forward and backward so not most, but all of tulip is off if it is off in one point, such is the law.
And, if you want to be perfect, as the Father is perfect, there is no room given to be off except to try again, not continue trying the same coordinates again and again, especially in such critical matters such as trying to safely on the moon. It is great grace and long suffering that God gives us the opportunity to try again and again, and when we finally getting it right, our Teacher in all truth (Holy Spirit) won't miss a beat in saying, "Well done!"
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