Calvinism, Right or wrong?
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Well, since Calvinists don't think there is "free will," I can't imagine anyone who actually knows what Calvinists believe or Calvinists themselves would bring up free will. Kind of like adding "regenerated man has no Santa Claus." It's simply so far removed from the topic it doesn't need mentioning.
Then again, you seem to prove over and over again that the only person who understand anything about anything is you, so this is probably moot too.
Then again, you seem to prove over and over again that the only person who understand anything about anything is you, so this is probably moot too.
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Bingo! "Responding." The very nature of the word says something happened beforehand or it's not a response. Men respond after God saves, and because God saves, he gives us that faith in him.
I will give you full faith in you giving me a brand new car after you give me a brand new car. That is the reaction to the gift, not our effort in getting the gift.
I will give you full faith in you giving me a brand new car after you give me a brand new car. That is the reaction to the gift, not our effort in getting the gift.
You're not getting the reason God sent Jonah. It was ALL due to protecting the "seed" promised in Genesis 3:15. The entire Old Testament is about preserving the "seed."
Question: Did God have every intention of destroying Nineveh? Yes. We see this through the message, "Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown." Did God destroy Nineveh? No. Why? Because they repented of their wickedness and cried out to God. God in turn changed His mind and did not destroy them.
Calvinist have a hard time with Jonah. For a Calvinist it's impossible for God to change His mind, but we see it over and over in the Old Testament. Instead of agreeing, they usually become Bible correcters.
Question: Did God have every intention of destroying Nineveh? Yes. We see this through the message, "Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown." Did God destroy Nineveh? No. Why? Because they repented of their wickedness and cried out to God. God in turn changed His mind and did not destroy them.
Calvinist have a hard time with Jonah. For a Calvinist it's impossible for God to change His mind, but we see it over and over in the Old Testament. Instead of agreeing, they usually become Bible correcters.
Oh how sweet it is to live in a softer time in which the burning of someone for religious expression is but an aberration.
If we are to compare Geneva with other communities of the time (even Protestant communities), they were far more tolerant of others. Heck, Servetus was initially given asylum from the Catholic Inquisition on the condition that he wouldn't be a rabblerouser.
If we are to compare Geneva with other communities of the time (even Protestant communities), they were far more tolerant of others. Heck, Servetus was initially given asylum from the Catholic Inquisition on the condition that he wouldn't be a rabblerouser.
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I've seen that website you posted and I don't recommend it and when I say I don't recommend it, I mean it. I've communicated with the author of that website and I don't recommend talking to him. His website has no credibility with me.
The problem is that Calvinism / Arminianism is a debate that people hold to usually if they are Calvinists and a lot of people have a hard time arguing without the debate getting personal or degenerating into something not polite.
The problem is that Calvinism / Arminianism is a debate that people hold to usually if they are Calvinists and a lot of people have a hard time arguing without the debate getting personal or degenerating into something not polite.
If TULIP was or wasn't exactly what John Calvin taught that is what it is called today. I think it is important to study the doctrines and teaching from the past because that is what our churches are built on today. Some doctrines are correct and others wrong so we should test them and see if they are in harmony with the Sure Word of God. The Devil will continue to repaint the false doctrines and resell them with different slants for each generation but they are still false. So regardless of who invented TULIP i just wanted to investigate these teachings and workout whether it was Satan or God that inspired them.
Sure, i understand that without God we can't do anything Good. But the God i know wants to save everyone, Loves the whole world. So if Salvation is all in Gods hands, completely Gods choice, and nothing to do with us than God would save everyone. If it is all in our hands we would all fail to save ourselves because we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Rev 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
If i can't chose to reject God than it wouldn't be a free choice. It's a choice i have to make, to hear His voice and allow Him in or reject Him.
Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Rev 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
If i can't chose to reject God than it wouldn't be a free choice. It's a choice i have to make, to hear His voice and allow Him in or reject Him.