(Rom. 10:9-13)
"9. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

I asked a question last week, what happenes to a Calvinist who has been regenerated but died before repenting and believing the gospel, is he saved? The response was NO. So there is your answer.

If you are willing to stand at the judgment bar of Christ and confess that the reason he should allow you into his kingdom is because you were elected and didn't repent and believe the gospel, I pity your poor soul.

The choices for this survey lacks a proper relationship between the Law and the grace of God.

Why did Jesus spend so much time preaching obeying the commandments of God if we are not to keep them?

By the Law, are they referring to the Mosaic law which was given to the children of Israel.

Are they referring only to the Ten Commandments?

Are they only referring to the New Testament teachings of Christ?

The word "atone" means to "supply satisfaction for".

For without the shedding of blood, there is no remission for sin. (Heb. 9:22) Jesus, when he ascended into heaven applied his blood on the Mercy Seat as payment for our sins.

This was a fulfillment of the OT types when the high priest made atonement for the sins of the people.

The blood of Jesus was the satisfactory payment for our sins. It was the shed blood of Christ that redeemed us from the bondage of Satan.

Since the church is composed of both Jewish and Gentile believers, both will be caught up and translated at the same time prior to the Great Tribulation period.

The ones who died IN CHRIST, whether they are Jew or Gentile believers, will be raised first, then those believers who are alive will be raised next. (1 Thess. 4)

The unbelieving Jews and unbelieving gentiles who are not alive when the rapture takes place will not be resurrected until the final judgment. Those that are alive will face the Great Tribulation period.

I am not sure if JD agrees with me on the OT saints, but that's my position.

How does your church teach the law?

We hold that a man is not justified by the law. No man received eternal life by keeping the Ten Commandments nor is he kept saved by keeping the Ten Commandments.

We are to keep God's statutes because He commanded us to obey them.

Please give us the proper definition of Antinomian.

Actually they don't believe in no. 2 either.

They are two different Mike's. One is Michael from Endicott anf the other is just plain Mike from NY.

I got them confused at first.

Anyway, Mike's response has nothing to do with my question to you. There was one other person on here that went on record in calling God a Calvinist as well as Jesus Christ himself a Calvinist. Do you agree with him?

I would highly recommend the article I linked to by Bro. Cloud.

We have had him twice in our church last year and was tremendously blessed.

There may be more truth to what he said than we think.

Fundamentalist have a tendenct to preach easy-believism without any repentence whatsoever then have to go looking all over town to get them baptized. More than likely they will have nothing to do with your church or Christianity after your first encounter.

But we have no problem bragging and boasting of the soul we saved at the next evangelism conference.

Have you ever read David Cloud's article on "Easy Prayerism or Bible Evangelism"

Thanks for the reply.

Thanks for the response. I find it amazing that we should go around labeling each other. I never studied the works of Scofield, Darby or Calvin and Augustine in any great detail, if barely at all, yet I am branded an Arminian heretic by some. I have fought numerous battles with those who teach that you can lose your salvation which is a major tenent of Arminian doctrine.

I find it interesting that those who never read the systematic theology of men can somehow claim that one particular system best represents their belief.

"2. There is certainly a great deal of difference between a forced compliance and a free willingness. Force and freedom cannot consist together. Now that willingness, whereby you think you are willing to have Christ for a Saviour, is merely a forced thing. Your heart does not go out after Christ of itself, but you are forced and driven to seek an interest in him. Christ has no share at all in your heart; there is no manner of closing of the heart with him. This forced compliance is not what Christ seeks of you; he seeks a free and willing acceptance, Psalm 110:3. "Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power."

We are not talking hypotheticals here but reality according to your theology.

Since according to Berkhof that it is possible for there to be elapsed interval between regeneration and exercising of faith, what is the standing of the person regenerated but not yet a believer at that point?

Here again I beg the question. What is the eternal standing of a person who has been regenerated and has not yet come to a place of faith and repentence.