To those that see themselves no more worthy than his neighbor, it is a message of hope.
Weapon of Mass Instruction wrote:Yes, and none of them mean elect. But you do not really care, do you?For a pastor, you sure have a foul mouth.________________________________________Jago,I do not place a microchip inside my kids brain and program them to say what I want them to say. Neither does my God do so to His children.I happen to believe that God is so omnipotent that free will serves no threat to his sovereignty.The Calvinist god is threatened by freewill.
R. K. Borill wrote:Opposing the A_rmed I_)!@^$, the Calvinist knows that there are also more verses of scripture than John 3:16 that help us to understand the meaning of the word "world". For example:
For a pastor, you sure have a foul mouth.________________________________________
Jago,
I do not place a microchip inside my kids brain and program them to say what I want them to say. Neither does my God do so to His children.
I happen to believe that God is so omnipotent that free will serves no threat to his sovereignty.
The Calvinist god is threatened by freewill.
Weapon of Mass Instruction wrote:Actually, those outside the F_anciful L_and of the Calvinist, realize that there is much more to the Bible than Romans 9."For God so loved the world..."To some, it is a message of hope.To the elitist, it is a threat to their pride.
love not the world . . . 1 Jn. 2:2the world knoweth us not 1 Jn. 3:1whole world lieth in wickeness 1 Jn. 5:4 deceiveth the whole world 1 Jn. 12;9the god of this world hath blinded the minds . . .1 Cor. 4;4rulers of the darkness of this world. . .Eph. 6:12chosen the poor of this world . . . . . .James 2:5I pray not for the world . . .Jn 17:9
Shall I go on through the "whole counsel of God"?
Hope is found in the truth, not in the lies which are the tools of the A_rmed I_)!@^$
"For God so loved the world..."
To some, it is a message of hope.To the elitist, it is a threat to their pride.
Yamil Luciano wrote:P.S. I also told him that Jesus loved him. Sorry, I could not help it after I kept running into it in the Bible.
Jessica Dawson wrote:"how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?"Matthew 7:7-11 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?______It's good to see you back Jessica.Blessings to you. With prayers!!In the love of Jesus Christ our LordAbigail
It's good to see you back Jessica.Blessings to you. With prayers!!
In the love of Jesus Christ our LordAbigail
Luke 6:27-29 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
John 17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
If we are asked to pray for our enemies and we are true followers of Christ? We might believe that those who oppose us are in the end going to be God's elect. That our prayers for our enemies have been decided upon before the foundation of the earth. I heard a sermon of a pastor from India who would announce to those in opposition (even if they were armed), that they were going to become followers of Christ. And according to his testimony they did, time and time again!
Psalm 35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
It's a tough predicament they are in.
There is hope for them though. After all, they do have the Weapon of Mass Instruction eager to present them with the liberating truth._______________________________________
I am on my way out on soulwinning. I want everyone to know that I probably will tell them of Jesus' saving love towards them. Odds are, that after they see it for themselves in the Bible, that they will believe it. And I do not have to create a complicated theological system to prove it to them neither.______________________________________
A man in the hospital accepted the Lord as Savior yesterday. He was depending on him being a good person to get him to heaven. I told him that he must forsake that and embrace salvation as a gift from God apart from works.
He did it. He prayed outloud and renounced his good works.
I suspect that God counted his faith for righteousness.
P.S. I also told him that Jesus loved him. Sorry, I could not help it after I kept running into it in the Bible.
Matthew 7:7-11 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
"That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven"
Matthew 18:18-20 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
"Matthew 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."
It is good to know someone who can follow our Lord's command.
To my shame I have not always blessedthose that curse and despitefully useme.
I am a Calvinist and I know that wehave an omniscient, omnipotent God.I just can't understand how peoplecan believe that anything can takeHim by surprise.
When we pray we know that we are to ask that it be according to His will.
This is Very DEEP theology...And, I amjust not smart enough to argue the point. I just know that my God is inCharge.
Thank you and God Bless...
Yes, I am a Calvinist....God is allknowing and His 'will' will be done.
Make fun of me all you want; I servea Sovereign God and I love him becauseHe loved me first.
Also, as I have compared the "CalvinistTulip" with scripture, it appears torepresent exact Biblical truth.
God Bless....
Why ask for something of a god that has all things predetermined?
There is hope for them though. After all, they do have the Weapon of Mass Instruction eager to present them with the liberating truth.