Sunday, September 29, 2013

What the Bible says:


There are a few misconceptions the Arminian heretics seem to carry. First, God is one. This means that God's sovereignty does not override his other attributes but qualifies them. Also it means that God who is the sufficient one is in and of Himself first and foremost these qualities within Himself as the divine trinity. What I mean is that what God does outside of Himself is based upon who He is inside of Himself.  (Therefore I am not focusing too much on God's sovereignty as you are accusing me of missing the forest for the trees - this I will accuse you all of doing).

 

Romans 5:8 speaks of us (the Church, The elect, called out ones). As for John 1:29 - you must take Scripture as a whole and not impute meaning on a word that is foreign to the whole of Scripture. John is a theologian. When John says world he means that Christ is given to the elect who are dispersed not only amongst the Jews, but also the Gentiles. This is what made the "Love" of God so significant that no longer is it Jew and Gentile. This is the mystery revealed according to Paul.

 

The word "ALL" is an elastic term. It does not have to mean all people who ever existed universally, but it can also mean all the people who are part of a group. Say you have a class of students in a particular class the teacher ask - ok are we all here?

 

As for John 3:18 - the antithesis of this is given in John 3:16. Fortunately John limits the atonement even here to those who do believe. So who is it that God loves, who God gave the atonement to? those who do believe (who we later know as the Elect of God, the Sheep). The fact that John says these men are already condemned gives credence to the fact that God did not love these men at all.

 

Romans 6:23 - shows us the fact that Immortality is conditioned upon those being in Christ alone (Covenant language right here).

 

God I said sovereignly uses secondary causes (in a sense) to bring about His purposes. What this means is that God the immediate actor who controls all things (He alone has free will). But even if He controls all things directly, he is still not to be one who is responsible for the actions themselves. For one thing it is not God who does the acts. These men whom God causes to do the act does them. Unfortunately the evil act is a sign of God's hardening, whereas the good act (in some cases) is a sign of softening - like for the elect of God whom God softens.

 

The Gospel is proclaimed Christ alone did in fact in an act of imputation (not from us - but from God) took upon Himself the sins of His people. It is because Christ died for His people that by the grace of God these people are made new and given light to see. The Gospel is about God's Justice.

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