To: hoagy62
Say I want to get saved. I ask Jesus into my heart, and believe He has risen from the dead. I publicly confess this. According to Romans 10:9, I'm saved. Now, according to what I know of Calvinism...even if I do all these things, if God hasn't chosen me to BE saved, I am destined for Hell, and no matter what I do, I can NEVER be saved.
Of course -- if you're not chosen by God before time, that means that God has damned you to hell for all time and that's your destiny. Tough luck...
18 posted on
06/27/2009 10:49:32 AM PDT by
Cronos
(Ceterum censeo, Mecca et Medina delendae sunt + Jindal 2K12)
To: Cronos
Has Calvin actually said this was possible? Quotes please.
22 posted on
06/27/2009 11:30:37 AM PDT by
huldah1776
( Worthy is the Lamb)
To: Cronos
Of course -- if you're not chosen by God before time, that means that God has damned you to hell for all time and that's your destiny. Tough luck... You sound as though that makes God capricious. And you sound bitter as though you think it's unfair.
But I think it shows His great mercy. I think every human deserves His wrath, including me. But this makes all the difference:
"but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God."
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