[drstevej]

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[drstevej]

Great Reformed Ping List Announcement.

Exurge, Calvinisti,

et judica causam tuam...

[Jean Chauvin]

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The Doctrine of God's Providence

We believe that this good God,
after he created all things,
did not abandon them to chance or fortune
but leads and governs them
according to his holy will,
in such a way that nothing happens in this world
without his orderly arrangement.

Yet God is not the author of,
nor can he be charged with,
the sin that occurs.
For his power and goodness
are so great and incomprehensible
that he arranges and does his work very well and justly
even when the devils and wicked men act unjustly.
We do not wish to inquire
with undue curiosity
into what he does that surpasses human understanding
and is beyond our ability to comprehend.
But in all humility and reverence
we adore the just judgments of God,
which are hidden from us,
being content to be Christ's disciples,
so as to learn only what he shows us in his Word,
without going beyond those limits.

This doctrine gives us unspeakable comfort
since it teaches us
that nothing can happen to us by chance
but only by the arrangement of our gracious
heavenly Father.
He watches over us with fatherly care,
keeping all creatures under his control,
so that not one of the hairs on our heads
(for they are all numbered)
nor even a little bird
can fall to the ground²⁰
without the will of our Father.

In this thought we rest,
knowing that he holds in check
the devils and all our enemies,
who cannot hurt us
without his permission and will.

For that reason we reject
the damnable error of the Epicureans,
who say that God involves himself in nothing
and leaves everything to chance.

²⁰ Matt. 10:29-30

-from Article 13 of the Belgic Confession of 1561 written by Guido de Bres

Discussed here on F.R.

Jean

[AZhardliner]

The following was orinially applied to 20th century liberalism, but it can also be applied to present day evangelicalism:
"A God without wrath, brought men without sin, into a kingdom without judgment, through a Christ without a cross"
H. Richard Niebuhr
(Please, I know who he was, but his observation was 100% on target.)

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[Alex Murphy]

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[irishtenor]

If God was able to subdue your will and win your heart, and that without interfering with your moral responsibility, then is He not able to do the same for others? Assuredly He is. Then how inconsistent, how illogical, how foolish of you, in seeking to account for the present course of the wicked and their ultimate fate, to argue that God is unable to save them, that they will not let Him. A.W. Pink - The Sovereignty of God


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[snerkel]

Application?


"The Poor Man's Gospel"

”The longer I live, the more I bless God that we have not received a classical gospel, or a mathematical gospel, or a metaphysical gospel; it is not a gospel confined to scholars and men of genius, but a poor man’s gospel, a ploughman’s gospel; for that is the kind of gospel which we can live upon and die upon. It is to us not the luxury of refinement, but the staple food of life. We want no fine words when the heart is heavy, neither do we need deep problems when we are lying upon the verge of eternity, weak in body and tempted in mind. At such times we magnify the blessed simplicity of the gospel. At such times we magnify the blessed simplicity of the gospel. Jesus is the flesh made manifest becomes our soul’s bread. Jesus bleeding on the cross, a substitute for sinners, is our soul’s drink. This is the gospel for babes, and strong men want no more.” - C. H. Spurgeon

Definitely we are Totally Depraved!
All Election is Unconditional!
I believe in Limited Atonement!
So then, Grace is Irresistable!
Yes! The Saints will Persevere!