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To: thePilgrim; fortheDeclaration

Whew!

This is getting really wierd.

It's almost like some bastardized Catholic Eucharist thing (with apologies to the Catholics).

"Take a bite out of Christ and claim yer E-ternal RE-ward."

Now, if we take this to its logical conclusion Christ must have some finite sum that the gospel is worth (1 mil x # of people ever born til the second coming). What happens to the unclaimed gospel "dollars"? I also find it interesting how the creature has a claim on the creator and not the other way around.


998 posted on 01/30/2005 7:08:33 PM PST by GLENNS
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To: GLENNS; Corin Stormhands; xzins
Whew! This is getting really wierd. It's almost like some bastardized Catholic Eucharist thing (with apologies to the Catholics). "Take a bite out of Christ and claim yer E-ternal RE-ward." Now, if we take this to its logical conclusion Christ must have some finite sum that the gospel is worth (1 mil x # of people ever born til the second coming). What happens to the unclaimed gospel "dollars"? I also find it interesting how the creature has a claim on the creator and not the other way around.

The only thing 'weird'is how Calvinists view the Atonement.

The Calvinist will admit that the Atonement is sufficent for all men. (So do the Arminians)

The Calvinist states that the Atonement is not applied to all men (As do the Arminian)

The Calvinist will even admit that there is a universal offer for salvation (as do the Arminians).

So where do the differences lie?

According to the Calvinist it lies in the intention,that God never intended to save all men (hence limited Atonement).

The Arminian never says that God intended to save all men,(although He wanted to save all men) but only that all men were to be made savable.

1,002 posted on 01/31/2005 3:33:06 AM PST by fortheDeclaration
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