To: Between the Lines
Faith is not a work, it is counted as a work (Christ's finished work) in God's eyes, but is still not a work. The work is through Christ; the free will's decision to accept the gift (Christ's finished work) is done through faith.
Rom 4:5 And to the one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness
46 posted on
06/15/2003 10:43:20 PM PDT by
God is good
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To: Between the Lines
One group tends to represent the Baptist heritage as passively shaped by Calvinism, and the other wishes to deny the Calvinist (or Reformed) influence completely. The truth is somewhere in-between. "Passively shaped"??????
Sory, but A.J. Conyers doesn't have a clue. All of the founders of the SBC were unabashed Calvinists, there was nothing "passive" about it.
There is nothing "unbaptistic" in being a Calvinist, whether in 1644 or 2004.
52 posted on
12/25/2003 7:57:09 PM PST by
Jerry_M
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