[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

If we indeed are worthy of salvation, it will be our spirit at first, before we can heal our body after the Last Judgment.

"Worthy of salvation"... again, not criticizing ~~ that's just a thought which is so strange to a Calvinist.

Then Job replied:
Indeed, I know that this is true.
But how can a mortal be righteous before God?
Though one wished to dispute with him,
he could not answer him one time out of a thousand....
Since I am already found guilty,
why should I struggle in vain?
Even if I washed myself with soap
and my hands with washing soda,
you would plunge me into a slime pit
so that even my clothes would detest me.
He is not a man like me that I might answer him,
that we might confront each other in court.
If only there were Someone to arbitrate between us,
to lay his hand upon us both,
someone to remove God's rod from me,
so that his terror would frighten me no more.
Then I would speak up without fear of him,
but as it now stands with me, I cannot.

[Hank Kerchief]

If we indeed are worthy of salvation, it will be our spirit at first, before we can heal our body after the Last Judgment.

"Worthy of salvation"... again, not criticizing ~~ that's just a thought which is so strange to a Calvinist.

Luke 20:35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

Luke 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Acts 5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

Acts 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Eph. 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called.

Col. 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God.

2 Thess. 1:5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer.

2 Thess. 1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power.

Rev. 3:4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

Why would an expression used throughout the New Testament seem strange to a Calvinist? (Put down the Institutes and read the Bible--just kidding!)

Hank