I love it when someone plays the "humility" card.
What's more "humble?" Thinking you contributed to your own salvation because you chose wisely? Thinking you were smarter than others? More holy than others? More insightful, obedient, righteous or simply luckier than others?
This is what Roman Catholics believe, that every time they say the Rosary they're increasing their portion of God's grace and swaying His opinion to their side.
Or does it seem prudent and faithful to Scripture to say I had nothing to do with my salvation because salvation is a gift from God given at His own good pleasure in His own time for His own reasons according to His mercy?
"And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed." - Acts 13:48
"Faith alone" was the standard of the Reformation.
Arminians need to return to Geneva and read up on why we're not all Romanists today.
Then there is the punishment part. How can we be held accountable for what we do or don't do if we were given no choice? It just doen't make sense to me.
Or thinking you contributed to the salvation of someone else? (as has been claimed here by your side a number of times).
And even trying to argue who is "more humble" really makes my point for me, don't you think??? Hmmm?
More insightful, obedient, righteous or simply luckier than others?
Boy... now THAT is an interesting one from a Calvinist. God choses to elect some people and not others.... If there is any "side" to this debate whose salvation relies on "luck" I would think it would be yours. I certainly haven't seen a Catholic or Baptist/Bible Christian here thinking they were "luckier" than the rest.
"More obedient" or "More righteous"? Again, I would think you would actually read the posts here before spouting off. Only one side here has been acting as if they are more righteous...
Or does it seem prudent and faithful to Scripture to say I had nothing to do with my salvation ( But of course you had LOTS to do with the salvation of others?)
Yeah, we can see that humility and lack of self-righteousness just oooozing out of every pore.
"Faith alone" was the standard of the Reformation.
True. But not the standard of Scripture. Interesting that you would base your salvation on a word that is not even there? (even underlining it to show how important it is). But of course your faith is in your own faith.
Faith in Christ and Christ alone is the standard or your redeemer. If you want to add words to Scripture, the "alone" should at least modify "Christ".. not "faith".