Posted on 06/09/2009 3:18:25 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
Let me repeat: As for repentance. At Virginia Beach in 1973, I repented of my sins and my life and handed it to God lock stock and barrel - just as the faith He gave me to say it.
I willingly cast all my sins upon the Lord Jesus Christ, believing He died for me and by faith gave Him Lordship over all.
“BD, why is it that Calvinists (at least the ones who post here) seem to recoil at the thought of admitting that they have made choices in life?”
We need someone to blame if it doesn’t turn out right.
Most will agree we make decisions according to the purpose and plan of God; it is an exercise of faith.
But they are still... YOUR... decisions, right?
“But they are still... YOUR... decisions, right?”
It is our decision made according to God’s purposes and plans. He has provided all that is necessary to make the decision according to His plans and purposes for ones life.
Excellent, sr4402.
Now I won’t worry about you. You are a brother(?) in Christ.
I remember the day after I confessed believing upon Christ and the understanding of Scripture flooding in. For days, I couldn't stop reading my Living bible. The Assurance of Salvation was overwhelming and the personal presence of the Lord, was and still, Awesome.
That was March 13 of 1973 and the Lord has led the journey from then on. One would think one would exhaust the 66 books of the Holy Scriptures (NASB now), but I find that I cannot. These days of doing Bible Studies in a Nursing home are so precious since the body of Christ is so precious - be they Catholics, Baptists, Pentecostals, Methodist, Lutherans whoever calls upon the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ for Salvation is a brother in Christ.
Some religions have another Jesus and I wish those folks could come to know the Savior of the Bible and call Him Lord. The enemy puts up so many counterfeits in the world, but they will not stop the Elect. Coming out from them may slow them down and be a rougher journey, but God the Father is faithful to draw them to Christ, just as Christ said twice in John 6.
Any yes, coming from a Methodist background, without knowing it, I had to climb out, and am still climbing out, of my Armenian and Pelagianism. Taking to heart and believing Genesis 2:17 "... for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.", that they and All mankind in them Died Spiritually that day, opened the understanding of a flood more Scriptures - Especially Romans and the hard verses I had puzzled over for decades.
How else to explain "Jacob I loved and Esau I hated" from Micah and Romans. Or "I will have Mercy upon whom I will have Mercy, and Compassion upon whom I will have compassion".
Believing and trusting in the Sovereignty of God is a matter of faith anyway and who would I be to deny anyone their faith journey towards it.
My wife, came to know the Lord before her memories. She may have been only 1 or 2. From her earliest memories, she has know Christ as Lord and believed that Lord Jesus Christ paid all her sins. From my Armenian/Pelagian background, I would have denied her Confession and surely displeased the Lord. But through the Sovereignty of God, I can see how God did it.
She and I continue to see answers to prayer upon answers to prayer and much more. God is so Good!
Blessings Dear Brother in Christ. May you walk joyfully in the good works He has prepared for you from the foundation of the world. May you walk through His gates with singing in your heart and may you know His paths, enlightened by His Word, as a Pilgrim on your journey to the Heavenly city and His ultimate presence.
Until we meet again.
I missed a lot of posts and wanted to be sure you got Alex Murphy’s response to your statement to illustrate Arminius’ faulty understanding of the Trinity per his own words (and which concludes...”From his reading of the fathers, Arminius concluded that “God the Father [is] the principium of the Godhead...”)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2268571/posts?page=9#9
“I missed a lot of posts”
Gee, 11 days later. Does your spouse know you responded to this stale thread?
~~”It would be helpful to cite the words of Arminius rather than what others claimed he said/meant.”~~
Ping to Alex’s post 9...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2268571/posts?page=9#9
~~From his reading of the fathers, Arminius concluded that “God the Father [is] the principium of the Godhead...”~~
Your post is pretty presumptuous...not to mention, incorrect. I have no “unChristian attitude toward my brothers and sisters in Christ.” I do, however, follow the Scripture that says to...
“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” — 2 Timothy 4:2-4
Regarding Arminius’ faulty understanding of the Trinity, ping to Alex’s post 9...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2268571/posts?page=9#9
~~From his reading of the fathers, Arminius concluded that “God the Father [is] the principium of the Godhead...”~~
Do you agree with Arminius?
As long as she got it in the discount bin, I don't see why he would object!
Who doesn’t love a bargain?
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