GRPL Ping.
Calvinist huh? Yawn.
You’re right. The yucky wart/mole on Obambi’s face has moved to his chin. Udder’ ‘dan ‘dat, it looks like him . . . or at least like his brudder’.
James 1:13-15
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
Isa 6:9 And he said, "Go, and say to this people: "'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'
Isa 6:10 Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed."
Isa 6:11 Then I said, "How long, O Lord?" And he said: "Until cities lie waste without inhabitant, and houses without people, and the land is a desolate waste,
That’s real encouragement right there. < sarc >
You’re reformed because God reformed you. It takes the same sovereign grace for people to see the doctrine of election and be humbled by it. You’ll get very little agreement from folks on FR and will most likely get lots of ridicule. Taken comfort in your knowing the truth. God saved you against your will and that is Grace with a capital G.
For some reason despair.com is coming up asking for a user name and password. :-(.
I guess I lean toward being a calvinist then, because that is the way I see it. “All that the Father gives to me SHALL come to me”.
Have you ever read Arthur W. Pinks books? He’s brilliant. I really think that unless a man is born again he cannot fully understand these truths.
Check out Paul Washer’s take on this-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5HlnSOuTvE
It’s only 2 minutes 43 seconds too.