I don’t think you even understand what you are saying. I KNOW you don’t understand what I posted.
If God had determined that the next child born in Dallas, Texas is going to hell (THAT, is predestination), then that child might as well live any way it wants, never go to church, never study a bible, just live like an animal.
I did not, and do not, suggest that we can determine our eternal salvation by our self. Only by the mercy and grace of God has Salvation been offered to us through the blood of Jesus Christ.
But a True Calvinist argues that your eternal destiny has already been determined. If that is true, Jesus wasted a lot time instructing us how to live and what I must do to inherit eternal life. He would have told the rich, young ruler that there is nothing he could do, it was already determined.
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
If it is predetermined, Peter was wasting his breath, too.
I see no reason whatsoever for you to even be discussing this because it is a waste of time. There is nothing you or I can do to change your, or my, eternal destiny.
If you are a True Calvinist. I suspect you are not.
>>I don’t think you even understand what you are saying. I KNOW you don’t understand what I posted.
I fully understand what you are saying. I understand what I am saying. But I am not going to write down every word and proof that I know just to satisfy a faceless name on the internet. If we were sitting down together in a comfortable place with a few hours to kill, I would explain in detail.