[theAmbassador]

Does the Calvinist Bible contain a different Prodigal Son story? In it, does the father go out after the son, and forcibly make him return?

Cause that's Calvinism. The Prodigal Son seems to hinge on the free will of the son, who leaves and then desires to return. Yes, the father will always rejoice when one returns. But the Father did not force irresistable grace on the son.

Of course, the Father did not force irresistable grace on the son; he is already a son. Irresistable Grace is for before he is a son in order to make him born of God.

This parable has nothing to do with salvation and falling away and then becoming saved again. That's what many Arminians think, but then they would have a pretty stout verse of scripture to deal with for making such a claim.

[SoothingDave]

Of course, the Father did not force irresistable grace on the son; he is already a son. Irresistable Grace is for before he is a son in order to make him born of God.

So whether the son returned or not, he was still "saved?" That the point of the parable is that if you are good we'll have barbeque?

SD

[Elsie]

Hebrews 12

16. See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son.
17. Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. He could bring about no change of mind, though he sought the blessing with tears.

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Likewise a son, but to no avail..........

(How could he sell, what he did not OWN: yet?)