Thank God that every day, men and woman abandon the evil weed and the satanic verses of the Institutes and convert to Christ!
I'm working on my invectives just in case I decide I'm one of the elect and need to embrace reformed Calvinist theology.
***Thank God that every day, men and woman abandon the evil weed and the satanic verses of the Institutes and convert to Christ!***
Oh, yeah, it’s REAL sporty in the Religion Forum, now.
Do you figure that the elect are just a group one simply decides to sign up for? Let's check the scriptures:
Isa 42:1 : 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. KJV
Isa 45:4 : 4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. KJV
Rom 8:29-30 : 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. KJV
In all of these passages, Who does it sound like the decider is? The elect are determined SOLEY by God alone:
John 1:12-13 : 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. KJV
Mark 13:20 : 20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. KJV
So, if man is the decider, then there really is no concept of the elect at all, and the Bible is wrong.