Nevertheless, I do charitably assume that some of the carnal knot-heads in that world really are saved. Perzackly. Some Arminians are regenerate but confused.
But if they are relying on their Arminian understanding of Christ for their salvation, then they are just tares sown among the wheat. As Martin Luther put it, such a person "knows nothing of grace and has not learned Jesus Christ aright."
Perzackly. Some Arminians are regenerate but confused.
I do think that we have all at one time or another been spiritual knot-heads. But I also find that the Reformed churches do a much better job of untying the knots than the Arminian churches. Wrong doctrines are pretty much worthless for anything other than getting the knot tighter and making people think that they are being wonderfully spiritual when they are actually being obstinately carnal. I think that this verse is rather sobering:
- "And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"
I interpret this to mean that speedily will be 1000 years according to the Premillennialist. I just couldn't help that jab. Premillennialism is obviously a joke; it induces a wrong comprehension of so much of the scriptures.