stilllearning
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Most Christians here, place all of Christianity into one of two categories:
Your either a Calvinist or an Arminian; But there is a third category.
You might be part of the remnant.
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The word remnant means a small part of the whole; And in this case, the whole we are talking about is the complete collection of God’s people, most of which have never even heard of Calvinism or an Arminianism, yet they are still truly born again.
Well, of this complete collection of God’s people, there is a small remnant, that are not any better than the rest, they just have an understanding or viewpoint, that the vast majority do not have.
This remnant, sees both divisions of Calvinism or an Arminianism, as error, but realize that most Calvinist and some Arminians are saved, in spite of this error.
Now I am not saying that John Calvin was in error; He was a great preacher, yet some have taken his teachings, and twisted them a little, to create “error”
(For instance, I don’t thing the TULIP, was a main part of Calvin’s teaching, but today’s Calvinism makes it such.)
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But let me get back on point.
Even though the Bible clearly teaches the existence of a “remnant”, there are many here who will reject the idea, and ask me to prove it.
Well lets go back to the first recorded member of the remnant of God’s people; Noah.
There were many believers living during the time of Noah(like Methuselah & Enoch), that did not help him build the ark; They may have seen Noah as a fellow believer, but thought that he had just gone a little bit overboard.
But the truth was, God had revealed something to Noah, that he hadn’t revealed to any of the other believers of his age.
(Although Enoch was in a category by himself).
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I had to say all of this, because recently someone here, expressed the idea of being close to accepting reformed theology; And was encouraged by some of our reformed brethren here, to “come on in”.
Well, to that person I would like to say, you have another choice; You might be on the road to becoming one of God’s remnant, so don’t be so quick to tie yourself down, to some man-made theology.
Your either a Calvinist or an Arminian; But there is a third category.
You might be part of the remnant.
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The word remnant means a small part of the whole; And in this case, the whole we are talking about is the complete collection of God’s people, most of which have never even heard of Calvinism or an Arminianism, yet they are still truly born again.
Well, of this complete collection of God’s people, there is a small remnant, that are not any better than the rest, they just have an understanding or viewpoint, that the vast majority do not have.
This remnant, sees both divisions of Calvinism or an Arminianism, as error, but realize that most Calvinist and some Arminians are saved, in spite of this error.
Now I am not saying that John Calvin was in error; He was a great preacher, yet some have taken his teachings, and twisted them a little, to create “error”
(For instance, I don’t thing the TULIP, was a main part of Calvin’s teaching, but today’s Calvinism makes it such.)
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But let me get back on point.
Even though the Bible clearly teaches the existence of a “remnant”, there are many here who will reject the idea, and ask me to prove it.
Well lets go back to the first recorded member of the remnant of God’s people; Noah.
There were many believers living during the time of Noah(like Methuselah & Enoch), that did not help him build the ark; They may have seen Noah as a fellow believer, but thought that he had just gone a little bit overboard.
But the truth was, God had revealed something to Noah, that he hadn’t revealed to any of the other believers of his age.
(Although Enoch was in a category by himself).
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I had to say all of this, because recently someone here, expressed the idea of being close to accepting reformed theology; And was encouraged by some of our reformed brethren here, to “come on in”.
Well, to that person I would like to say, you have another choice; You might be on the road to becoming one of God’s remnant, so don’t be so quick to tie yourself down, to some man-made theology.
