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Irresistible Grace is a useless doctrine

Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by Derf B, Sep 7, 2020.

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  1. Marooncat79

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    You mean God saved Paul on the Damascus Road while he was actually hating God? You really believe that hug? The nerve of some people who believe in the sovereignty of God in salvation

    Next, you will say that God called and saved Abram out of Idolatry, and dont get me started on Noah.

    Personally, I would say that they are good examples of the effectual call.

    You must really believe that Bible
     
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    Could Paul have told Jesus"Thanks, but too much trouble!"
     
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    NONE of them were looking to meet the one True God!
     
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  4. MB

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    There is no effort in believing in Christ. You either do or don't, effort is not involved. The only effort that you are mistakenly saying is mine is that of the Spirit and the word of God. They work together to convince us the truth.The rejection of that truth will always be wrong.
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    There is no effort, because you aren't the one choosing or not choosing to believe.
    You believe because God, by grace, saves you and gives you faith to believe.

    You are close to the truth, MB, but you keep insisting that you must activate your faith. Stop insisting on your self being the cause agent of your salvation.
     
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    Moses was there. Were you there ? How do you know what isn't written?
    MB
     
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    You accuse me falsely just like a Pharisee's..Don't you know the Jews believed in God and rejected Him. They rejected Him because they believed the Priest and not the Bible. Sound familiar?
    MB
     
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    Really???? You should read your bible more.
    Here’s one:
    John 3:18 (KJV) He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
     
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    I know that both Isaiah and Paul stated that there are NONE that seek after God on their own, correct?
     
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    The Preist accused of not being the Son of God. Which caused them to doubt Besides that they had no holy Spirit with in to tell them the truth. I Thought you believed the Jews were saved and already had eternal life. There was once one of the twelve who denied Christ
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  12. MB

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    Not correct;
    2Ch_11:16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.


    2Ch_19:3 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.2Ch_15:12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

    2Ch_31:21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

    2Ch_34:3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

    do you need proof that man can seek God and did.

    Ezr_4:2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.

    Ezr_6:21 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,

    MB
     
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    Even the demons believe and tremble.
    Humans are, by nature, in rebellion against God. Humans will never willingly surrender to God by their own choice. God must appoint them to believe, in which case they cannot resist what God has ordered.

    Do you believe humans can resist the direct order of their Creator?
     
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    Scripture does not say that at all.
    Act 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
    Act 16:32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
    Act 16:33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
    You see you're just plain wrong.
    MB
     
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    If you’re saying MB is insisting on being the cause agent of his own salvation, and that he should stop doing that in order to find the truth, then you have wonderfully illustrated my OP—that irresistible grace needs to be prodded by the agent (MB in this case) for it to have any effect, and that it can be resisted.

    Thank you for confirming my premise, by showing that even Calvinists have to act like grace is resistible, so the doctrine serves no purpose—it is useless!

    I think we can close this thread now.


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    Derf, what in the world are you talking about?

    Can you thwart the will of the Creator and stop God from doing what God wills to do?
     
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