Is God Insincere With The Gospel Offer?

That's a good point. I am commanded to go preach to every creature that Christ shed his blood for their sins so that they might be justified through faith in his blood (Rom.3:25), but my Calvinist brother tells me that Christ's blood was only shed for a select group. If the Calvinist is right, then God commanded me to preach a lie, for he tells me to tell them that his blood was shed for them, when in reality it wasn't shed for all those to whom I say that.

Calvinism is madness. I'm not saying that just to be inflammatory. I really believe it. It's becoming clearer.

 

What is predestinated in Romans 8 is NOT salvation, but rather conformity to the image of Christ.

Rom 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son [NOT "to be saved" or "to obtain eternal life", etc.], that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

The image of Christ is the physical image of his resurrection body, a blessing connected to salvation but not salvation itself.
Romans 8 is saying that God predestinated foreknown believers to obtain a Christ-like resurrection body.

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Post #82.

I’m surprised you don’t remember saying God was “very likely” to allow people into heaven who would have believed but never had a chance to hear the gospel.

I will accept your apology for claiming I made a false allegation against you.

I suspect you may be in shock because you are beginning to realize your beliefs actually lead to an insincere offer of salvation to those God knows will reject the gospel.

Your hatred for God’s sovereignty in the salvation of mankind in driving you bananas.

peace to you

 

I think those comments are key indicators of the motivation behind one's maintaining of Calvinism.
It really affords its adherent a platform of condescension: "I am too humble to claim that I could even believe of my own, even that, God did for me. I'm so humble that I, even though I can't understand it, accept that God deals with mankind as mere automatons when he flicks on the light inside them. You can't accept that because, unlike me, you are too proud to accept the sovereignty of God".

heresies are a work of the flesh (Gal.5) and boy oh boy does Calvinism provide a man with the opportunity to boast of his great humility.

 

Once again, when people don’t like your views, they pretend to know your motivations and call you a heretic.

Let’s make it clear so you don’t have to speculate. I believe the doctrines of grace because that is what scripture says.

I make no claims to great humility or piety. (Please don’t interpret this statement as a false claim of humility and call me a heretic again)

Thanks for the conversation

peace to you

 

Says the man who just told his brother:

(emphases in quotes are mine)

 

I highlighted your own words with !!!!!!!!! to make it easier for you to see.

Don’t you realize that your beliefs make the gospel to all people an insincere offer of salvation, specifically to those who God knows will reject it.

Why does God want us to proclaim the gospel to those He knows will reject it? And why not attempt to explain how your position is different from the reformed position?

peace to you

 

Says the man who stated reformed beliefs are “madness” and heretical and those who hold them do so with false humility.

Plenty of self-righteous indignation to go around for everyone.

Thanks for the conversation

peace to you

 

Imagine God telling untold men consigned to eternal flames: "well I never told you because I knew you would reject anyway".
God's justice would certainly not be manifest in such a case nor exonerated from baseless accusations.
However, when God has offered them a sincere call to salvation, and they rejected, then there is no room for objection.
God is vindicated: as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou [God] art judged.

 

Really? Thanks fir lerin me ‘omtin specil. I sss alweys thunk oldin’eliefs that wern heretical makes yu a heretic.

peace to you

 

I'd agree there. A heretic is someone who believes a heresy.

 

Your position doesn’t address the untold billions that died never hearing the gospel.

What does God tell them? Will God be unjust to “consign them to eternal flames”? Do they have a base for accusation against God?

peace to you

 

God doesn't Call a person to say He is a Liar, or insincere.

God Calls Saved souls to say, "Nay but, O man, who art thou?"