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Not at all.
Your failure to demonstrate that biblically is being noticed by everyone.
Your list of contradictions, is a list of what you do not understand

 

Well actually, you say so everytime you blame God for mans sin.
Calvinists do not do that.

 

SBG,
I am prepared to take it wherever you want to go.
I prefer to help, but if you attack, I will easily defend what you are offering.
What you do not get is a biblical Calvinist has already considered your defective ideas and moved past them.
Have you ever attended a confessional church?
Without the bickering and contention that takes place here, it is Christ centered and missions minded, with a view to edify one another.

 

Of course, or they never would repent.
It is a package deal.
New heart, repentance, saving faith, sanctification...it is all or nothing.
God seeks and saves...Not tries and fails.

 

Calvinists are very good at denying their own doctrines. Cognitive Dissonance is their byword. The hoops they jump through to support their view are amazing. What they fail to do is treat the character of God with any respect. They have put God in the box called Calvinism and, how dare anyone question what they say.

If they were serious about seeking the truth they would just look at Christ Jesus as we find Him in the bible.

Calvinists may not say that but your theology sure does. You just refuse to see it, or more likely you see it but just decide to ignore the truth.

 

Your post is of no value and only reveals your bias.

 

1689, you are attempting to lower God to be Israel. You are also, trying to take a spiritual analogy and make it a physical reality. Paul's letter to the Romans does not go to the position you are going.
Jesus is God. Jesus is King and High Priest. We are God's children, adopted from before the foundation of the world and revealed in these days. There are two things. Sheep and Goats.

 

You actually have a point there. I don't find the 5 points TULIP entirely satisfactory and the old fundamentalists said they were wrong on baptism, they were wrong on the Lord's supper. Why listen to them? But the fact is we all systematize what we know, even if it's just on our own. I have found Calvinism to be the best way to try to organize Bible truth. When you read a verse and are thinking in moving in a novel direction it is helpful to have a check or a second opinion. And some of the posts around here prove that better than anything.

 

Because "Calvinism" is a word that most people agree has a certain meaning and when we say it others know what we mean. You did, or you wouldn't have posted what you did. Does Calvin say anything about whether faith is a gift of grace or do you bring it on your own? I am glad you're a fan of Calvin, we may be getting somewhere.

 

Sigh...the observations made by Calvin and by millions who came before are unbiased observations of scripture. They don't add theories of free will into the equation. When God says he elects, we believe. When God says he has mercy on whom he wills...we believe.
What is disturbed and corrupt is the human demand to be in control of God by demanding that human will be the center of salvation.
Now, you can continue to tell us that you call the shots and God takes second fiddle, or you can repent of your pride and bow to God's supreme will over you and everything in creation.
Which is it? Are you going to keep lashing out and fighting or are you going to rest and let God be God?

 

SH,
You have yet to put forth anything worthy of discussion.
You and the anti cal posse just keep chanting, Calvinism bad, free will man centered theology..good.

 

God does not want....God commands all men everywhere to repent.
Adams sin caused death.
Man died spiritually that day.

 

What is the Biblical passage that teaches "unconditional" "election" [G1588 or G1589]