Thats you, you teach God saw something special in you, or that you did something special others did not do, that made the difference between saved and lost. Thats pride
I listened to the gospel message and realized that I was a sinner bound for hell just like every other sinner because of that sin.
I humbled myself and asked God to forgive me of those sins just as the tax collector of
Luk 18:13 "But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, '
God, be merciful to me, the sinner!'
Pride would say it is my faith that saved me but it is not my faith but the risen Christ that saved because I repented and called out to Him for my salvation.
Rom 10:13 for "
WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED."
Rom 10:11 For the Scripture says, "
WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED."
The bible is clear BF. We have to call on Him in faith B4 we are saved
Rom 10:9 that
if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord,
and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead,
you will be saved;
You on the other hand show your arrogance in thinking that you were so special that God picked you out of all those sinners B4 creation.
What made you so special BF.
According to calviism could you ever be lost BF? Not according to the calvinist philosophy you could not. So it is not Christ or faith that saves you but the fact you were pick out.
Your calvinist teachers even say as much;
“A
man is not saved because he believes in Christ;
he believes in Christ because he is saved”. [L. Boettner The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination, Page 75]
Your whole philosophy is flawed and distorts the word and character of God.