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Article 1 God is not only supremely merciful, but also supremely just. His justice requires (as he has revealed himself in the Word) that the sins we have committed against his infinite majesty be punished with both temporal and eternal punishments, of soul as well as body. We cannot escape...

Having set forth the orthodox teaching concerning election and reprobation, the Synod rejects the errors of those: I. Who teach that the will of God to save those who would believe and persevere in faith and in the obedience of faith is the whole and entire decision of election to salvation...

here is what Christians have believed! FIRST HEAD: Of Divine Predestination Article 1 Since all people have sinned in Adam and have come under the sentence of the curse and eternal death, God would have done no one an injustice if it had been his will to leave the entire human race in sin and...

Many post against the truths of The Doctrines of Grace. They make excuses, or give supposed reasons they cannot believe these truths. Which excuse do you find the least sincere, the most annoying, and the most disingenuous, and why? 1] I cannot find it in my bible ! 2] It is Manichean,Gnostic...

From William Perkins.... Predestination has two parts: the decree of election and the decree of reprobation. So Isidore says, "There is a double predestination: either of the elect to rest, or of the reprobate to death. And both are done by God that He might make the elect always to follow...

YLT how much more shall the blood of the Christ (who through the age-during Spirit did offer himself unblemished to God) purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? Barclay: how much more will the blood of Christ who, through the eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to...

Where does it say..death would be certain? If we go by "what is written..It says;17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Did he die that day? That is what is written! Did all men die in Adam...

Some posters make such claims that they are only going by..."what is Written in scripture" They then claim that all other "men", pastors, professors do not go by What is Written! Only they have a direct understanding of what is written. They seek to dismiss truth claims and theology as just the...

From John Murray in His Book Redemption, Accomplished, and Applied; 2. Propitiation. a. Differences in use of “atonement” in Old Testament in connection with ritual of expiation with the use in the NT. 1.) There are passages in which propitiation is expressly applied to the work of Christ. a.)...

Clearly things cannot occur in God's universe, the occurrence of which is displeasing to him. He does not stand helplessly by, while they occur against his wish. Whatever occurs has been foreseen by him from all eternity, and it succeeds in occurring only because its occurrence meets his wish...

All men universally are not elected to salvation, it is undeniable from Scripture that God will not in the last day save every individual of mankind! (Daniel 12:2; Matthew 25:46; John 5:29. Therefore, say we, God never designed to save every individual, since, if He had, every individual would...

I was surprised to find this on the forum X enjoy Josh Barzon 1. What PSA Means Penal Substitution means that Christ bears the penalty we deserve (penal) in our place (substitution), effecting atonement with God. It doesn’t cancel other atonement motifs (victory, example, ransom); it...

Those who study the scripture notice there have been several "Day of the Lord " judgments , not all pointing to one final judgment. Some Old Testament passages that refer to the day of the Lord describe historical judgments that have already been fulfilled in some sense : (Isaiah 13:6-22...

7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave...

Jn.5:40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. Jesus offers life here. The people already had physical life , So what was the nature and quality of the life being offered? How would It change or influence a person? What advantage would be the result? What other scripture...

Select a number, then support or oppose it biblically; If you think of other such reasons, feel free to offer your own reasons and explanation 1] They have never studied it for themselves 2] They have been mislead by a false teacher, who never understood the issues for themselves 3] They go...

Isa. 41.KJV 22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. 23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods...