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    Calvinism and Arminianism are Each Partially Right

    The Bible disallows synergism as much as the Law of works disallowed it - man is commanded to synergistically obey only to prove he can never do so. The synergistic option is still valid if man were able to obey, just as the Law did result in life to the One who obeyed it. As to your theory...
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    Where does Faith come from?

    Borrowing from the arminian corporate-individual distinction? :) But God's purposes for Israel to take the land is expressly revealed to be delayed because the Amorites' iniquity is not yet completed. God's principle for the Sum should be equally valid for the Parts, right?
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    Where does Faith come from?

    Do I personally have anything to do with your disagreeing? If you were to remove me from this conversation and instead inserted a calvinist, why Calvin himself, would you still disagree with this interpretation? Because this is plain scripture and irrespective of where else we disagree on...
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    Where does Faith come from?

    I don't know what a judicial hardening is - I simply understand it as sinners being dead in their sins. Sin itself is deceptive and hardens the heart - God needn't cause anything for this to occur. In fact, God exhorts against this, calling for sinners to repent and live - where God desires...
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    Where does Faith come from?

    we must with modesty and humility yield to the secret counsel of God... Since He had given that land to the Amorites...He intimates, that He will not, without just cause, transfer the possession of it to others...Until, therefore, they shall have deserved, by their sins, to be rightfully...
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    Where does Faith come from?

    Who ever denied this? God used wicked Pharaoh to show forth His power and used wicked Amorites for the same in the conquests of Israel - how does this relate with Gen 15:16 that states God's destroying the Amorites was contingent upon their iniquity being completed? All are born in sin - the...
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    Where does Faith come from?

    I'd say the same thing except that I directly interpret the end of the season to be the Amorites' iniquity being completed. In fact, you're the one adding in new concepts and terms such as "God's season" into Gen 15:16 - when it clearly refers to the "Amorites' iniquity" that is waiting to be...
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    Where does Faith come from?

    Not central to the topic of this thread...start a new thread if you want to continue discussion. Why was God waiting for the iniquity of the Amorites to be filled/completed in Gen 15:16 - is the question to be answered regarding God's ways in bringing about judgement through hardening.
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    Where does Faith come from?

    I quoted the verses in my post right? Matt 23:32 is the filled up measure resulting in Matt 23:36 judgement through hardening against the Gospel of Christ, just as Gen 15:16 had to be filled to result in Joshua 11:20 destruction through hardening against seeking peace unlike the hivites.
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    Where does Faith come from?

    We must distinguish between man being dead in his sins and God's hardening of man's heart - they are not the same, though one leads to the other. I too believe man is totally unable in the flesh to understand or do any of the things of God, but God's hardening of heart is a specific act He does...
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    Where does Faith come from?

    Faith is being fully persuaded in one's mind (Rom 14:5) Faith in God is being fully persuaded that He will perform what He has promised (Rom 4:21) This can be possible only if one is convinced about the truths of God. If I have knowledge of the truth that I am a totally depraved sinner in the...
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    Contradictions in Calvinism

    This is a sufficient conclusion for this thread. I'd say this scripturally dictates that we not hold predestined condemnation of man to be true - the arguments are listed in this thread. I'll save this for another thread - but suffice it to say I agree with you in the sense you meant it.
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    Contradictions in Calvinism

    How differently should I have worded my last post to you for you to read my clarification that reconciliation is not holding opposite beliefs as true but finding a single common truth to unite on, that addresses everyone's core Scriptural concerns. Infra and Supra both can't be true - clearly...
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    Contradictions in Calvinism

    Rome wasn't built in a day. :) Again clarifying, reconciling does not mean accepting all doctrines as they are - it means finding common truth for all to unite on through persuasion of all concerns. I believe this is possible in our human timeline - but anyway, this will inevitably happen on...
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    Contradictions in Calvinism

    Wouldn't be wrong at all. God simply wouldn't have revealed His desire for non-elect man to repent and live then - He would've made clear the absence of offering of redemption in a Savior similar to what He reveals about the non-elect angels.
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    Contradictions in Calvinism

    I don't propose they can come together as they are, No. Some adjustments are necessary without compromising on the core of each system. I may be entirely wrong on the specifics but as a general overview, Calvinism began with emphasizing predestined salvation of the individual elect as...
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    Contradictions in Calvinism

    Can't prove a negative. Onus is therefore on you to defend where the positive is seen, hence Eze 33:11 and Matt 23:37. Where did God say anything about justification by faith in Lev 18...did not see it in verse 5!
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    Contradictions in Calvinism

    As clarification, I have been using the words "reprobation" and "condemnation" interchangeably. I've come to realize they mean different things - but the weight of the meaning wherever I've used these earlier is that of "condemnation" alone.
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    Contradictions in Calvinism

    I went through the canons of Dort and I agree with the language there. I agree with Bunyan's writing referenced here. Has calvinism lost its way in adopting this doctrine of "predestined condemnation of man" when neither affirm this? Can't we agree with the Arminians that condemnation is only...
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    Contradictions in Calvinism

    I've enjoyed his works and find them quite edifying. Concerning this topic itself, I cannot find more agreement elsewhere than in what he's written - Chapter 2: I pretty much state the same - the non-elect are only denied the benefit that will infallibly bring them to eternal life, which...
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