Search results

Praying to God for one's daily bread, which I take to mean daily needs, is surely not only for the remnant of Israel. Forgiveness is something every sinner needs, not only Israelite sinners. The disciples were Jewish, but asking the Lord to teach them to pray was not specifically Jewish. Why...

Other members may be interested that the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London (of which Spurgeon was a pastor) has re-launched the magazine, first started by Spurgeon, "The Sword and Trowel." It is now sent by email to subscribers, completely free, every two weeks. You can subscribe at...

No. Probably because we see that Jesus gave it as a pattern for prayer, rather than a form of words to be repeated parrot-fashion. I remember, having been brought up to "go to church", i.e. the Anglican parish church, that the Lord's Prayer was said twice during every service, once with the...

So you can envisage God drawing people to His Son, but some of them thwart God's drawing and do not come? Agree with that. It's Scripture. But you do that very thing. Jesus said to some Jews, "You do not believe because you are not of My sheep," and you say that He meant, "You are not of My...

(Joh 6:44 NKJV) No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. I seem to remember you writing that the verses doesn't say, "except the Father drags him." We have the example of Paul on the Damascus Road. Did Jesus drag him against his...

Irresistible means "cannot be resisted." But that doesn't mean that God drags sinners, kicking and screaming against His dragging, from godless unbelief to salvation. He changes them, giving them new life and new wills that gratefully accept His salvation. Nowhere does Jesus give the...

God forcing people to be saved is not a Calvinist belief, nor do Calvinists like to say that God is wringing His hands. No, that is the wrong way round. Jesus said; (Joh 10:26 NKJV) But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. Not, "You are not of My sheep...

God condemns sin. All without exception (apart from Jesus of course!) are sinners. All are condemned by God to start with. Of course God doesn't lie. But God does whatever He pleases: (Isa 46:9-11 NKJV) Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and...

To answer your questions that II somehow neglected to answer before (sorry about that): Yes I do believe that God chose whome He would save before Creation. Paul wrote: (Eph 1:3-4 NKJV) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in...

I was taught that, too, and I am sorry if you took anything I have written as suggesting that I have no concern for others, If, by careless wording, I gave you that impression, I humbly apologise.

I didn't say anything about me being a Jew. I am English. And I keep telling you that you are wrong. Calvinists do not think they were so special that God picked them out of all those other sinners to be saved. If that were true, they would be boasting. Paul, in reminding Christians that...

I am certainly not what you seem to understand it means to be a Calvinist.

Why the vast majority? I have no idea of how many, or what proportion of humankind God will save. The things you mention above don't make me special. It is God Who is "special". Why did God choose Old Testament Israel?: (Deu 7:7-8 NKJV) The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you...

I believe that God has chosen me, but certainly not because I am somebody special. The idea that quoting Ephesians 1:4 (or any other verse about God's election) is saying that I think I am special, and that is why God chose me is just wrong. So is your idea that Calvinists believe that [no...

I don't think I am special at all. I indicated that in Post 85, although I was referring to other people, I would include myself.

Have you ever heard or read somebody who believes the Doctrines of Grace (Calvinism, as you call it) saying anything resembling, "Look at me. I must be so special for God to have chosen me"? Can you quote anyone saying/writing such a thing? They are more likely to echo hymn words lke these...

The 1689 Confession is meticulous in providing Scripture passages for every statement made. As for the doctrines Calvin taught being based on pagan philosophy, that just is not true. I have said before that I believed those doctrines because I read them in the Bible, long before I had heard of...

Surely Calvinists and Arminians believe in the Trinity. John Wesley, who was certainly not a Calvinist, believed that the Trinity s the heart of all vital religion, for example. A non-Calvinistic Baptist church near me has this in its statement of faith: "As a church we believe in… The one...

Thanks. The only Matlock I know of is a town of that name in Derbyshire (UK). I have never watched a TV programme called Matlock, and have no idea what it is about.

Yes, I did realise that you were using waiters as an example of taking orders, but you still wrote that angels take our orders.