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mandym

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I hold to Total Depravity – there is no way man, could on his own, have a will or desire to come to God. Man must be pursued by God who opens up his heart to receive the Gospel. In the garden Adam and Eve, once they sinned, hid from God and God pursued them to restore them. When Cain sinned against God with his inappropriate worship God pursued him in order to restore him. God has since pursued man by way of the gospel in order to restore him. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. We love God because He first loved us. God showed his love to us by pursuing us while we were in our sin and rejecting Him. (Genesis 3:9; Genesis 4:6, 7; I John4:19; Romans 5:8)

I hold the God’s Election of the Saints – This election occurs through the sanctification of the Spirit of God and is done on the basis of our belief in Him at which time we are given the power to become the Sons of God according to scripture. God reached out with grace to Adam and Eve and they repented of their sin. God also reached out to Cain who refused the grace of God and remained in his rebellion and was cast out to be a wanderer all the days of his life with the mark of God on him. Adam and Eve are of the elect while Cain is not. (Genesis 4:12; John 1:12; I Peter 1:2)

I hold to a Unlimited Atonement – Atonement was made on behalf of all men. It is a free gift of God who has pursued all men that they may receive eternal life. But some men reject the grace of God which God allows in His sovereignty of all things in creation. (Romans 5:18; 6:23; John 3:19)

I hold to the Grace of God – The grace of God is offered to all men, accepted by some and rejected by many. (John 3:16, 18; Matthew 7:13)

I hold to the Eternal and Secure Salvation of the Saints – Those who do know Him will never turn away from Him. Our salvation is held secure in the power of God. (I Peter 1:3-5)

I hold to Biblical Salvation - No where in scripture does God divide the act of salvation and regeneration. Saints are just Born again. (John 3:16)
 
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Greektim

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mandym said:
I hold to Total Depravity – there is no way man, could on his own, have a will or desire to come to God. Man must be pursued by God who opens up his heart to receive the Gospel. In the garden Adam and Eve, once they sinned, hid from God and God pursued them to restore them. When Cain sinned against God with his inappropriate worship God pursued him in order to restore him. God has since pursued man by way of the gospel in order to restore him. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. We love God because He first loved us. God showed his love to us by pursuing us while we were in our sin and rejecting Him. (Genesis 3:9; Genesis 4:6, 7; I John4:19; Romans 5:8)

I hold the God’s Election of the Saints – This election occurs through the sanctification of the Spirit of God and is done on the basis of our belief in Him at which time we are given the power to become the Sons of God according to scripture. God reached out with grace to Adam and Eve and they repented of their sin. God also reached out to Cain who refused the grace of God and remained in his rebellion and was cast out to be a wanderer all the days of his life with the mark of God on him. Adam and Eve are of the elect while Cain is not. (Genesis 4:12; John 1:12; I Peter 1:2)

I hold to a Limited Atonement – Atonement was made on behalf of all men. It is a free gift of God who has pursued all men that they may receive eternal life. But some men reject the grace of God which God allows in His sovereignty of all things in creation. (Romans 5:18; 6:23; John 3:19)

I hold to the Grace of God – The grace of God is offered to all men, accepted by some and rejected by many. (John 3:16, 18; Matthew 7:13)

I hold to the Eternal and Secure Salvation of the Saints – Those who do know Him will never turn away from Him. Our salvation is held secure in the power of God. (I Peter 1:3-5)

I hold to Biblical Salvation - No where in scripture does God divide the act of salvation and regeneration. Saints are just Born again. (John 3:16)
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Did any Calvinist read this and say, "Oh... that's what you believe"?
 
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Amy.G

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I hold to a Limited Atonement – Atonement was made on behalf of all men. It is a free gift of God who has pursued all men that they may receive eternal life. But some men reject the grace of God which God allows in His sovereignty of all things in creation. (Romans 5:18; 6:23; John 3:19)
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This one confuses me. It sounds like unlimited atonement, yet you labeled it as limited. ??
 
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quantumfaith

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mandym said:
I hold to Total Depravity – there is no way man, could on his own, have a will or desire to come to God. Man must be pursued by God who opens up his heart to receive the Gospel. In the garden Adam and Eve, once they sinned, hid from God and God pursued them to restore them. When Cain sinned against God with his inappropriate worship God pursued him in order to restore him. God has since pursued man by way of the gospel in order to restore him. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. We love God because He first loved us. God showed his love to us by pursuing us while we were in our sin and rejecting Him. (Genesis 3:9; Genesis 4:6, 7; I John4:19; Romans 5:8)

I hold the God’s Election of the Saints – This election occurs through the sanctification of the Spirit of God and is done on the basis of our belief in Him at which time we are given the power to become the Sons of God according to scripture. God reached out with grace to Adam and Eve and they repented of their sin. God also reached out to Cain who refused the grace of God and remained in his rebellion and was cast out to be a wanderer all the days of his life with the mark of God on him. Adam and Eve are of the elect while Cain is not. (Genesis 4:12; John 1:12; I Peter 1:2)

I hold to a Unlimited Atonement – Atonement was made on behalf of all men. It is a free gift of God who has pursued all men that they may receive eternal life. But some men reject the grace of God which God allows in His sovereignty of all things in creation. (Romans 5:18; 6:23; John 3:19)

I hold to the Grace of God – The grace of God is offered to all men, accepted by some and rejected by many. (John 3:16, 18; Matthew 7:13)

I hold to the Eternal and Secure Salvation of the Saints – Those who do know Him will never turn away from Him. Our salvation is held secure in the power of God. (I Peter 1:3-5)

I hold to Biblical Salvation - No where in scripture does God divide the act of salvation and regeneration. Saints are just Born again. (John 3:16)
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:applause::applause::applause::applause:
 
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mandym

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freeatlast said:
So would that be God's sovereign election and man's free will working in harmony?
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I have not defined it that way. Scripture does not speak to the issue in such a manner. We know that God is Sovereign in salvation and after salvation. Man must respond to the gospel and God allows man to reject His grace or receive it. That's it.
 
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mandym

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Let me just add that my post can be held by non cals and not by others. Any one single point can be disagreed with by any number of non cals. The LILAC acrostic is an extreme and uncommon view held by who knows who. I personally know of no one. I am sure there are extremists out there somewhere.
 
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mandym

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Greektim said:
Did any Calvinist read this and say, "Oh... that's what you believe"?
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I do not know that any have read it. Some Cals ignore realistic views like this so they can broad brush everyone with extreme views.
 
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mandym

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mandym said:
I hold to Total Depravity – there is no way man, could on his own, have a will or desire to come to God. Man must be pursued by God who opens up his heart to receive the Gospel. In the garden Adam and Eve, once they sinned, hid from God and God pursued them to restore them. When Cain sinned against God with his inappropriate worship God pursued him in order to restore him. God has since pursued man by way of the gospel in order to restore him. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. We love God because He first loved us. God showed his love to us by pursuing us while we were in our sin and rejecting Him. (Genesis 3:9; Genesis 4:6, 7; I John4:19; Romans 5:8)

I hold the God’s Election of the Saints – This election occurs through the sanctification of the Spirit of God and is done on the basis of our belief in Him at which time we are given the power to become the Sons of God according to scripture. God reached out with grace to Adam and Eve and they repented of their sin. God also reached out to Cain who refused the grace of God and remained in his rebellion and was cast out to be a wanderer all the days of his life with the mark of God on him. Adam and Eve are of the elect while Cain is not. (Genesis 4:12; John 1:12; I Peter 1:2)

I hold to a Unlimited Atonement – Atonement was made on behalf of all men. It is a free gift of God who has pursued all men that they may receive eternal life. But some men reject the grace of God which God allows in His sovereignty of all things in creation. (Romans 5:18; 6:23; John 3:19)

I hold to the Grace of God – The grace of God is offered to all men, accepted by some and rejected by many. (John 3:16, 18; Matthew 7:13)

I hold to the Eternal and Secure Salvation of the Saints – Those who do know Him will never turn away from Him. Our salvation is held secure in the power of God. (I Peter 1:3-5)

I hold to Biblical Salvation - No where in scripture does God divide the act of salvation and regeneration. Saints are just Born again. (John 3:16)
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I want to acknowledge a number of typo's in this post I missed and I am rather embarrassed. :eek:
 
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glfredrick

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mandym said:
I hold to Total Depravity – there is no way man, could on his own, have a will or desire to come to God. Man must be pursued by God who opens up his heart to receive the Gospel. In the garden Adam and Eve, once they sinned, hid from God and God pursued them to restore them. When Cain sinned against God with his inappropriate worship God pursued him in order to restore him. God has since pursued man by way of the gospel in order to restore him. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. We love God because He first loved us. God showed his love to us by pursuing us while we were in our sin and rejecting Him. (Genesis 3:9; Genesis 4:6, 7; I John4:19; Romans 5:8)

I hold the God’s Election of the Saints – This election occurs through the sanctification of the Spirit of God and is done on the basis of our belief in Him at which time we are given the power to become the Sons of God according to scripture. God reached out with grace to Adam and Eve and they repented of their sin. God also reached out to Cain who refused the grace of God and remained in his rebellion and was cast out to be a wanderer all the days of his life with the mark of God on him. Adam and Eve are of the elect while Cain is not. (Genesis 4:12; John 1:12; I Peter 1:2)

I hold to a Unlimited Atonement – Atonement was made on behalf of all men. It is a free gift of God who has pursued all men that they may receive eternal life. But some men reject the grace of God which God allows in His sovereignty of all things in creation. (Romans 5:18; 6:23; John 3:19)

I hold to the Grace of God – The grace of God is offered to all men, accepted by some and rejected by many. (John 3:16, 18; Matthew 7:13)

I hold to the Eternal and Secure Salvation of the Saints – Those who do know Him will never turn away from Him. Our salvation is held secure in the power of God. (I Peter 1:3-5)

I hold to Biblical Salvation - No where in scripture does God divide the act of salvation and regeneration. Saints are just Born again. (John 3:16)
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Thank you for rising to the occaison and publishing your own positive framework for the doctrines you hold! Kudos!
 
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preacher4truth

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The OP sounds pretty confused to me.

In Total Depravity Mandym holds to teaching “God pursued Adam, Eve, Cain” by implication. Sounds good. That He pursues all is implied. It sounds as if all mankind is encapable of salvation and are totally dependent upon God, that is, until one gets to his second point “I hold the God’s Election of the Saints.” Things begin to blur and unravel from this point.

In the point, “I hold the God’s Election of the Saints” God elects based upon the basis of belief, which is "because they." This is in direct conflict of Mandyms previous statement. It also makes election conditional, or, based upon man, then God acts. This reflects the belief of salvation by faith which to the cursory observer sound legit, but faith does not save. We are instead saved by Grace, faith being the gift of God.

So, God pursued Adam and Eve “because they”? Or, does God pursue anyone “because they?” No, I don’t think so. This is unscriptural and his doctrine is contradictory to say the least. Did god prusue our father Abram, are supreme example of salvation "because he?" Not at all. I’d refer to Ephesians 2:4 and two words regarding salvation and to whom all the glory belongs; “But God.”

Unlimited Atonement. Here Mandym clearly holds to the LILAC position of “Limitless Atonement.” In this he mentions again how God pursues all men, yet, to temper that, (according to his teachings) we must also understand that God pursues all men because of the basis of their belief. So this pursuit is initiated by man, or because of something he does. This flies in the face of John 3:16 where we see the truth illustrated that God has initiated salvation based upon He and He alone, not upon man. But his belief here also rearranges “We love Him because He first loved us” into “He loves us because we first loved Him” or “He pursued and saved me because I first believed.”

A man believes, then God pursues them, and then He elects them? This is close to a works based election, “God pursued me because of the basis of my belief” or is what we call "conditional election" or "conditional choosing" to make it easier for us to see the error of this doctrine. I’m sure Mandym doesn’t really believe this, (I hope) but this is what his teachings are revealing at this point. Nevertheless the teaching is based upon “conditional election” that we met a condition prior to God pursuing us.

After these first points, Mandym drifts off into some other things that are givens and generalized statements, such as “I hold to the Grace of God;” “I hold to the Eternal and Secure Salvation of the Saints”; (this sounds like an attempt to sound original in thought concerning Eternal Security); “I hold to Biblical Salvation.” He qualifies his belief in this that it is offered to all and rejected by some. OK. I won’t go there. He also uses John 3:16 as a proof text to support his view against regeneration preceding salvation. The proof text used is poor to say the least as far as being used to support his thoughts, and does not support his theory here.

There is no need to get into the part on regeneration and whether or not is precedes salvation, there is enough baggage in the previous beliefs he’s shared with us. I do think that perhaps Mandym is newer to the faith, but that is my own opinion based upon what I am seeing here and among other places.

I am however glad to see him beginning to formulate his beliefs into statements. We all do this, then we sharpen them with Scriptures, and against one another.

- Peace
 
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glfredrick

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mandym said:
I do not know that any have read it. Some Cals ignore realistic views like this so they can broad brush everyone with extreme views.
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Actually, other than a small point or two here and there, you hold much the same doctrines as I do. And, I guess I am one of the flaming C's around here...

I'm thinking after reading what you wrote that you are probably arguing against the sterotype and straw man Calvinism instead of the real thing. You are closer than you think. :thumbs:
 
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mandym

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glfredrick said:
Thank you for rising to the occaison and publishing your own positive framework for the doctrines you hold! Kudos!
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I have not risen to any occasion. I did this because I wanted to make it clear that some cals like to misrepresent and broad brush non cals with extremists views. We all need to eb more careful and avoid debate tactics and work to present opposing views with integrity.
 
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Greektim

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mandym said:
I do not know that any have read it. Some Cals ignore realistic views like this so they can broad brush everyone with extreme views.
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I guess some do, but I think the majority of Calvi's know what non-calvi's believe. But I might just be over-generalizing and placing myself in others' situations since I used to be a non-calvi w/ similar views as yours.
 
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